Monthly Archives: April 2007

OO vs MS Office Tests

Posted on April 29, 2007 by admin

These tests don’t appear terribly relevant to much of anything, but here they are. I guess I was never that worried about feature bloat, and didn’t switch to OpenOffice because it was more efficient, but because it is less expensive … Continue reading →

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Numbers, Text, Dates, and Sorting in Calc

Posted on April 26, 2007 by admin

I ran into a problem with the formatting in cells today for sorting. I was trying to sort a number of dates, and they kept sorting as strings. I set the format of the cells to the appropriate date format, … Continue reading →

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FTP Software

Posted on April 23, 2007 by admin

I got a call from one of my clients on this last night, so I thought I’d post the recommendation. I’m also adding a category “Software Recommendations” so that it’s easy to get a list by clicking on the category … Continue reading →

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New Version Booklet Template for OO Writer

Posted on April 23, 2007 by admin

I’ve uploaded a new version of the 6×9 booklet template (previously here) set up for table of contents, index, and various headers and footers. I’ve used more variables to reduce the amount of user input. You should plan to edit … Continue reading →

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jEdit

Posted on April 21, 2007 by admin

This is just a short note. I couldn’t go much further without recommending my key tool without which I could not live. That is jEdit with a variety of plugins. By itself, jEdit is an excellent little text editor. With … Continue reading →

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Converting to OpenOffice.org – My Experience

Posted on April 20, 2007 by admin

I’ve seen many comments and questions on the various e-mail lists about just how compatible OpenOffice, especially OpenOffice.org Writer, actually is with Microsoft Office. I’ve largely converted my own business, including the publishing element (Energion Publications), and while there are … Continue reading →

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MacroEditor Problem

Posted on April 18, 2007 by admin

I tried to install MarcoEditor for Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird last night. Note that there is a warning on the support site about problems uninstalling the macro due to old format XPI file. I had no intention of uninstalling it, however, so I … Continue reading →

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Learning to Use Java with OpenOffice.org

Posted on April 16, 2007 by admin

This post is more of a story and may not be all that helpful, but then again, it might. I used to do a little bit of programming in Java, most applets, and so I decided I’d look at Java … Continue reading →

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OpenWatcom C/C++

Posted on April 14, 2007 by admin

I have just downloaded OpenWatcom C/C++ to try. Since I rarely use C++ professionally any more, but still like to tinker, I want to see if there is a good open source option for me to play with. For maintenance … Continue reading →

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Multiple Items in Enhanced Link

Posted on April 14, 2007 by admin

The second thing I noticed today on the Amazon.com Associates blog was this tip on making a single item enhanced item link that randomly displays items from a list. I used that tip to create the enhanced link to the … Continue reading →

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