OpenOffice.org User Help Centre
In this Help Centre you will find resources to assist you in accomplishing your day to day tasks quickly and easily using OpenOffice.org. If you do run into the occasional problem, you should be able to find help to solve your difficulty here.
Rather than trying to "reinvent the wheel" in this Help Centre we have categorized and listed resouces available on other sites as well as providing help ourselves.
Please browse the links below, and click on the Help Centre link on the navigation bar to return to this page at any time.
If you have any suggestions for additional resouces that can be listed here please let us know.
If you are looking for a VIP code to register on the forums, you can use: 9371
Tips & Tricks...
OOo Specific:
Docking the Stylist/Navigator
Calc:
Tips from openofficetips.com
General:
Zoom in or out quickly by using Ctrl + Mouse Wheel in many Windows programs.
Tips & Tricks are suggested and discussed in our forums before being included here.
OOo Links...
OOo File Converter
If you've received a file in OOo format and don't (yet) have OOo installed, you can use this
online converter to turn the file into a format that you'll be able to open.
User Guides & Tutorials...
User Guide - from the OpenOffice.org
Documentation Project.
How tos.. - from the OpenOffice.org
Documentation Project.
Some of the above documents require you to have OOo or Adobe Reader® (20mb download - also included on the 8daysaweek CD) installed.
Tutorials for OOo - FREE assistance to anyone
learning or teaching OpenOffice.org.
www.Cluesheets.com - Double-sided "Quick Reference Cards"
designed to give easy to read instructions for key tasks in StarOffice and OOo.
LearnOpenOffice.org - "This site provides comprehensive, web based training for OpenOffice.org. These
OpenOffice.org tutorials will teach you everything you need to know to become an OpenOffice.org guru in
just an hour or two." (Free but requires membership).
www.OOoAuthors.org - This is a site which includes tutorials,
FAQs and more about OOo. The interface can be a little confusing to begin with, but persevere
and you will be rewarded with some very useful information.
Forums...
The 8daysaweek Forums - get help using OpenOffice.org, support from us or just chat with other users.
www.OOoForum.org - Help from other OOo users, from novice to developer level, if you can't find an answer to your question on 8daysaweek.co.uk, this should be your next port of call.
Macros...
Copy Down Macro - adds a button to your Calc toolbar which copies (or more accurately fills) down the contents of the cell above, or if the original cell was selected copies a series of cells.
Backup/Export Files to a...
Fixed Folder -
Current Folder
Sub Folder
Word Count Macro - adds a button to your Writer toolbar (OOo 1.1.x) for counting words in a selection and the entire document.
There are more macros listed on our Downloads page
www.OOoMacros.org - a site which lists many and varied macros categorised for user and developer use. Here you'll find macros to enhance OOo.
Books...
OpenOffice.org has been around for quite a while now, and so a number of books have been published that give comprehensive help for anything from simple documents to complex spreadsheets, presentations and drawings.
Sams Teach Yourself Openoffice.Org All in One
OpenOffice.Org X for Dummies...
