OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas

Video tutorial for creating cross-references

It takes a while to load, but should run fine once it gets going. (Optimization is one of the things I'm working on as I create more of these.)

It's about how to create cross-references in Writer, and what they are.

Note: The video uses the Navigator (press F5) to get around more easily to various headings being referenced. The Navigator shows you the structure of your document and the objects in it. By "structure" I mean that it shows all the text to which you have applied the paragraph styles Heading1, Heading2, and so on. More specifically, it shows whatever you have set up as the paragraph styles defining your documentBy structure under Tools > Outline Numbering. That's a whole nother topic, though a very useful one. To learn more about outline numbering and the Navigator, see these blog entries.

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2006/10/in_praise_of_ou.html

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/06/using_the_navig.html
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/06/going_to_a_spec.html
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/06/leaving_a_trail.html

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Video tutorial for creating cross-references

Video tutorial, take 2. Smaller display area. It takes a while to load, but should run fine once it gets going. (Optimization is one of the things I'm working on as I create more of these.)

It's about how to create cross-references in Writer, and what they are.

Note: The video uses the Navigator (press F5) to get around more easily to various headings being referenced. The Navigator shows you the structure of your document and the objects in it. By "structure" I mean that it shows all the text to which you have applied the paragraph styles Heading1, Heading2, and so on. More specifically, it shows whatever you have set up as the paragraph styles defining your documentBy structure under Tools > Outline Numbering. That's a whole nother topic, though a very useful one. To learn more about outline numbering and the Navigator, see these blog entries.

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2006/10/in_praise_of_ou.html

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/06/using_the_navig.html
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/06/going_to_a_spec.html
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/06/leaving_a_trail.html

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A podcast: Solveig Talks to Barton George from Sun

I ran into Barton George at LinuxWorld in August. Barton develops relationships with the various GNU/Linux communities as well as Sun's relationship with the FSF.

Barton and I chatted about various things; read about them here  and/or listen here.

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Podcasts?

I'm exploring a few ideas for multimedia, including video recordings and audio-0nly podcasts. Are there any audio-only podcast ideas you'd like to suggest, or do you think pretty much just the video would be best?

I've inserted a sample file just to get started as I work my way through learning the podcast process on Typepad.com.  There are a few squeaks in the audio; something else to work on.     Download pocastintro2.mp3  

I've also just recorded a three-part test podcast of how to create a simple mail merge, so I'll be posting that soon as well.

Thanks,
Solveig