Books on OpenOffice.org
Books by the OOoAuthors team
Please don’t buy from Amazon.com the three OOo3 books by the OOoAuthors team (Getting Started, Writer Guide, and Impress Guide) being sold there. See this post for the reason. If you want printed copies, please buy them from Lulu.com using the links below.
Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3, October 2008. ISBN 978-1921320057.
OpenOffice.org 3 Writer Guide, January 2009, ISBN 978-1921320064.
Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.x, Fourth edition, May 2008. ISBN 978-1921320040.
OpenOffice.org 2.x Writer Guide, Third edition, February 2007. ISBN 978-1921320002.
OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide, First edition, May 2007, ISBN 978-1921320019.
OpenOffice.org 2.x Draw Guide, Second edition, April 2008. ISBN 978-1921320033.
OpenOffice.org 2.0 Migration Guide, First edition, May 2006. ISBN 978-1411693883.
Books by other people
A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3, R. Gabriel Gurley, 2008, ISBN 978-0977899166.
Beginning OpenOffice 3: From Novice to Professional, Andy Channelle, Apress, 2008, ISBN 978-1430215905.
Writer for Writers and Advanced Users, 5th edition, Dmitri Popov, 2008, ISBN 978-1-411680388.
Learn OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet Macro Programming by Mark Bain, Packt Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1847190979. Also in PDF from the publisher.
OpenOffice.org Macros Explained by Andrew Pitonyak, Hentzenwerke, 2004, ISBN 1930919514. Very little about macros has changed from OOo1.1.x to 2.0.
OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook by Solveig Haugland, 2006, ISBN 0974312029. Replaces OOo2.x Resource Kit.
Point & Click OpenOffice.org by Robin Miller, Prentice Hall, 2005, ISBN 0131879928.
Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows All in One by Greg Perry, Sams, 2005, ISBN 0672328089.
A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2.0: Standard Edition, by R., Gabriel Gurley, Concise Concepts, 2006, ISBN 0977899128.
Books by In Pictures
Free screen-quality downloads or pay for print-quality files.
Visibooks Guides
Similar to the In Pictures books but intended for classroom and corporate use.
Visibooks Guide to Impress 2.0
Books listed below are for OOo1.1.x. Some details have changed in OOo2.0, but much of the information is still current.
OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word by Jean Hollis Weber, published July 2004 by O’Reilly Community Press, ISBN 0596008260.
The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org by Ben Horst, Hentzenwerke, 2004, ISBN 1930919662.
OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Want to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office by Tamar E. Granor, Hentzenwerke, 2003, ISBN 1930919360.
OpenOffice.org For Dummies by Gurdy Leete, Ellen Finkelstein, Mary Leete, 2003, ISBN 0764542222.
No longer available
Taming OpenOffice.org Writer 1.1
Page last updated 8 December 2008.
