3.8. OpenOffice-Writer

This is an optional component as you can use any editor to create a DocBook source code file. Especially for the beginner it might easier to start with OpenOffice. The advantage of the OpenOffice Writer is that you can edit your text WYSIWYG without seeing the XML code. This advantage might also be a disadvantage as you will not have complete control over all aspects of DocBook Publishing. OpenOffice Version 1.0.1 can be downloaded from http://www.openoffice.org/ .