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This chapter contains information on the installed and available Office Suites for Kubuntu.
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The default office application is OpenOffice.org 3. This is the third major release of the popular office suite that includes Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress, and Math. This suite is the open source equivalent of the Microsoft Office suite and each application corresponds to a similar product in that line. Calc is very similar to Excel, Writer is the same for Word, Impress is PowerPoint, and Base functions similarly to Access. OpenOffice.org can handle all but Microsoft Access files without problems.
While all of these applications are installed by default, Kubuntu has chosen to rename the titles that are listed in the Kickoff Application Launcher to better reflect how these applications are used and in some cases have removed them from the Kickoff Application Launcher entirely. For more details about the OpenOffice.org suite, visit OpenOffice.org homepage.
OpenOffice.org Impress, or Presentation, provides the capability to create slide presentations. Most PowerPoint files may be opened and edited in Impress. OpenOffice.org Impress can be launched by going to ->->->.
OpenOffice.org Calc, Spreadsheets, is a fully featured spreadsheet program. The module supports multiple spreadsheets, built-in functions and can read most Microsoft Excel documents. OpenOffice.org Calc can be launched by going to ->->->.
Open Office Writer, or Word Processor, is a fully featured word processor that can create simple or complex documents. Writer can open most Microsoft Word documents and can save in the .doc format. OpenOffice.org Writer can be launched by going to ->->->.
OpenOffice.org Draw provides complex functionality to allow the creation of drawings, diagrams, charts, and other business presentations. The program is object oriented and allows for layering of various panes of work. OpenOffice.org Draw can be launched from within any other OpenOffice application or by going to ->->->
OpenOffice.org Math allows the user to create and assemble math-oriented
documents. There are special functions here that allow the creation of
mathematical formulas and table nomenclature not easily assembled in the
standard Writer application. OpenOffice.org Math can be launched from within any
other OpenOffice application or by pressing
Alt-F2 and typing
oomath
and pressing the button.
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