Synopses & Reviews
If Applixware Office can do it, you can do it too
With Applixware, you get one of the most stable and easy-to-use Linux office suites available. This book shows you step-by-step how to make the most of this versatile suite, from documents, spreadsheets, graphics, and presentations to e-mail, Web pages, database queries, and even custom applications. Packed with timesaving shortcuts, tips on working with files from other platforms and applications, and plenty of ready-to-use macros and example files on CD-ROM, it's all you need to become an Applixware power user. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Applixware Office
- Get up and running fast on Applixware interface fundamentals
- Become an Applix Words whiz, from basic text manipulation to mail merge
- Take Applix Spreadsheets to the max with links, buttons, Goal Seeking, and more
- Find out how to create attention-grabbing Web images using Applix Graphics
- Discover tips and tricks for standout slide shows in Applix Presents
- Manage your e-mail, share contacts, and much more with Applix Mail
- Create Web pages with tables and other advanced features using HTML Author
- Harness Applix Data to extract, analyze, and modify data from existing databases
- Use Applix Builder to create custom Applixware applications in a snap
Bonus CD-ROM
- Applixware macros
- 15 Linux utilities
- Examples and exercises from the book
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Synopsis
Packed with practical advice and examples, this is the comprehensive how-to reference that helps readers master Applixware. Start with easy, hands-on lessons and then learn to make them work together for maximum results. A special appendix on shortcuts allows users to enhance keyboard efficiency. CD contains dozens of Linux utilities.
Description
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC with Linux OS, 60MB available hard disk space, Applixware 5.0 for Linux.
About the Author
About the Author Heather Williamson is both the manager and owner/partner of Cat's Back Consulting in the Wallowa Valley of Oregon. She specializes in technical writing and training for all levels of computer users on topics including the Internet, fax technology, data communications, operating systems, and office applications. Heather has worked on Unix and Linux boxes for eight years, taking a hiatus now and then when work required Windows or Macintosh systems. She is the author of the HTML Master Reference and has worked on a variety of other titles by IDG Books Worldwide and QUE. In her free time, between writing and raising her family, Heather raises American quarter horses, barrel races in local rodeo circuits (when writing allows), spoils her cocker spaniel and ancient yellow Lab, and gets shot while robbing a bank each Saturday during the summer in a Wild West reenactment.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
PART I: Introducing the Applixware Office Suite.
Chapter 1: System Shakedown.
Chapter 2: Getting Started with Applixware Office Applications.
Chapter 3: Using the Directory Displayer.
Chapter 4: Getting Help with Applixware Office.
PART II: Applix Words.
Chapter 5: Becoming Familiar with Words.
Chapter 6: Creating and Managing Documents.
Chapter 7: Working with Text.
Chapter 8: Editing Your Work.
Chapter 9: Formatting Your Text.
Chapter 10: Incorporating Special Elements.
Chapter 11: Adding Tables.
Chapter 12: Creating Mail Merge Documents.
Chapter 13: Building a Book.
Chapter 14: Forms, Fields, and Macros.
Chapter 15: Words at Work.
PART III: Applix Spreadsheets.
Chapter 16: Using the Spreadsheets Interface.
Chapter 17: Using Spreadsheets and Sheets.
Chapter 18: Using Cells and Ranges.
Chapter 19: Using Basic Functions and Formulas.
Chapter 20: Incorporating Additional Objects and Files.
Chapter 21: Working with Databases in Spreadsheets.
Chapter 22: Creating Charts.
Chapter 23: Spreadsheets at Work.
PART IV: Applix Graphics.
Chapter 24: Becoming Familiar with the Graphics Interface.
Chapter 25: Working with Images.
Chapter 26: Editing Images.
Chapter 27: Preparing Images for the Web.
Chapter 28: Graphics at Work.
PART V: Applix Presents.
Chapter 29: Learning the Presents Interface.
Chapter 30: Creating a Presentation.
Chapter 31: Making Adjustments to Your Presentation.
Chapter 32: Adding Special Effects to Presentations.
Chapter 33: Presenting Your Presentation.
Chapter 34: Presents at Work.
PART VI: Applix Mail.
Chapter 35: Becoming Familiar with the Mail Interface.
Chapter 36: Sending and Receiving Mail.
Chapter 37: Using the User Lists.
Chapter 38: Applix Mail at Work.
PART VII: HTML Author.
Chapter 39: Learning the HTML Author Interface.
Chapter 40: Creating a Web Page.
Chapter 41: Advanced HTML Features.
Chapter 42: Publishing Your Web Page.
Chapter 43: HTML Author at Work.
PART VIII: Applix Data.
Chapter 44: Becoming Familiar with Data.
Chapter 45: Using Database Tables.
Chapter 46: Using Queries.
Chapter 47: Data at Work.
PART IX: Applix Builder.
Chapter 48: Introducing Builder.
Chapter 49: A Builder Overview.
Chapter 50: Introducing ELF.
Chapter 51: Using the Editors.
Chapter 52: Builder at Work.
Appendix A: Customizing Applixware Office Applications.
Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts.
Appendix C: Applixware and Linux Internet Resources.
Appendix D: What's on the CD-ROM.
Glossary.
Index.
GNU General Public License.
GNU Library General Public License.
End-User Licnese Agreement: Artistic License.
End-User Licnese Agreement: Graphic Documentation Project Copying License.
End-User Licnese Agreement: Printing Guidelines.
End-User Licnese Agreement: The BSD License.
CD-ROM Installation Instructions.