Self Study Guide for Office and Internet Applications using Linux

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Author: Kylie Davies
Date Created: 2002
Revision 3
Last Modified on March 3rd 2006

To Do Finish transfer of content from cbv intranet and update content. Add Internet section.

Overview

This guide is designed to give new Linux users an introduction to:

Office-like application software for Linux (ie OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org) and;

Using the Internet with Linux

This guide is a self study guide; trainees self direct their learning using the links and information recommended in this guide.

Trainees are encouraged to bring in any work or projects that could be used to practice some of the skill areas covered in this guide. This could include:

Assignments from TAFE, University or high school

Letters, posters, invitations or other items that can be formatted using a word processor application

Address books or other list items that can be computerised using a spreadsheet application or database application

Where we provide a link to another place (whether it be a tutorial or a resource) we also include the exact URL location so that you can write it down for future reference.

TIP: If you wish to keep this guide open while following inks to other pages - you can use your mouse to right click over a link. Doing this will bring up a menu that will allow you to choose the option "open link in new tab". This will open a new browser tab onto the page that you would like to look.

Online Tutorials and help for OpenOffice

Practice Material

If you are a bit stuck for material to use, we have provided some files below. You can download these files by clicking on the links to them. Be careful to remember where you are saving them

Clicking on a file name above will invoke a dialog box that will ask you what you would like to do with the file that you are about to download to your hard disk or floppy disk. Select the option "save file to disk" and choose a directory in which to put the file in (Note:* you will need to remember where you put it for when you need to open it). Hint:** If you have a floppy disk - save the file to your disk. Once the file download is complete you should be able to locate the file and open it.

Links to Academic material

Victoria University Library - http://www.vu.edu.au/library/

National Library of Australia - http://www.nla.gov.au/
(The place to find online journals, newspapers, newsletters and more)

University of Sydney Social Work Internet Guide - http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/Guides/SocialWork/index.html

Australasian Legal Information Institute - http://www.austlii.edu.au/ (Provides free access to Australian legal materials)

Social Sciences Virtual Library - http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/


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computerbank links home hardware history forms meetings occupational health policies procedures projects reports software trainer volunteers work for dole archives authors playpen	Home / Tutorials / Self Study Guide for Office and Internet Applications using Linux Self Study Guide for Office and Internet Applications using Linux Author: Kylie Davies Date Created: 2002 Revision 3 Last Modified on March 3rd 2006 To Do Finish transfer of content from cbv intranet and update content. Add Internet section. Overview This guide is designed to give new Linux users an introduction to: Office-like application software for Linux (ie OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org) and; Using the Internet with Linux This guide is a self study guide; trainees self direct their learning using the links and information recommended in this guide. Trainees are encouraged to bring in any work or projects that could be used to practice some of the skill areas covered in this guide. This could include: Assignments from TAFE, University or high school Letters, posters, invitations or other items that can be formatted using a word processor application Address books or other list items that can be computerised using a spreadsheet application or database application Where we provide a link to another place (whether it be a tutorial or a resource) we also include the exact URL location so that you can write it down for future reference. TIP: If you wish to keep this guide open while following inks to other pages - you can use your mouse to right click over a link. Doing this will bring up a menu that will allow you to choose the option "open link in new tab". This will open a new browser tab onto the page that you would like to look. Online Tutorials and help for OpenOffice OpenOffice website - http://www.openoffice.org An introduction to OpenOffice - A shockwave flash movie at http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/openofficeintro.swf Impress, calc, and writer - http://www.learnopenoffice.org/tutorials.htm OpenOffice and Fedora Linux - http://training.bytebot.net/ Video Tutorial - Creating a PDF in OpenOffice (Google Video) - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1071303710584352421&q=openoffice http://www.digitaldistribution.com/about/lessons/ - Currently offline Practice Material If you are a bit stuck for material to use, we have provided some files below. You can download these files by clicking on the links to them. Be careful to remember where you are saving them wordprocessing_exercise_1 spreadsheet_exercise_1 spreadsheet_exercise_2 Clicking on a file name above will invoke a dialog box that will ask you what you would like to do with the file that you are about to download to your hard disk or floppy disk. Select the option "save file to disk" and choose a directory in which to put the file in (Note:* you will need to remember where you put it for when you need to open it). Hint: If you have a floppy disk - save the file to your disk. Once the file download is complete you should be able to locate the file and open it. Links to Academic material** Victoria University Library - http://www.vu.edu.au/library/ National Library of Australia - http://www.nla.gov.au/ (The place to find online journals, newspapers, newsletters and more) University of Sydney Social Work Internet Guide - http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/Guides/SocialWork/index.html Australasian Legal Information Institute - http://www.austlii.edu.au/ (Provides free access to Australian legal materials) Social Sciences Virtual Library - http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/
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