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Unit 5: Everyday Applications-I

5.1 Office Applications Notes

Some of the office basics include Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, calendar,
calculator, etc. Most of the Linux distributions come with the OpenOffice.org (often abbreviated
as OO.o or Ooo) suite of office applications and tools. You can try all of them one by one and see
which one takes your fancy. Each application is fairly intuitive to use. Although some nuances
of the user interface may be new to you, you’ll become comfortable with the interface after using
it a few times. Now we will briefly discuss the following applications, in addition to some other
commercially available office applications for Linux:

5.1.1 Open Office

The OpenOffice.org project (www.openoffice.org) has developed an office suite known as
OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org is similar to major office suites such as Microsoft Office. Its main
components are the Writer word processor, the Calc spreadsheet, and the Impress presentation
program.
You can easily start OpenOffice.org — either the overall suite or an individual application —
from most GUI desktops by clicking a panel icon or by making a choice from the main menu.

Example: In SUSE, you can click a desktop icon to open the initial window of the
OpenOffice.org suite.
We can create new Open Office documents or open existing documents from the main window
of the OpenOffice.org.
Figure 5.1: OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 Ximian KDE Edition

Source: http://linuxreviews.org/software/office_suits/
5.1.2. KDE KOffice

KDE Office is a very complete Office suite that is, beginning with 1.3.x, getting close to being an
advanced and usable Office program. It just isn’t there yet.

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