Re: [school-discuss] [Fwd: Textbooks on OpenOffice.org]

[Malc <malcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good news, but where are they? A hyperlink would help.

Malc

--- Doug Loss <drloss@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Textbooks on OpenOffice.org
> Date: 	Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:39:34 -0500
> From: 	Chris Charuhas <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 	<info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> 
> Visibooks has published the world's first school textbooks on
> OpenOffice.org. Our press release is below. Let me know if you have
> any
> questions, and best regards,
> 
> Chris Charuhas
> Visibooks
> www.visibooks.com 
> 
> -----------------------------
> 
> World's First Textbooks on OpenOffice.org Published 
> Visibooks publishes new illustration-based textbooks on
> OpenOffice.org 
> 
> Frederick, MD, March 29, 2006 - Visibooks, LLC, a publisher of
> illustration-based computer class textbooks, has published the first
> school
> textbooks on OpenOffice.org. 
> 
> An increasing number of schools in the U.S. and worldwide are using
> and
> teaching OpenOffice.org, a free, open-source suite of word
> processing,
> presentation, spreadsheet, and database programs. To serve these
> schools,
> Visibooks has published the first series of textbooks that help
> students
> learn OpenOffice.org programs. 
> 
> Visibooks has published four new textbooks on the programs that make
> up the
> OpenOffice.org 2.0 office suite: Base, Calc, Impress, and Writer. The
> titles
> are The Visibooks Guide to Base 2.0, The Visibooks Guide to Calc 2.0,
> The
> Visibooks Guide to Impress 2.0, and The Visibooks Guide to Writer
> 2.0.
> 
> These new textbooks are based on pictures, not words. Large
> screenshots show
> students what to do, while short instructions walk them through
> tasks. A
> typical computer class textbook contains over 50,000 words, but
> Visibooks'
> textbooks on OpenOffice.org contain only around five thousand. 
> 
> Visibooks, LLC, based in Frederick, MD, publishes illustration-based
> computer class textbooks. Visibooks textbooks are sold and licensed
> to
> schools and corporations worldwide at www.visibooks.com. 
> 
>  
> For more information, contact: 
> 
> Chris Charuhas
> Visibooks, LLC
> (301) 560-4611
> chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> 


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