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  StarOffice and the Microsoft Suite

StarOffice Tutorial

Click Here for a great online, self-paced StarOffice tutorial. This tutorial will also help you prepare for TTCC.

NOTE: 

  • Scroll half-way down the StarOffice page to the image of the globe & click on it.

("StarOffice 8 Office Suite Tutorial for Adults")

  • On the pop-up window scroll down the entire page & click on the globe to start the tutorial.

 

Table of Contents for this Page:

Back to Basics

Beyond the Basics

 


Handouts

Acrobat Reader is required to download the following handouts.

 

Back to Basics

   These handouts address very basic skills.

Word Processing Basics Spreadsheet Basics Multimedia
Word Processing using StarOffice Writer 8.3
Spreadsheets using StarOffice Calc 8.3
Multimedia using StarOffice Impress 8.3
Word Processing using Microsoft Word 2003
Spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel 2003
Multimedia using MS PowerPoint 2003

Handouts address:

  • Creating, saving and opening a document
  • Page setup
    • Margins
    • Page orientation
    • Tabs
  • Formatting Tools
    • Font, size, color and style
    • Alignment
    • Bullets
    • Numbering
    • Highlighting
  • Inserting graphics
  • Headers and footers
    • Page numbers
    • Fields
  • Copy and paste
  • Spell check and thesaurus

Handouts address:

  • Basic terminology
    • Workbook
    • Spreadsheets
    • Row/Column/Cell
    • Cell Address
  • Formatting Tools (Formatting toolbar features)
    • Font type, size, style, alignments
    • Number formats
    • Intentions
    • Borders
    • Full
    • Font color
  • Simple functions/formulas
  • Cell width/height
  • Auto-fill
  • Saving and Exiting

Handouts address:

  • Creating, saving and opening a slideshow
  • Slides formatting tools
    • Text
    • Background color
    • Slide (page) orientation
    • Inserting graphics
  • Turning on/off the Gallery
  • Viewing toolbars
  • Inserting new slides
  • Printing
   

Online-Interactive Tutorial

Important Notes before you start the tutorial

  1. After you click the tutorial link, you'll probably need to download Flash Player, therefore click the download link if it's presented to you. After you install Flash, return to this page and click the tutorial link again.
  2. There's a Sumbit Form page at the end of the tutorial . Please copy and paste your responses from the "Preview email Contents" into the body of a new email. (The Comment/Suggestions text box doesn't work well so please enter your comments or suggestions in the body of your email.
  3. Address the email to specialists@mansfieldisd.org

Thank you for your feedback!

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Online tutorial using StarOffice Impress 8.3

   

Homework (practice)

Homework Sample

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Beyond the Basics

   These handouts address more advance skills.

Word Processing

Beyond the Basics

Spreadsheets

Beyond the Basics

Multimedia

Beyond the Basics

Handouts address:

  • Creating Desktop Publishing Documents
    • Certificates
    • Brochures
    • Newsletters
  • Creating Templates
  • Mail Merge
  • Drawing Tools

Handouts address:

  • Worksheets
    • Insert worksheets
    • Rename worksheets
    • Move or copy worksheets
    • Delete worksheets
    • Hide worksheets
  • Rows and Columns
    • Freeze rows or columns
    • Hide rows or columns
  • Data
    • Move data
    • Copy and paste
    • Find and/or replace data
    • Sort data
  • Page Setup
    • Change the page layout
    • Add a header or footer
  • Formulas
    • Creating and working with formulas and functions
    • Use the AutoSum feature
    • View formulas in the spreadsheet
    • Round numbers or change number of decimals
  • Editing
    • Track changes in a worksheet
    • Insert comments in a worksheet
    • Naming a range of cells
  • Create and format a chart
  • View gridlines in a printed worksheet

Handouts address:

  • Inserting audio and video
  • Adding sound to clipart
  • Animating an object
  • Transitioning between slides
  • Applying slide designs
  • Creating a non-linear slideshow
  • Looping a slideshow
  • Merging multiple slideshows

 

Note:

As of June 2007, StarOffice Impress doesn't play inserted videos. If you need to insert a video into a presentation (and you don't have access to PowerPoint) try Open Office.

Click here for an OO handout.

Click here for instructions on inserting United Streaming video(s) into OO.

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