On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 13:20 -0600, Mary Leete wrote: > Hello! > > Congratulations to all who worked on OOo 2.0! It's fabulous! > > If anyone is looking for a great manual, Free Software For Dummies, > includes about 200 pages on OpenOffice.org 2.0. It's newly published and > received excellent reviews in the Chicago Tribune, LA Times and > elsewhere. It has several chapters on all the major programs: Writer, > Calc, Base, Draw, and Impress, plus it includes other free > software as well, such as The GIMP, Firefox, and more. And it only costs > $14.95 on Amazon. Please spread the word! > > Congratulations again on your success! >
Better to buy the OOo one. All profits go to OOo rather than into someone's pocket. See http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ > Mary Leete > Author of Free Software For Dummies > > > Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > > > All, > > > > OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here > > > > 20 October, 2005 > > > > OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the productivity suite that individuals, > > governments, and corporations around the world have been expecting > > for the last two years. Easy to use and fluidly interoperable with > > every major office suite, OpenOffice.org 2.0 realises the potential > > of open source. Besides a powerful new database module and advanced > > XML capabilities, OpenOffice.org natively supports the > > internationally standardised OpenDocument format, which several > > countries, as well as the U.S. state of Massachusetts, have > > established as the default for office documents. More than any other > > suite, OpenOffice.org 2.0 gives users around the globe the tools to > > be engaged and productive members of their society. > > > > Available in 36 languages, with more on the way, and able to run > > natively on Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X (X11) and several other > > platforms, OpenOffice.org banishes software segregation and isolation > > and dramatically levels the playing field. And, with its support for > > the OASIS standard OpenDocument format, OpenOffice.org eliminates the > > fear of vendor lock in or format obsolescence. The OpenDocument > > format can be used by any office application, ensuring that documents > > can be viewed, edited and printed for generations to come. > > OpenOffice.org 2.0 is a breath of hope for small economies that can > > now have a local language office suite well adapted to their needs > > and to their economical possibilities, reducing their dependency on > > the interests of proprietary software vendors. > > > > "OpenOffice.org is on a path toward being the most popular office > > suite the world has ever seen and is providing users with safety, > > choice, and an opportunity to participate in one of the broadest > > community efforts the Internet has ever seen. As a member of that > > community, I'd like to offer my heartiest congratulations." - > > Jonathan Schwartz - President and CEO of Sun Microsystems. > > > > Built by a community including Sun Microsystems, its primary sponsor > > and contributor, Novell, Red Hat, Debian, Propylon, Intel, as well as > > independent programmers, translators, writers, and marketers; > > OpenOffice.org 2.0 demonstrates the success, dedication and > > proficiency of the open source software community. > > > > That community now includes the City of Vienna, which recently > > started deploying OpenOffice.org throughout. "We are very happy about > > the functionality and quality of the OpenOffice.org software. We are > > confident that OpenOffice.org will be made available to all of our > > 18,000 workstation users." - Brigitte Lutz, City of Vienna. > > > > Louis Suárez-Potts, OpenOffice.org Community Manager, commented that > > "OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the culmination of a collaborative process > > involving thousands working in dozens of languages everywhere in the > > world. It shows that open source can produce software of the highest > > quality and assure the robustness, usability and security that users > > expect in their office suite." > > > > In addition to the OpenDocument format, the redesigned user interface > > and a new database module, OpenOffice.org 2.0 also adds improved PDF > > support, a superior spreadsheet module, enhanced desktop integration > > and several other features that take advantage of its advanced XML > > capabilities, such as the ability to easily create, edit and use XForms. > > > > For more detailed information regarding OpenOffice.org 2.0, please > > refer to the Press Kit at http://www.openoffice.org/press/2.0/ > > index.html . > > > > Congratulations All, > > > > The OpenOffice.org Community > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
