Office productivity tools are available in the base Fedora
installation. This group of office tools include presentation,
spreadsheet, and word processing applications. These tools are
available through
Applications > Office
or as
icons on the menu bar.
The office tools available are:
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Calendar
, a component of the
Evolution
application suite.
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Presentation
is the
OpenOffice.org Impress
application, for creating and performing presentations.
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Project Management
is the
Planner
application, a powerful project planning tool.
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Spreadsheet
is the
OpenOffice.org Calc
application, a spreadsheet program.
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Tasks
, a component of the
Evolution
application suite.
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Word Processor
is the
OpenOffice.org Writer
application, a word processing program.
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Table 7.1. Available Office Tools
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Evolution applications require initial setup |
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The
Evolution
suite of
applications, which includes
Calendar
and
Tasks
, requires an initial
setup. See Section 6.1, “Setting Up Your Email” for detailed
directions.
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7.1. OpenOffice.org Applications
With
OpenOffice.org
, you can
create documents in formats based on open standards, such as
OpenDocument, Rich Text Format, and HTML. If necessary, you can
also read, edit, and write documents in Microsoft Office formats,
such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with a high degree of
compatibility. You can also export files in PDF format without the
need of additional software.
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OpenOffice.org is available for many computer platforms |
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The
OpenOffice.org
suite is
also available without cost for other Linux distributions, Sun
Solaris, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X under X11. This
makes it possible to publish documents which are compatible
across many different computer platforms.
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