Bain M.A. Learn OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet Macro Programming

Packt Publishing, 2006. — 220 p. — ISBN-10: 1847190979.
OOoBasic and Calc automation: A fast and friendly tutorial to writing macros and spreadsheet applications
Learn how to extend and customize Calc, the OpenOffice.org spreadsheet, using OOoBasic, OOo's built-in programming language. You don't need to be a developer to create useful and powerful routines and applications. This well structured and practical tutorial will walk you though every step, and inspire you with great ways to save time and increase your productivity using Calc. You don't need to be a programmer to use this book, but you do need to be familiar with the concept of a program and how simple things like a loop might work. If all you have is a taster of simple programs from high school then you will be fine.