Open Office

For over 8 months I have been working on a Mac Pro now. Let me share some of my experience with the you. First I ran the beast with Windows XP on it. And this machine is a beast! It’s quad core server type processors are fast and the box in itself is put together in a way that it deserves the “Pro” for professional in its name. After realizing that memory under Windows XP was limited to 2 GB for some reason and we could not get it to even accept 3 GB of the 6 that it was configured with, I decided ... Read Full Story

One of the complaints against Microsoft has been that it doesn’t support the Open Document Format (ODF) with its Microsoft Office suite. And now that ODF is a ratified OSI standard (while Microsoft’s OOXML is still in the OSI process) more and more organisation and governments are looking at ODF as the document standard. For users needing to interact with ODF users but still stuck with Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems has released an ODF plugin for Microsoft Office. The plugin works with Microsoft Office 2007 (Service Pack 1 or higher), Microsoft Office 2003, XP and Microsoft Office 2000. The plugin integrates with Office’s Load ... Read Full Story

Most Used Window XP ShortCuts General keyboard shortcuts • CTRL+C (Copy) • CTRL+X (Cut) • CTRL+V (Paste) • CTRL+Z (Undo) • DELETE (Delete) • SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) • CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) • CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) • F2 key (Rename the selected item) • CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) • CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) • CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to ... Read Full Story

How to Open docx file using Firefox without Office 2007 ? There are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. 1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box. 2) Smart keywords . If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for this search”, give the keyword a ... Read Full Story

L'Associazione PLIO, Progetto Linguistico Italiano OOo, annuncia che la versione in lingua italiana di OpenOffice.org ha superato i quattro milioni... Read Full Story