Re: [marketing-educ] Text for OOo Education in TheopenCD

[Louis Suarez-Potts]

Hi,
Thanks!



-louis


On 2006-01-22, at 15:41 , Michael Devenish wrote:

I'm cc'ing John McCreesh here, as the guy who's written our product pages, for his insight...

Hi,


in TheOpenCD for creating a version based on it but with updated

are shown between < >. Please let me know any comments. The text from
TheOpenCD is from their development section.

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OpenOffice.org is a full-featured productivity suite including a word


   *      OpenOffice.org now includes Base, a database similar to
Microsoft's Access.
   *      PDF export now allows you to create editable PDF forms that
can be filled in using nothing more than a standard PDF viewer.
   *      The OpenOffice.org file format <insert "(open document
format)">has been formally approved as
an industry standard by the OASIS standards body, in cooperation with
major companies like Sun, IBM, HP, Novell, and Adobe. The format has

is sponsored by all the leading names in IT, including Microsoft.">


distribute. OpenOffice.org is supported by Sun, Novell, Intel, Red Hat
and the open source community.">
Version 2.0 retains and improves all the features of version 1.1,
including the ability to edit Microsoft Office file formats, perform
mail merges, spell checks, and word counts, and use document styles to
make re-formatting complex documents easier.


spreadsheet module called Calc contains sophisticated tools for
calculation, data analysis and visualisation. Its built-in charting
tools are able to generate customisable 2D and 3D charts. The

to help you create effective multimedia slide shows to present your
ideas the way you want to. Use the Draw component to produce either

in documents and presentations. The new Base component offers
sophisticated tools for the creation and maintenance of databases.

Due to the high cost of commercial office suites, deciding to use
OpenOffice.org will typically represent the single largest source of

increasingly becoming an office suite of choice in education,

and PDF format to help you get quickly up to speed.">

<include "OpenOffice.org actively encourages students to not only use

found on the OpenOffice.org web pages for schools and universities
(include links).">

<include " In the UK, the British Educational Communications and

programs and a review into costs of using applications when working on
the same document either at school or at home. Details can be found on
these web pages (include links). Becta have also produced a list of
preferred file formats for documents produced by schools which favours

that proprietary file formats, as used by other office suites, are not
included in Becta's list.">


Installation

Click the install icon to the right to start the installation process.

install and the program location on your computer. The default choices
are generally fine. You will also be prompted to select or install a
Java Runtime Environment (JRE). This is an optional component which

downloaded from Sun Microsystems here. You can also select whether
OpenOffice.org should open Microsoft Office documents by default. Once

new dictionaries ...)

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Thanks

--
Michael Devenish




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