This is a free downloadable office programme for Windows and AppleMac, which is very similar to Microsoft Office and could be used as a replacement at no cost! It contains the following software:
- Writer for word processing
- Calc for spreadsheets
- Impress for presentation slideshows
Plus, other useful apps. Each session (3 x 2 hours) will cover an introduction to one of the main apps: Writer, Calc and Impress.
If you have used Microsoft Office you will find LibreOffice has very similar tools to create text documents, spreadsheets and slideshow presentations … and you can save to the Microsoft Office formats of: .docx .xlsx and .pptx.
Course Objectives:
- Writer: Using the workspace, insert and delete text, cut, copy and paste, fonts, page layout, paragraphs, indents and tabs, spell check, etc;
- Calc: Using the workspace, designing a spreadsheet, inserting rows and columns, entering titles, numbers and formulas, formatting the sheet, create a graph, etc.
- Impress – Using the workspace, working with slides and master slides, adding text and graphics, formatting text; using slide sorter; adding video clips and animations, etc.