OpenOffice.org Macros Explained

By

Andrew Pitonyak

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What is this site?

The publisher provides the official site for my book OpenOffice.org Macros Explained. I am the author and you are reading my personal web site.

Links related to the book

Publishers web site: http://www.hentzenwerke.com
Order from the publisher: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm
Order from Amazon http://www.amazon.com
Chapter summary: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oometoc.htm
Complete index: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/samplechapters/oome_index.pdf
Detailed table of contents: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/samplechapters/oome_toc.pdf
My publisher, Hentzenwerke, publically posts two chapters free of charge for each book that they publish.
You can download the two free chapters from my book directly.

Where Can I Purchase The Book?

Although I can arrange for an autographed copy of my book, I am not a reseller (send me an email and we can discuss it). You can order directly from the publisher, or any other book seller.

My book was difficult to get in Europe

I have heard complaints that my book is difficult to obtain in Europe. At least one distributor has, or can obtain, the book.

I know of a German reseller that has a dedicated order form for Linux books from Hentzenwerke Publishing at http://www.dfpug.de/buecher/bestellen/bestellformular_Linux.htm where you can either order the book or a CD-ROM-version. To purchase ONLY the electronic version, you must order from Hentzenwerke directly.

There is an information page in German detailing how to download source for books from the Hentzenwerke homepage as well as an English description of the terms for payment from this German reseller at http://www.dfpug.de/buecher/bestellen/englische.htm.

Here is some more information on the German distributor:

Rainer Becker (Germany)
dFPUG c/o ISYS GmbH
Frankfurter Str. 21 b
Germany, D-61476 Kronberg
++6173-950903 Voice
++6173-950904 Fax
Email bestellungen@dfpug.de
http://www.dfpug.de

Start from the main page: http://www.dfpug.de
Select Bücher from the menu on the top.
Select Linux about half way down the page.
Select OpenOffice.org Macros Explained.

A new web page for the German distributor

A new portal is under development to replace the existing pages. They prepared a partner directory for all Linux-related documents from Hentzenwerke Publishing at http://portal.dfpug.de/dFPUG/Dokumente/Partner/Linuxtransfer/. For the non-Linux-Offers from Hentzenwerke, there is a separate directory at http://portal.dfpug.de/dFPUG/Dokumente/Partner/Hentzenwerke.

Translations

I was surprised to learn that the listed German distributor provides German translations of some of the "Linux Transfer" books from Hentzenwerke and more are either planned or in process. If you have a desire to work on the translation process, please contact the publisher or the distributor.

How Does The Book Differ From Your Macro Document?

My Book presents material in an organized fashion designed to teach you the material as you read. My free macro document, on the other hand, is a less organized collection of examples with little explanatory text. If you want to learn and see many of the details with complete working examples, buy my book. If you want a large collection of miscellaneous examples, download my macro document. There is very little overlap between the examples in the book and the examples in my macro document, so you probably want both.

Questions And Updates

I started a document that tracks questions related to the book as well as errors that have been found in the book. You may download this Questions and Changes document (last updated here August 12, 2005 05:40:50 PM EDT). If you would like to be notified when I modify this document, send me an email and I will add you to my list of people to notify.