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OpenOffice
OpenOffice is an open source Office Suite, that you can download and install on your computer for free to create a whole range of office documents, including word documents, spreadsheets, presentations and many more.
Boasting a full range of common office features, OpenOffice must be considered a viable alternative to more expensive solutions such as Microsoft Office, for both business and home users.
In this area of ScreencastCentral, we have a range of Screencasts aimed at helping you to get started, as well as tips and tricks to get the most out of OpenOffice.
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Increase the Font Sizes of your Equations and Formulas in OpenOffice Math
StevenH
When creating Mathematical documents, it's often a good idea to make any included formulas and equations stand out from the rest of the text, either by making the font bold, or increasing its size. In this screencast video tutorial, we show you how to increase the size of the fonts used in your equations and formulae using OpenOffice Math. . . . screencast video
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Creating Basic Matrices in Open Office Math - Screencast Video Tutorial
StevenH
A matrix is widely used in Mathematics in order to represent many different mathematical structures, such as describing linear equations, keeping track of the coefficients of linear transformations and to record data that depend on multiple parameters. In this screencast video tutorial, I show you how to quickly and easily create a matrix to em
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How to Access and use the 3 Different Wizards in OpenOffice Writer
amyauthbert
In Open Office Writer, there's a cool wizard feature that lets you create Letters, Faxes and Agendas. In this screencast, we're shown how to get to these wizards and how to set them up and use them properly. These wizards are a good way to create quick, multiple letters if you're in a hurry and have to send many to more than one person.
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Creating Basic Formulas and Equations using OpenOffice Math
StevenH
For creating Equations and Formulae, OpenOffice Math is the one tool I wished I had had throughout my education. For years, all through school, college and university I struggled with Microsoft Equation Editor to try and add simple basic formulas and equations to my reports. Then I discovered how easy it was using OpenOffice Math, and in th
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Duplicating images in OpenOffice Impress
amyauthbert
In Open Office Impress you can create multiple copies of your selected objects with a few clicks. Rather than messing about hitting copy and paste all the time, why not simply duplicate your item as many times as you wish with just a few clicks? In this screencast, we're shown how to duplicate an image to create multiple copies of it, and
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Bringing shapes to the Front/Back of others in OpenOffice Impress/Draw
amyauthbert
In Open Office Impress and Open Office Draw, you can overlap images. You have the choice of bringing an object to the front of all the others, sending it to the back of all the other objects, bringing them one forward and sending them one back. Sound confusing? Thought so, just watch this quick and easy to understand tutorial and y
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Changing the settings of your Paragraphs in OpenOffice Writer
amyauthbert
In Open Office Writer, you can edit your paragraphs by adding backgrounds to them, increasing the indents, line-spacing etc. In this screencast, we look at how to do this by selecting your paragraph and right clicking to change its settings, or by going to the Format menu at the top of your screen.
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Adding sound and video clips to your slides in OpenOffice Impress
amyauthbert
In Open Office Impress, you can insert audio and movie clips into your slides to make your presentations more detailed, fun and interesting. Here we are shown how to do this and how to view your slideshow afterwards to check that your files have been added correctly. Don't forget you can delete these at any time by selecting them from your sl
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