No Office – No Problem

As our new school laptops do not have Microsoft Office installed, many people are going to have to learn how to use tools that are readily available to do what they were doing before.  We have LibreOffice installed on the computers and of course we have access to Google Drive.  Both of these allow us…

Trend Lines in LibreOffice

Using a trend line on a set of plotted data is a very important tool in many subjects.  Google Spreadsheets can simulate this but it is not a smooth process yet.  Instead we can use LibreOffice to add a trend line to our data.     1.  Open up LibreOffice and select the Spreadsheets option.…

Word vs Google Docs vs LibreOffice

Ames High School is starting our 1 to 1 initiative with a major change, no more Microsoft Office products.  Instead of Word, our students will be using Google Docs or LibreOffice.  This is going to be a big change for some but for many this should not be a big difference because the tools are…