Category: Books

LibreOffice 7.0 Getting Started and Impress Guides

Two more volumes of LO 7.0 user guides were published in January: Getting Started Guide and Impress Guide. They are available in free PDF downloads and in low-cost print editions. See this page for links.

LibreOffice 6.4 and 7.0 User Guides

Calc Guide 7.0 cover

I am way behind updating this blog, including mentioning the LibreOffice 6.4 user guides that have been published in 2020. These include Getting Started Guide, Writer Guide, Base Guide, Calc Guide, Draw Guide, and Math Guide. Two volumes of the v7.x series of books have been published recently: Math Guide and Calc Guide. You can …

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LibreOffice 6.2 Calc Guide published

LibreOffice 6.2 Calc Guide front cover

It’s been a long time coming, but an updated version of the LibreOffice Calc Guide has finally been completed by the Documentation Team. Free PDFs are here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Calc_Guide and will be linked from the main LibreOffice website in the new year. A printed copy can be purchased here: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/libreoffice-62-calc-guide/26019667

Self-publishing using LibreOffice Writer 6

UPDATE 2022: This book is no longer available. I have removed the links to files and print edition. My new book, Self-publishing using LibreOffice Writer 6, is now available in paperback or PDF.

LibreOffice 6.0 Getting Started Guide published

Cover of Getting Started with LibreOffice 6.0

In September 2018 Friends of OpenDocument published the printed edition of the LibreOffice 6.0 Getting Started Guide, written by the LibreOffice Documentation Team. Free PDFs and ODTs are available from the LibreOffice website. Purchase printed copies from our store at Lulu.com.

Writer 6.0 Guide published

The LibreOffice Documentation Team has published the Writer Guide for version 6.0. It is available for free download (PDF) from the LibreOffice website or can be purchased from the Friends of OpenDocument store at Lulu.com.

Writer 5.4 Guide published

Writer Guide 5.4 cover

The LibreOffice Documentation Team has published the Writer Guide for version 5.4. It is available for free download (PDF) from the LibreOffice website or can be purchased from the Friends of OpenDocument store at Lulu.com.

Getting Started Guide 5.2

The LibreOffice Documentation Team has published the Getting Started Guide for version 5.2. It is available for free download (PDF) from the LibreOffice website or can be purchased from the Friends of OpenDocument store at Lulu.com.

New book: Designing with LibreOffice

Bruce Byfield’s much-anticipated book, Designing with LibreOffice has been published by Friends of OpenDocument, Inc. Read about it here or jump straight to the download/buy page to get a free PDF or buy a printed copy. Carla Schroder, Author of The Linux Cookbook, The Linux Network Cookbook, and The Book of Audacity, says this about …

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Getting Started with LibreOffice 5.0 published

The LibreOffice Documentation Team has published Getting Started with LibreOffice 5.0. Free PDFs can be downloaded from The Document Foundation’s wiki. Printed copies can be purchased here. (Published by Friends of OpenDocument Inc.)