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Overview

This, the OpenOffice.org User’s Guide, attempts to provide answers to questions about working with OpenOffice.org. It is focused on OpenOffice.org 1.1.x releases but, it should be useful with 1.9 and 2.0 releases. Differences between 1.1.x and these later releases are boxed.

In addition, use of the OpenOffice.org Help facility is also covered Through Help, users can get detailed answers to all questions at any time by pressing (F1), opening the Help menu or clicking the Help buttons. More information on using OpenOffice.org Help can be found in Chapter 1, Working with OpenOffice.org.

Other sources of support are available through the users@openoffice.org mailing list, OOforum via the Internet, the OpenOffice.org support newsgroups provided by gmane.org and the latest news about OpenOffice.org at www.openoffice.org.

1.1 What is Twitter?
Twitter is, simply, a popular and very rapidly growing social media site on which participants communicate with each other by sending short messages — called Tweets to each other.

This reaction is common for at least two reasons:

1. The tag line at the top of Twitter asks, “What are you doing?” Answering that question literally and constantly — as many Twitter users seem to — seems like an exercise in narcissism (at worst) or futility (at best). Reading thousands of such Tweets, on the other hand, seems like an exercise in voyeurism.
2. It’s easy to be skeptical about the efficacy of something as simple as Twitter. Shouldn’t a social media site be full of blinking lights, scantily clad teenagers, and tributes to today’s pop stars? (You must be thinking of MySpace.) Or at least have videos, more pictures, and perhaps some games involving throwing virtual puppies at each other? (That would be Facebook.)

Trust us — there’s much more to Twitter than what first meets the eye. We aim to show you precisely that during this course.

1. Overview
The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet provides easy broadband access to the Internet through a WLAN/Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection with compatible mobile phones. Its wide screen and portable size make it optimal for enjoying the Web and Internet communications away from your laptop or desktop.

C h a p te r 1 : Navigating the Home Page & Locating Important Info
Chapter Highlights:

• Understanding the Home Page Contents
• Navigating the Navigation
• Important Links from the Home Page

You can also go to the group page right from any group email, which we’ll cover in the chapter about group emails.

From the home page of our group, you can access every tool available through the group, hit important team links, and check out the latest posts. There’s a lot of information crammed into this page, though, so making sense of it can be frustrating at first. Let’s break it down.

From the Top
Beginning at the top of the page, you’ll find the following items. We’ll quickly cover what each item is there for (even the stuff that really has nothing to do with the group, but does take up space and make things more confusing if you don’t know why they’re there) – but we won’t go in-depth. The items that we deal with often as a group will be covered fully on its own.

Key Features

Wide-angle zoom lens can capture wide-angle pictures
This camera has a compact body only 25 mm thick, featuring a 24-mm* (Wide-angle) to 72-mm* (Telephoto) 3× optical zoom lens that covers a wide range of shooting. The wide-angle lens is great for capturing buildings, landscape scenes, group photos, and more.
*Equivalent to that on a 35mm camera

Camera shake correction function reduces blurring (P.106)
The camera comes with a camera shake correction function to allow you to take clearer pictures with minimized blurring even indoors, at night and in other situations where camera shake may occur.

Variety of accessories for greater creative expression (P.16)
Use the camera with the optional hood & adapter and 19-mm wide conversion lens to capture even wider angles. Enhance your photographic experience with a variety of optional accessories, including an LCD
viewfinder and cable switch. The camera is equipped with a hot shoe to allow you to use an external flash.

Chapter 1 Introducing Windows Vista

• Introducing the Windows Vista Versions (p.4)
• Getting Started with Windows Vista (p.5)
• Using Windows Vista in Workgroups and Domains (p.8)
• Turning Off and Shutting Down Computers Running Windows Vista (p.12)

Microsoft Windows Vista is the latest workstation version of the Windows operating system and is designed for both home and business users. MSN Encarta describes a vista as a scenic or panoramic view, and that’s exactly what Windows Vista provides. Not only does Windows Vista have an all-new look, complete with stylish graphical visualizations, easier-to-navigate menus, and enhanced personalization capabilities, but the operating system is also the first version of Windows in which the user experience scales to the hardware capabilities of the computer on which Windows Vista is installed. Although the graphical bells and whistles are excellent, many of the most powerful features in Windows Vista are those that you won’t see at first glance, including the many enhancements for reliability, security, usability, and mobility.