Quarterflash Designs

Beginning Open Office 3:
From Novice to Professional

Apress / http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430215905
ISBN:978-1-4302-1-590-5

A Review

I had a chance to review this recently published book and my overall impression is very positive. The author has spent time getting to know the program and how it works.
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I’ve started on what I’m calling Chapter 1 – Setup.  I decided to refer absolute beginners to an appendix for full install instructions and only detail installation for the assemblies and dlls that are required for the project. So far I have 4 pages! Yes, I know it’s a very small start, but it is a start. Oh, and I’ve also done the Windows install of VSE so I have a ton of screen shots to edit for that part of the appendix.

Maybe I should talk a little bit more about what I plan on doing for the book.

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I’m glad I have a mentor in this process.

Right now he has the confidence in me that I don’t (yet.)  I’m just having a hard time getting started. The first chapter is all about getting set up. Since the book is about coding you have to have some tools installed to get working.

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The title is is related to my youngest daughter’s favorite expression:

Some people say I have A.D.D., but I say … “Hey Look, a Chicken!”

I’ve been looking into writing (or rewriting) some sort of game. In fact, I’ve started more than once. One of the drawbacks is that I am intent on being platform independent and I keep finding different tools that seem to fit the bill but I end up getting bogged down in one way or another.
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