Chapter 5. OOo Calc: Spreadsheets and More

By Lalaine “Lizza” Capucion

With OOo Calc you can create and edit basic spreadsheets. You can also produce colorful, good-looking graphs and charts based on your spreadsheets. You can insert Calc-created graphics in text documents and slide shows or use them on their own. Calc can open and edit spreadsheets created with Microsoft Excel. After you’re done creating or editing a spreadsheet with Calc, you can save it in a variety of file formats, including the one used by Excel.

Starting Simply

Starting Simply

An OOo Calc blank spreadsheet.

In Calc, you can type your information in any column or row. You can navigate through ...

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