--------------------------------------------------- *Saturday 21 April, 12 noon at 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne* --------------------------------------------------- Google Map: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=unitarian+church+melbourne&um=1&ie=UT... The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be on the *21st of April*. LibreOffice - Wen Lin LibreOffice is a free and open-source office suite highly compatible with other major office suites, and is available for a variety of platforms. The applications include a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation program, a database system, a vector graphics editor, and an application for mathematical formula. It was founded in September 2010, when members of the OpenOffice.org project formed a new group called "The Document Foundation". The Document Foundation created LibreOffice from their former project in response to Oracle Corporation's purchasing of Sun Microsystems over concerns that Oracle would either discontinue OpenOffice.org, or place restrictions on it as an open source project. Wen, a long-standing member of LUV and current treasurer, will provide an overview to LibreOffice, its development and a few tricks! Photo Of Previous Presentation on the Topic by Wen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathyreid/5920565685/ *General Workshop Area: * At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! *Links, Location, Transport:* Link: http://luv.asn.au/2011/03/17 <http://luv.asn.au/2011/12/17 When: 21 April 2012 Workshop 12:00noon until 4:00pm Tutorial: 1:00pm until 14:00 Where: The Melbourne Unitarian Church, 110 Grey Street. Parking can be found at the church building and nearby.. For those coming via Public Transport: *Train:* It is about a 10-15 minute walk from Parliament Station through Fitzroy Gardens: Google Map with directions: http://g.co/maps/pe3fv *Tram:* The closest tram stop is Stop 15 on Victoria Parade, which is on the Routes 24, 31, and 109. Bus: The following bus routes will take you to the corner of Victoria Parade and Powlett Street: - 302, - 303, - 304, - 309, - 313, - 315, - 318, - 340, - 350, - 684, - 905, - 906, - 907, - 908 Otherwise, go to www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au to work out the best journey from your home. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org Lev Lafayette - President Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au