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Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.x

Chapter 1: What is OpenOffice.org?

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• What does OpenOffice.org include?
• The advantages of OpenOffice.org

• How does OpenOffice.org compare?
• Features
• New features in version 2

• Minimum requirements
• Getting the software
• How to get help
• A short history of OpenOffice.org
• How is OpenOffice.org licensed?
• What is "open source"?
• Frequently asked questions

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You can get the OpenOffice.org installation package in any of these ways:

• Download a copy from the project's home page: http://www.openoffice.org.
• Download a copy using the Peer to Peer client, BitTorrent. The instructions are here: http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/.
• Purchase a copy on a CD-ROM or other digital form from a third-party distributor. The project maintains a listing of distributors; however, these distributors are not connected with, nor endorsed by OpenOffice.org: http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/sellers.html.

Installing the software

Information on installing and setting up OpenOffice.org on the various supported operating systems is given here: http://download.openoffice.org/common/instructions.html

You can also download the more detailed Setup Guide (in several languages) from http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html