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This section takes you to articles and tutorials which will help you use common office productivity software such as MS Word and Excel. You will also find information on Open Source alternatives to mainstream commercial software, and links to software sites.
OpenICDL
Developed by: Go-Open Campaign / ICDL Foundation Africa
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
\"OpenICDL is an open source project that aims to develop and maintain a Free/Open Source version of the training materials used to ready students for the International Computer Driving License certification.\" Materials cover Basic Concepts of IT, Using a Computer and Managing Files (K Desktop Environment), Word Processing (OpenOffice.org Writer), Spreadsheets (OpenOffice.org Calc), Databases (OpenOffice DB), Presentations (OpenOffice.org Impress) and Information and Communications (Mozilla 1.4 and Ximian Evolution 1.4). Materials are available in HTML and PDF versions.
Dhttp://icdl.tsf.org.za/courseware.html
Tutorials for Open Office
Developed by: Tutorials for Open Office
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Web site with free learning tutorials on installing OpenOffice and using OpenOffice applications. Concise and brief instructions for self-learners and teachers.
Dhttp://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/
Free Software for Busy People
Developed by: Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
Type of resource: website
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This site not only features an easy-to-read online book entitled "Free Software for Busy People", it provides free software use scenarios from a primary school teacher, a city mayor, an arab teacher, and a family physician. With these busy people as examples the site highlights a broad range of practical skills and gives readers insight to the vast possibility provided by free software tools. Learn how the city mayor uses "Civic Space" for her campaigns, how the family doctor uses "OpenEMR" to keep track of her patient registry, or how the Arab teacher uses Openoffice.org in Arabic, and plays games.
Dhttp://freedomsoftware.info/
Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress
Developed by: Bruce Byfield
Type of resource: Web article
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This article looks at the similarities and differences you can expect when moving over from Microsoft PowerPoint to OpenOffice.org Impress.
Dhttp://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1
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Microsoft Word Modules
Developed by: Internet4Classrooms
Type of resource: Web tutorials
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Internet4Classrooms offers a long list of modules on using MS Word, from basic to advanced levels.
Dhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_word.ht
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NGO-in-a-box: Open Publishing Edition
Developed by: Tactical Tech
Type of resource: Software and web guides
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
"The Open Publishing Edition of NGO-in-a-box is a toolkit of Free and Open Source software, tutorials and guides for producing, publishing and distributing content."
Dhttp://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/
The wide world of Linux word processors
Developed by: Jem Matzan
Type of resource: Web article
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This article compares the main word processors - both open source and proprietary - available for GNU/Linux, and looks at what you need to take into account when choosing a word processor.
Dhttp://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1
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LearnOpenOffice.org
Developed by: learnopenoffice.org
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
These courses in html and flash offered by LearnOpenOffice.org provide easy step-by-step instruction in the use of Openoffice Impress for multia media presentations and OpenOffice Calc for basic and advanced use of spread sheets. The tutorials are available for online navigation and in the case of Impress, a flash-movie presentation takes you through the tutorial with narrated audio and visuals, allowing a quick and extensive overview of the office productivity tool. Rather than describing features one by one, each tutorial is based on a \"real world example\" to demonstrate how OpenOffice is used to problem-solve. Trainers will find this tutorial method of interest, as well as the sample files which accompany the tutorial. In order to see the full set of materials, however, you must register at no cost.
Dhttp://www.learnopenoffice.org/tutorials.htm
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