Ubuntu comes with a comprehensive office suite installed - OpenOffice.org. The OpenOffice.org project is one of the most successful open source projects in the world, and provides a powerful wordprocessor, spreadsheet, presentation designer and database management, and provides support for most languages. The Suite has excellent compatibility with other major Office suites, such as Microsoft Office.
For more information about OpenOffice.org, see the OpenOffice.org website.
However, you may wish to add extra programs to your system. This section outlines a number of other useful office applications.
The GNOME desktop features a separate office suite. These programs are generally lighter and faster than the programs in the OpenOffice.org suite, and have fewer features as a result. But this may be exactly what you want. The Suite has excellent compatibility with other major Office suites, such as Microsoft Office.
The GNOME Office Suite includes the following software:
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A word processor (Abiword);
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A spreadsheet (Gnumeric);
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A database management program (GNOME-DB);
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A diagram editor (Dia);
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Two graphics applications (Inkscape and The GIMP); and
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A project management application (Planner).
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To install the GNOME Office suite:
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Install the gnome-office package from the Universe repository (see Chapter 2, Adding, Removing and Updating Applications).
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The Office applications can then be found in the menu at ->, and the Graphics applications can be found at ->.
GnuCash is a program to manage your personal or business finances. Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.
To find out more about GnuCash, see the GnuCash website.
To use GnuCash:
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Install the gnucash package from the Universe repository (see Chapter 2, Adding, Removing and Updating Applications).
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You can open GnuCash by running the command gnucash (see the section called “Start a Program Manually”). If you wish, you can add a menu entry for the program gnucash (see the section called “Menu Editing”).
Scribus is a professional desktop publishing program. For more information, see the Scribus website.
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Install the scribus package (see Chapter 2, Adding, Removing and Updating Applications).
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To install additional templates, install the scribus-template package from the Universe repository (see Chapter 2, Adding, Removing and Updating Applications).
You will need to use Synaptic Package Manager to install this package
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To start Scribus, choose ->-> .
