Starting OpenOffice.org

The OpenOffice.org office suite offers a complete set of office tools, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing, and database components. Because OpenOffice.org is available for a number of operating systems, you can use the same data across different computing platforms.

To start OpenOffice.org, click Computer+OpenOffice.org Writer. To create a new document, click File+New, then choose the type of document you want to create. To open an existing document, click Open, then select the file you want from the file system.