Preface

The StarOffice^TM 9 software is a full-featured office productivity suite. The suite uses the standard OpenDocument format (ODF) to save the documents, and can also open, edit, and save Microsoft Office documents.

This StarOffice 9 Getting Started Guide helps you to install and use the StarOffice productivity suite.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is a basic reference for people who want to install and start using the StarOffice 9 office suite right away. If this guide does not answer your questions, access the application help that is available in each StarOffice 9 program.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the StarOffice 9 suite.

Chapter 2 gives information about installing on all operating systems.

Chapter 3 describes how to start the StarOffice 9 programs and explains what you see on the screen.

Chapters 4 to 8 describe the main programs of the office suite.

The Appendix lists the most often used keyboard shortcuts.

The Glossary provides definitions for terms used in this document.

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Due to differences of operating systems, the figures shown in this document might appear differently on your computer.

Related Information

The OpenOffice.org documentation web site at http://documentation.openoffice.org provides links to online documentation, books, tutorials, user forums, and more. The documentation set is available at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation and includes the following documents:

The OpenOffice.org Administration Guide provides information about multiple installations and user management for system administrators.
The OpenOffice.org Developer's Guide provides information for the developer about controlling StarOffice from other applications and controlling other applications from StarOffice, among others.
The BASIC Programming Guide provides information about writing macros and is intended for users with programming skills.

Related Third-Party Web Site References

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.

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Documentation, Support, and Training

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