User Guide/9/Office

Office Tools

Office productivity tools are available in the base DVD Fedora installation but not in the live-CD version. 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.

If the office productivity tools are not installed, install them using Pirut. Using Pirut is covered in the chapter Managing Software with Pirut . To install the office productivity tools, go to Applications in the left menu of Pirut and in the right menu select the Office/Productivity group, clicking the Optional packages. Install the OpenOffice.org suite of packages. Another option is to install using the console:

su -c 'yum groupinstall "Office/Productivity"'

To access the OpenOffice.org suite of tools in GNOME go to Applications > Office and select the application you would like to use. The icons below identify the programs; similar information is available from the tool tip that pops up when the mouse arrow hovers over the icon in the Applications > Office menu. In KDE the location is slightly different, with OpenOffice in KMenu > Applications > Office

The office tools available are:

File:User Guide 9 Office calicon.png	Calendar, a component of the Evolution application suite.
File:User Guide 9 Office openofficeorg-impress.png	Presentation is the OpenOffice.org Impress application, for creating and performing presentations.
File:User Guide 9 Office gnome-planner.png	Project Management is the Planner application, a project planning tool.
File:User Guide 9 Office openofficeorg-calc.png	Spreadsheet is the OpenOffice.org Calc application, a spreadsheet program.
File:User Guide 9 Office tasksicon.png	Tasks, a component of the Evolution application suite.
File:User Guide 9 Office openofficeorg-writer.png	Word Processor is the OpenOffice.org Writer application, a word processing program.

Evolution applications require initial setup

The Evolution suite of applications, which includes Calendar and Tasks, requires an initial setup. Refer to Configuring Evolution for detailed directions.

OpenOffice.org Applications

OpenOffice.org creates documents in formats based on open standards, such as OpenDocument (ODF), Rich Text Format (RTF), and HTML. It can also read, edit, and write documents in Microsoft Office formats, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with a high degree of compatibility. Files can be exported in PDF format without the need of additional software.

OpenOffice.org is available for many computer platforms

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 that are instantly compatible across many different computer platforms.

KOffice

KOffice productivity tools are available in the base KDE Fedora installation. This group of office tools include presentation, spreadsheet, and word processing applications. These tools are available through Applications > Office in GNOME or Kmenu > Applications > Office in KDE.

If the office productivity tools are not installed, download them using Pirut. Using Pirut is covered in the chapter Managing Software with Pirut . Install the koffice-suite package. Another option is to install using the console:

su -c 'yum install koffice-suite'

Access the KOffice suite of tools in GNOME via Applications > Office, selecting the application to use. The icons below help you choose the program you want. In KDE the location is slightly different, KOffice is in KMenu > Applications > Office

The office tools available are:

File:User Guide 9 Office kpresenter.png	KPresenter is the KOffice application for creating and performing presentations.
File:User Guide 9 Office kivio.png	Kivio is the KOffice application for creating flowcharts and diagrams.
File:User Guide 9 Office kplato.png	KPlato is the Planner application, a project planning tool.
File:User Guide 9 Office kspread.png	KSpread is the KOffice spreadsheet program.
File:User Guide 9 Office kword.png	KWord is the KOffice word processing program.
File:User Guide 9 Office kchart.png	KChart is the KOffice application for creating charts.
File:User Guide 9 Office karbon.png	Karbon is the KOffice application for creating scalable vector drawings.
File:User Guide 9 Office krita.png	Krita is the KOffice painting and image editing application.
File:User Guide 9 Office kexi.png	Kexi is the KOffice integrated data management application.
File:User Guide 9 Office kformula.png	KFormula is the KOffice application managing formulas.
File:User Guide 9 Office kugar.png	Kugar is the KOffice application for generating business quality reports.

For Further Information

For more information on using OpenOffice.org, refer to the following documentation and support pages:

• http://documentation.openoffice.org/
• http://support.openoffice.org/index.html
• http://user-faq.openoffice.org/

For more information on using KOffice, refer to the following documentation and support pages:

• http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase-runtime/userguide/kde-office-components.html
• http://www.koffice.org/

For templates that can be used in OpenOffice.org refer to the following websites:

• http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/index.html
• http://www.smalldataproblem.org/ooextras/
• http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/SunTemplatepack_1

For templates that can be used in KOffice refer to the following websites:

• http://www.koffice.org/kword/templates.php
• http://kde-files.org/index.php?xcontentmode=610

For more information on using Planner, refer to the following official project documentation and support site:

• http://live.gnome.org/Planner

For more information on using Evolution, refer to the following official project documentation and support site:

• http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/

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