You will need a few things to get started: When working in Open Office, you lose the ability to collaborate online with other WikiEducators.Does not support more advanced features of wiki text.Opportunity to experiment with free software tools.Great way to create tables with a familiar word processing interface.Saves time in learning wiki syntax - get started right away!.This makes editing of first drafts considerably easier. Version 2.3 (and later) has a feature to export files in the Mediawiki format. Open Office is a word processor distributed as free software. It is also a great way to develop content offline, especially for users who have an unreliable or slow connection to the Internet. Open Office and Mediawiki working together Open Office is an ideal way for new WikiEducators to get started with content development right away.
