Getting Started Guide

Documents with more sophisticated layouts, such as those created with
professional desktop publishing applications that use special fonts and complex
vector graphics, are not suitable for the PDF Import Extension. Similarly, longer
documents (> 20 pages) may cause some performance and stability problems.
Presenter Console
Provides extra control over slide shows (presentations); for example, the
presenter has ability to see the upcoming slide, the slide notes, and a presentation
timer—while the audience sees only the current slide. The Presenter Console
displays the elements in three easily changeable views:
• The first view displays the current slide, including the effects, and the
upcoming slide.
• The second view shows the speaker's notes in large, clear, and scalable type,
plus the current and upcoming slide.
• The third view is a slide sorter view with the slide thumbnails.
Note
The Presenter Console works only on an operating system that supports
multiple displays.
Report Builder
Creates stylish, complex database reports from Base. You can define group and
page headers, group and page footers, and calculation fields. Export your reports
into PDF or OpenDocument formats, or send them as email attachments.
Professional Template Pack II
Provides more than 120 templates for Writer, Calc, and Impress. Available in
several languages. After you have installed this extension, you will find the
templates under File > New > Templates and Documents.
Template Changer (for Writer)
Adds two new items to the File > Templates menu in Writer that allow you to
assign a new template to the current document or to a folder of documents. All
styles and formatting will be loaded from that template and the document will
behave as it was created using that template.
Solver for Nonlinear Programming (for Calc)
Calc ships with a solver engine for linear programming only. This extension adds
more solvers, which are capable of handling nonlinear problems as well as linear
ones:
• DEPS - Differential Evolution & Particle Swarm Optimization
• SCO - Social Cognitive Optimization
DataPilot Tools for Calc
Adds some utility functions that make using the Calc DataPilot easier:
• Display the current source range for a DataPilot
• Change the source range for a DataPilot
• Refresh all DataPilots on the current sheet
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