Visual Communication

Unit 6

Visual Communication

Learning Objectives

After learning this lesson, the students will be able to

* know how to create a document through the LibreOffice software

* explore their creative thinking

* learn how to align and format the document

Introduction

In this chapter, the students will learn to use the software LibreOffice

LibreOffice is a powerful and free office suite, used by millions of people around the world. It’s clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes the following components.

Text Document:

Writer (word processor) Writer is a feature-rich tool for creating letters, books, reports, newsletters, brochures, and other documents.

Calc (spreadsheet)

Calc has all of the advanced analysis, charting, and decision making features expected from a high-end spreadsheet. It includes over 300 functions for financial, statistical and mathematical operations, among others.

Impress (presentations)

Impress provides all the common multimedia presentation tools, such as special effects, animation, and drawing tools.

Drawing (vector graphics)

Draw is a vector drawing tool that can produce everything from simple diagrams or flowcharts to 3D artwork.

Base (database)

Base provides tools for day-to-day database work within a simple interface. It can create and edit forms, reports, queries, tables, views, and relations, so that managing a relational database is much the same as in other popular database applications.

Math (formula editor)

Math is the LibreOffice formula or equation editor. You can use it to create complex equations that include symbols or characters not available in standard font sets.

How to get the software

Versions of LibreOffice for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X can be downloaded free from http://www.libreoffice.org/download.