Java Desktop System Release 2 User Guide

StarOffice 7

The StarOffice suite of Office applications runs on multiple operating systems, including Linux, Solaris, and Windows. StarOffice contains the following applications:

StarOffice includes the following features and benefits:

Feature 

Benefit 

Supports XML file formats 

You can create, manage, and access complex documents and web pages. 

Intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) 

Familiar interface concepts require minimal retraining. 

Built on open standards and OpenOffice.org open source code 

You are not locked into proprietary formats. 

To Start StarOffice

You can start StarOffice in the following ways:

StarOffice contains sample documents and templates to help you create documents. To access these templates and documents, choose File -> New -> Templates and Documents.

Choose File -> AutoPilot to create user-defined templates, for example, for faxes, presentations or web pages that you can use as a basis for further documents.

You can access Help for StarOffice from within each of the following StarOffice applications:

Category 

Application 

Description 

Office 

StarOffice 7 Presentation

Enables you to create presentations. 

 

StarOffice 7 Spreadsheet

Enables you to create spreadsheets. 

 

StarOffice 7 Text Document

Enables you to create text documents. 

To Open a StarOffice File

To open a file previously created by StarOffice, click Launch, then choose StarOffice 7. From the Templates and Documents — My Documents dialog, highlight the folder where the file is located. For example, if your file is located in My Documents folder, click on the My Documents icon and a list of your folders and files is displayed in the Title pane. Locate the file that you want and double-click on the file.