Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 will officially be released next month. A countdown clock for Gutsy day has been shown on VnTutor blog today. 10 new events are listed out to welcome Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.

1. Gutsy Gibbon release date is October 18th, 2007
   
2. Ubuntu Gutsy offers GNOME 2.2
   
3. There are various ideas for Gutsy wallpapers
   
4. It is easy to upgrade Ubuntu from Feisty to Gutsy
5. Ubuntu Gutsy supports desktop 3D effects using Compiz Fusion
6. Ubuntu 7.10 provides a fast user switching
7. Firefox plugins are available in Ubuntu Gutsy
8. Ubuntu Gutsy gives a graphical configuration tool and a new printing system
9. Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon allows us to install and boot from USB
10. Link download may be activated here

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In Pictures website offers more than 80 online tutorials for beginners about creating and using documents, databases, spreadsheets, and presentations in OpenOffice.org

Writer 2.x Tutorials by examples

1. Create a new document
2. Cut, copy and paste
3. Format words
4. Format paragraphs
5. Use bullets and numbering
6. Adjust page settings
7. Check spelling
8. View pages
9. Format text with styles
10. Find and replace
11. Set tabs
12. Insert breaks
13. Employ headers and footers
14. Format pages in columns
15. Employ drop caps
16. Insert pictures
17. Draw and paint
18. Employ tables
19. Employ templates
20. Use the thesaurus
21. Count words
22. Insert a Table of Contents

Base 2.x Tutorials by examples

1. Create a new database
2. Create tables
3. Create forms
4. Create queries
5. Create reports
6. Modify tables
7. Create new tables
8. Specify data types
9. Specify field properties
10. Edit records
11. Find records
12. Sort and filter records
13. Create table relationships
14. Modify forms
15. Add/delete records
16. Edit records
17. Find records
18. Filter records
19. Create queries
20. Sort results
21. Add criteria
22. Employ Boolean operators

Calc 2.x Tutorials by examples

1. Add
2. Subtract
3. Multiply
4. Divide
5. Calculate averages
6. Find the maximum value
7. Add
8. Subtract
9. Multiply
10. Divide
11. Calculate averages
12. Find the maximum value
13. Move, copy, and paste
14. Add/delete columns
15. Add/delete rows
16. Employ multiple worksheets
17. Employ AutoFill
18. Insert/delete worksheets
19. Create formulas across worksheets
20. Employ absolute references
21. Employ the function wizard
22. Add notes
23. Freeze panes
24. Create charts

Impress 2.x by examples

1. Create a slide
2. Add new slides
3. Insert pictures
4. Format text
5. Format pictures
6. Preview a presentation
7. Insert tables and charts
8. Employ design templates
9. Employ a master slide
10. Rearrange slides
11. Animate text
12. Animate graphics
13. Create slide transitions
14. Advance slides automatically
15. Add speaker notes
16. Create handouts

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OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite. It is a free office suite. A new version OpenOffice 2.3 is officially released today (September 17th, 2007) for Linux fans. OpenOffice 2.3 boasts of some improved features, that include the following:

• New chart wizard, with support for 3D Charts
• Revamped Toolbars
• Export documents as Wiki pages on OpenOffice 2.3 Writer
• Enhanced Autosum on OpenOffice 2.3 Calc
• Report Builder on OpenOffice 2.3 Base

It can be downloaded from various official Open Office mirror sites. You can download it right now from this mirror. Then, you select “OpenOffice.org-2.3.0″ as the distribution, your platform and language. The following picture is my case.

Click on "Go" button to start downloading (136.6 MB).
The new release contains hundreds of bugfixes and enhancements. You can read more notes here to know what is new in this version. Try it while it's hot.

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