Category Archives: OpenOffice

Libre Office Living Up to Its Name

Posted on February 10, 2011 by admin

I have long been an advocate of OpenOffice.org, and have some of my commercial clients using it. For most business needs for an office suite, it provides more than enough capability, and saves companies large amounts of money, even if … Continue reading →

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AltSearch for OpenOffice Writer

Posted on September 29, 2010 by admin

In using OpenOffice Writer for preliminary work on manuscripts I often need to replace large amounts of formatting, mainly eliminating areas in which writers have used character formatting and replacing them with consistent use of styles.  The native search/replace is … Continue reading →

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Change Endnotes to Footnotes in OO Writer

Posted on August 19, 2010 by admin

It’s easy to change the position of footnotes and treat them as endnotes using the dialog at Tools->Footnotes/Endnotes, but if they are endnotes, it’s a bit more difficult.  There are a couple of options given on the OpenOffice forum.  I … Continue reading →

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OpenOffice Writer Hyperlinked TOC

Posted on March 31, 2010 by admin

There’s a good article on this at OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas.  It’s probably just my style, but I find the entry editor harder to use than creating macros, so I like to find these good point by point directions.

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Useful Posts on GIMP

Posted on January 29, 2010 by admin

I use GIMP for almost all my graphics work.  It’s actually often too complicated for me, as I’m not very artistic.  Nonetheless when one of the artistic people wants me to do something, I go to GIMP.  I’m not going … Continue reading →

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No Real Market for Linux Desktops

Posted on November 23, 2009 by admin

Jason Hiner of TechRepublic, in an article titled The market has rejected Linux Desktops.  Get over it shows that Linux market share in desktop computing has hung in the +/- 1% ranger for a decade and suggests this is unlikely … Continue reading →

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OpenOffice 3.1 for Ubuntu Jaunty

Posted on May 7, 2009 by admin

I’m sure a few people will be wondering. You can find good instructions here.

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Illustrated Call-Outs in OpenOffice

Posted on January 29, 2009 by admin

Here’s a tutorial on one of those things experts often assume everyone will figure out. Nice instructions, well-illustrated.

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Finding OpenClipart in Ubuntu

Posted on January 16, 2009 by admin

My never ending quest for better clip art sources (I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler), and my desire to make Ubuntu more and more usable for all my work needs, converged with OpenClipart.org. It’s a good source, … Continue reading →

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OpenOffice 3.0 Released

Posted on October 16, 2008 by admin

You can download it here, or find a review at pcmag.  HT:  OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas.

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