Sidux/Useable applications/Office suites

An office suite is a set of applications for creating or editing text files, draws, bases, etc.


GNOME Office edit

There are GNOME Office's two applications pre-installed with sidux:
  • AbiWord - text editor: Menu-> Office-> AbiWord
 
  • Gnumeric - a spreadsheet: Menu-> Office-> Gnumeric
 
Some Linux distributions sometimes have pre-installed more applications of the suite such as:
  • Evince document viewer
 
  • GIMP raster graphics editor
 
  • Inkscape vector graphics editor
 
  • Epiphany web browser
  • Evolution e-mail client
 
  • and more...


More about GNOME Office suite on: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeOffice
And on Wikpiedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Office


OpenOffice.org edit

OpenOffice.org suite is an integrated set of applications:
  • Writer - word processor supports a large number of text file forms.
 
  • Draw - vector graphics editor.
 
  • Impress - presentation program.
 
  • Calc - spreadsheet.
 
  • Base - database management program.
 
  • Math - tool for creating and editing mathematical formulas.
 
1. To install it type in terminal as root:
apt-get install openoffice.org 
2. And run it from: Menu-> Office-> OpenOffice.org.
 


The project home page: http://www.openoffice.org/
On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org
And on Wikibooks: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org


Others edit

  1. KOffice - A set of office applications for KDE: http://www.koffice.org/
  2. Siag Office: http://siag.nu/