Support

Welcome to the OpenOffice.org Support area. Listed here are links to free community Support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.

 

Free Community Support
User Help: User-Faq Project (formerly Support Project)
FAQs, information, knowledge base
Users Mail List
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  Archives
Free community support provided by a network of hundreds of experienced users. You must be subscribed to post messages.
Documentation Project
Templates, help guides
StarOffice.org Free support from volunteers unaffiliated with StarOffice but familiar with both StarOffice and OpenOffice.org
The OpenOffice Forum
Discussion site for all things OpenOffice.org
Tutorials for OpenOffice.org Free assistance to anyone learning or teaching OpenOffice.
Native-Language Confederation
Information, resources, and mail lists in your language

 

Commercial Support and Training
OpenOffice.org Consultants Directory A comprehensive list of consultants offering a variety of services related to OpenOffice.org
Digital Distribution Global Training Services Logo
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Logo

 

OpenOffice.org Books
OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Want to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office from Amazon or from the publisher. Guide to using OpenOffice.org with emphasis on the transition from Microsoft Office. 311 pages. Publication date September 2003.
OpenOffice.org for Dummies from Amazon or from the publisher. A beginner's guide to OpenOffice.org, with CD of the software. 359 pages. Publication date November 2003.
Taming OpenOffice.org Writer 1.1 from Amazon or from the publisher. A power user's guide to OpenOffice.org Writer. 172 pages. Publication date October 2003.
OpenOffice.org Resource Kit from Amazon or from the publisher with free PDF supplement. Comprehensive guide to OpenOffice.org, with CD of the software. 1020 pages. Publication date February 2003.
OpenOffice.org Free and Easy A beginner's step-by-step guide to OpenOffice.org, with CD of the software. 400 pages. Publication date June 2004.
OpenOffice.org Quickstart 50-page beginner's guide to installing and walking through the software, with CD of the software and templates. 50 pages. Publication date February 2004.
OpenOffice.org Cluesheets from Amazon or from the publisher. Set of two-page, quick reference cards that provide easy-to-read how-to instructions for the key tasks. Publication date July 2002.
The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org Pocket reference to OpenOffice.org. 150 pages. Publication date June 2004.
OpenOffice.org 1.1 Resource Kit A comprehensive guide to OpenOffice.org, with CD of the software. 1020 pages. Publication date August 2004.
OpenOffice.org Macros Explained. Introduction to macro programming in OpenOffice.org. 300 pages. Publication date August 2004.
Special Edition StarOffice 6.0 from Amazon or from the publisher. Comprehensive guide to StarOffice. 1180 pages. Publication date December 2002.
StarOffice 6.0 Companion from Amazon or from the publisher. Comprehensive guide to StarOffice. 1100 pages. Publication date September 2002.
Free: Guide to OpenOffice.org Writer Free guide to using Writer.
Free: OpenOffice.org, ODBC,and MySQL How-To' Free guide to using mySQL as the database with OpenOffice.org.
Free: Macro Guide Free guide to macros.
Free: OOo User Guide Free OpenOffice.org user's guide.
Free: OpenOffice.org Setup Guide Free guide from the OpenOffice.org community to setting up OpenOffice.org.
Free: Sun Programmer's Guide to StarOffice and OpenOffice.org Free programmer's guide to the API from Sun.
Free: Developer's Guide Free OpenOffice.org community developer's guide.
Free: OpenOffice.org XML Essentials--Using the OpenOffice.org XML Data Format Free introduction to the XML that serves as the native internal format of OpenOffice.org, an open source, cross-platform office suite.
OpenOffice.org community tutorials and other information. These items provide directions for doing one or more specific tasks, such as creating a presentation or doing a mail merge.

 

 

General Community Resources
OOoExtras
FAQs, information, knowledge base, mail list support
OOoDocs
Information, resources, and mail lists in your language
Surveys
The OpenOffice.org User and Developer Surveys

 

 

 


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