Using StarOffice

Special Edition

Michael Koch, Sarah Murray, Werner Roth

Publisher: Que, 1999, 1519 pages

ISBN: 0-7897-1993-2

Keywords: Office

Last modified: June 9, 2021, 12:07 p.m.
  • Make the most of the integrated StarOffice environment
  • Create standard documents and templates quickly and easily with the AutoPilot wizards
  • Export documents and graphics as HTML files and publish them on the Web
  • Create professional-looking documents with styles and templates
  • Streamline your workflow with automated functions, including AutoComplete, AutoFormat, and AutoCorrect
  • Add hyperlinks and graphic objects to your documents
  • Enhance text and presentation documents with special font and 3D effects, 3D graphics, and sounds
  • Work with vector graphics and bitmapped images and use basic and advanced drawing functions
  • Get connected and organized with StarMail and StarSchedule
  • Customize every aspect of your StarOffice desktop
  • Manage contacts with the built-in Address Book
  • Automate your workflow by using macros
  • Troubleshoot common and not-so-common problems when working on documents
  • Install and manage StarOffice for multiple users
  1. Introducing StarOffice
    1. A Star Is Born
    2. Stepping into StarOffice
    3. Getting Ready for Work
    4. Working in StarOffice
    5. Managing Folders, Files, and Mail
  2. Creating Documents — StarWriter
    1. Creating and Editing Text Documents
    2. Formatting Text Documents
    3. Using Styles and Templates
    4. Working with Tables, Charts, and Fields
    5. Working with Long Documents
    6. Desktop Publishing with StarOffice
    7. Proofing and Printing Your Documents
  3. Working with Spreadsheets ­— StarCalc
    1. Creating Spreadsheets
    2. Editing Spreadsheets
    3. Formatting Spreadsheets
    4. Using Formulas and Functions
    5. Creating Lists and Databases with StarCalc
    6. Analyzing and Charting Data
    7. Preparing and Printing Reports
  4. Getting Graphical — StarDraw and StarImage
    1. Creating Sketchy with StarDraw
    2. Creating and Modifying Images with StarImage
  5. Presenting Results — StarImpress
    1. Getting Started with StarImage
    2. Enhancing Your Presentation
    3. Previewing and Presenting Your Presentation
  6. Spreading the Word — StafOffice on the Web and at Work
    1. Getting Started with StarWriter/Web
    2. Enhancing HTML Documents
    3. Publishing Your Work on the Web
    4. Teaming Up at Work
    5. Communicating with StarMail and StarDiscussion
  7. Working with Databases — StarBase
    1. Working with Databases in StarBase
    2. Creating Stand-Alone Database Tables
    3. Creating Tables with Relations
    4. Working with Data in Tables
    5. Creating Forms for Easy Data Entry
    6. Creating Answers with Queries and Fields
    7. Creating and Printing Reports
  8. Automating Your Work — StarBasic
    1. Familiarizing Yourself with StarBasic
    2. Understanding StarBasic Structures and Statements
    3. Programming with StarBasic
  • Appendixes
    1. Installing StarOffice
    2. File Formats and Extensions
    3. StarOffice Program Directories and Files
    4. Default Keyboard Shortcuts
    5. StarBasic Error Codes

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Using StarOffice

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

OK ***** (5 out of 10)

Last modified: May 21, 2007, 2:47 a.m.

At 1500+ pages, I can't imagine what is missing from this book. It covers my needs at least.

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