I just started using openoffice 2.04 version.What can I say, It’s great word processor. In my personal opinion it is just as good as Microsoft Office 2006. I tried so many different word processor, and I never was able to find one that was a good alternative to ms word until I used this version of openoffice. It is a much improved version than openoffice version 1.0 .In this version it can open ms word documents and still hold the same format. Another great thing it can do is let’s say you... Read Full Story
Why cough up hundreds for Microsoft Office™ when there’s a credible alternative for free?
I am writing this blog post on a new laptop PC that I’ve had for a couple of months now. It came preloaded with a trial copy of Microsoft’s omnipotent 2007 Office™ suite of business applications which includes the likes of Word™, Excel™ and PowerPoint™ etc.
Great I thought! After all, like millions of others; MS Office is my staple office application when it comes to word processing and spreadsheet... Read Full Story
Add to the catalog of European governments and agencies adopting OpenOffice.org two more:
eGov Monitor announces that Germany’s city of Munster has chosen to standardize on OpenOffice for its school IT in German City Münster Launches Pilot Project For its Schools To Adopt Open Source Software :
At the moment, teachers are trying out OpenOffice in two schools. The suite will be made available to all schools in November 2009. “We plan to make OpenOffice the default office application for... Read Full Story
This post will be talking primarily about how to stop paying the corporate companies the money that they don't need anymore. H ow much money do you think that Microsoft is making per year? Enough that Bill Gates was the richest man in the world for quite some time! Lets think logically here. How much is does it cost you to purchase a copy of the latest Microsoft Office software? Well, I can take the guess work out of the thinking process and simply tell you how much it cost. As of right now... Read Full Story
OpenOffice.org 3.2 Beta for Linux is a great alternative to MS Office. In this free and even open source! Contains everything needed for an office suite - word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, graphics and a lot of other things, as most are better than the proposals of the Microsoft. With the opportunity to create HTML files, spreadsheets and many others. The package works with the increasingly popular and highly prospective documentary format, ODF.
This suite is fully... 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... Read Full Story
Right about now, OpenOffice.org is celebrating its ninth birthday. (Catch www.openoffice.org for the birthday cake logo before it’s gone!)
The project and the software have achieved much in nine years. Highlights to date include helping launch the OpenDocument Format, creating a complex application that supports all the main computer platforms, distributing hundreds of millions of copies, building a userbase of possibly one hundred million users, and saving governments, businesses... Read Full Story
Linux Beacon publishes Getting the Most Out of OpenOffice.org Writer , providing a number of tips for users of OpenOffice Writer.
Linux Beacon (formerly known as No Thick Manuals) is a wiki that offers a growing collection of quality hands-on articles and tips to the best open source applications for Linux.
With great detail, the article covers a wide range of tasks in Writer. Very advanced topics, such as “Creating conditional content using sections” and “Inserting data from a data... Read Full Story
Ctrl + A = Select all contents of the page Ctrl + B = Bold highlighted selection Ctrl + C = Copy selected text Ctrl + X = Cut selected text Ctrl + P = Open the print window Ctrl + F = Open find box Ctrl + I = Italic highlighted selection Ctrl + K = Insert link Ctrl + U = Underline highlighted selection Ctrl + V = Paste Ctrl + Y = Redo the last action performed Ctrl + Z = Undo last action Ctrl + L = Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen Ctrl + E = Aligns the line or... Read Full Story
General Keyboard Shortcuts for NOOBS CTRL+C (Copy) CTRL+X (Cut) CTRL+V (Paste) CTRL+Z (Undo) DELETE (Delete) [Read More] 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... Read Full Story
