At long last! We're pleased to offer the first in an eagerly awaited series of courses on OpenOffice, the enormously popular office suite that not only offers an alternative to Microsoft Office but at an unbeatable price — it's free! In this five-week course, long-time Webversity instructor Michele Wills (Eagle) will cover the basics of installing OpenOffice and how to use Writer, the word processor component that is comparable to Microsoft Word). Learn how to create documents, set paragraph styles, create and modify a Table of Contents, and use pictures in text files. Other basic topics will also be covered. Curriculum: This five-week course is instructor-led and supported by an online discussion forum. Those who wish to get a head start on installing OpenOffice before class begins can get help and meet fellow classmates by visiting VU's OpenOffice discussion forum. Prerequisites: No prior experience with OpenOffice is required. Students must have the OpenOffice software installed on their computer. Simply download a free copy. Students on slow dialup modems may purchase OpenOffice on CD for just $2.49 (includes shipping) by following this link.