| Overview: |
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For persons new to Red Hat Linux who want to achieve maximum
productivity at home or work using Red Hat Linux and desktop-based
office application suites for common office productivity tasks.
No Linux or UNIX experience is required.
| Goal: |
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A person who is proficient at using Red Hat Linux desktop GUI tools
and office productivity applications for traditional desktop
tasks such as word processing, spreadsheet creation, graphic design,
file management, and internet access, and who is able to comfortably
share work across platforms.
| Audience: |
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Business and home users of the Red Hat Linux operating system, who are
transitioning from other platforms and office application suites and
want to quickly become equally effective in doing their daily tasks
using Linux-based desktop productivity applications and office suites.
| Prerequisites: |
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User-level experience with any computer system, use of mouse, use of
menus, use of any desktop or window-based application on another operating system.
| Prepares for: |
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| Course Objectives: |
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Among the topics covered in this three-day, hands-on course are the following:
- Use and configure the GNOME graphical user interface
- Take advantage of GNOME applications
- Configure and customize your Red Hat Linux desktop
- Open, edit, and save your work with StarOffice[tm] office suite applications
- Create documents with StarWriter
- Create spreadsheets with StarCalc
- Create presentations with StarImpress
- Use StarOffice AutoPilots to quickly produce new documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
- Create, manipulate and save graphics files with the GIMP
- Understand common file formats on multiple desktop operating systems and applications
- Create files with cross-platform compatibility such as .pdf and .rtf
- Open, read, edit, save, and send files created under other operating systems such as Microsoft(R) Windows[tm] or MacIntosh(tm) systems.
- Configure an Internet connection
- Access the Internet using a web browser
- Configure and access email accounts for corporate and personal use
- Install and configure Red Hat Linux
- Download new applications from the Internet and install them on Red Hat Linux
- Learn about methods and tools for running and accessing Microsoft Windows based applications on Red Hat Linux simultaneously with other Linux-based office productivity applications
- Use of a dual boot system with Red Hat Linux and other operating systems such as Windows.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, and StarOffice are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
Microsoft, Windows, and Microsoft Office are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Microsoft, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
Apple, and MacIntosh are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
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