An overview of OpenOffice 2.0

The next generation of this popular office productivity suite is currently in late beta and due to be officially release shortly. The suite (which includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentations package, database, and more) has undergone substantial and important changes since it's last release. Should OpenOffice be your next office suite and should it take the place of Microsoft Office in your enterprise. Join Marcel Gagné for the answers to your questions as he takes you on a tour of the new OpenOffice 2.0, describing its changes, advantages and disadvantages. A must for anyone who uses an office suite at home or in business.



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Marcel Gagné, Author of "Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!" and Linux Journal Columnist

Marcel Gagné (Canada's Linux Guru), is probably best known as the award-winning author of the Linux Journal 'Cooking with Linux' series, for which he received the Readers' Choice award for favorite column four years in a row. His fourth, and more recent book, the second edition of his immensely successful "Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!' is available in stores now. One of the best known voices of the Linux and open source world, he has written numerous articles on Linux and open source projects for various publications including Linux Journal, InformIT, Unix Review, SysAdmin magazine, and several others. He also appears regularly on radio, at industry shows, user groups, universities, and as the Linux guy on Tech TV's "Call for Help". He has written about, installed, and taught many open source applications including the Linux desktop environment itself, as well as the popular OpenOffice.org office suite. A long-time systems and network administrator, Marcel is a published science fiction author and editor, a pilot, an avid science and astronomy buff, and a former top 40 disc jockey. He also folds a mean Origami T-Rex.