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| <div class="supertitle">The OpenOffice.org Documentation Project</div> |
| <h1 class="docheader user">Getting Help 101</h1> |
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| <p><strong>Welcome, Help Seeker!</strong></p> |
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| You have probably got here because there is a problem that you cannot resolve or |
| a task that you don't know how to achieve. This page won't give you the answer |
| but it will give you an overview of the places that might have the answer to |
| your question. |
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| <h2 class="userbg">Application Help</h2> |
| <p> |
| The application help or "online help" is installed with |
| OpenOffice.org and accessible for every OpenOffice.org user without going online. It provides |
| a multitude of information, mostly instructions for tasks and functional reference. |
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| <p>You can access the application help from within OpenOffice.org by</p> |
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| <li>Pressing <span class="key">F1</span></li> |
| <li>Selecting <span class="menu">Help - OpenOffice.org Help</span> from the main menu</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> The features of the application help are described in the help itself:</p> |
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| <li>In OpenOffice.org, select <span class="menu">Help - OpenOffice.org Help</span> from the main menu</li> |
| <li>Select any link under <strong>Getting Help</strong> from the main page. |
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| <h2 class="userbg">The Documentation Project</h2> |
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| The OpenOffice.org Documentation project provides a variety of information resources that |
| you can use to learn more about OpenOffice.org. |
| </p> |
| <p>Go <a href="..">back to the main project page</a> and |
| select one of the information sources displayed in the left column. Rest your mouse pointer over the |
| rows to get a brief description. |
| </p> |
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| <h2 class="userbg">Mailing Lists</h2> |
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| OpenOffice.org mailing lists are a valuable source for getting user-to-user help. Many mailing lists are |
| mainly for working on a particular project, but there are some lists that you can use to post general |
| questions: |
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| <li>users@openoffice.apache.org, you can either |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users">browse</a> or |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users">search</a> the message archive |
| or subscribe to the mailing list and start posting</li> |
| <li>users@openoffice.apache.org, you can either |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=discuss">browse</a> or |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=discuss">search</a> the message archive |
| or subscribe to the mailing list and start posting</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html">Here is a list of all mailing lists</a> with description and instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe. |
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| Another option is to <a href="http://www.oooforum.org/">use the forums.</a> |
| <h2 class="userbg">Other Resources</h2> |
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| The <a href="http://support.openoffice.org/index.html">Support page</a> maintains a collection of support resources, |
| free and commercial, inside and outside of OpenOffice.org. |
| </p> |
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| <h2 class="userbg">Nothing Found?</h2> |
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| If you still haven't found your questions answered |
| <a href="mailto:dev@documentation.openoffice.org">please let us know</a> so we can do something |
| about it. Or even better: <strong><a href="http://documentation.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMembershipRequest">Join the |
| project</a></strong> and help filling that gap. <strong>No cost, no obligations!</strong> |
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| <div id="docfooter">last change Apr 3, 2006 - send feedback to <a href="mailto:fpe@openoffice.org">fpe</a></div> |
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