You can have virtually any shortcuts you want in OpenOffice.org. There are a zillion features you don't know about that you can apply shortcuts to. It's really easy to do. And once you've got it set to your preferences, you can easily give the file to your friends.
Read more »Any way you want it: OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet keyboard shortcuts
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30 Similarities Between Microsoft Office Word and OpenOffice.org Writer
Using a new product requires some re-learning. That’s unavoidable. But you rarely have to learn an entirely new set of skills—it’s just that the new stuff sticks out at us. This article is to emphasize the similarities between OpenOffice Writer and Microsoft Office Word; the things you don’t have to re-learn.
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How to make OpenOffice run faster in Ubuntu
Here we will discuss the procedure to be followed for making OpenOffice run faster in Ubuntu.
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Switching Office Suites from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org
How to set up OpenOffice.org to work how you want it with templates and clip art, configurations, shortcuts, and more. I’m here to help. Think of this as a virtual guide to help you figure out things you’re not quite sure about.
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Impressive Eye Candy: 3D OpenGL Transitions
PowerPoint's old push-down transition has done its 15 years of service, and it's time for it to retire. Do the sleepy faces in your meetings agree? OpenOffice.org Impress 2.4 has the answer in the form ten 3D OpenGL-rendered transitions
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Can OpenOffice.org do the job?
To continue my look at how non-profits and the free software community can engage, I’ve decided to look at some popular free software products and see how well they fit the need of an average charity—namely my employer. I’ll start with OpenOffice.org.
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Nifty OpenOffice.org extensions
Apparently, the only thing that stopped developers from creating useful OpenOffice.org extensions was the lack of a place to publish them. With the launch of the OpenOffice.org Extension Repository, the number of extensions listed there has shot up, and there are no signs of a slowdown. Although quantity doesn't always mean quality, the repository already offers a few nifty extensions that can expand the functionality of OpenOffice.org and make your work more efficient.
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Sun sheds light on OpenOffice strategy
Sun Microsystems has vowed to make its free office suite every bit as good as its paid-for offering..
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Sun will offer back-line support for OpenOffice
Sun Microsystems on Monday plans to announce that it will provide support for the OpenOffice.org productivity software suite, citing a wave of momentum behind the open-source project.
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OpenOffice’s presentation view
Currently OpenOffice’s presentation program Impress lacks a presentation view with notes and so on for a second monitor during presentations. But the feature is in active development, and first results are visible.
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Creating business cards with OpenOffice.org Writer
Exchanging business cards is a rudimentary form of networking (the people, not the server kind). However, to get the most out of the exchange, you need a card that attracts attention and reflects the image or values you want to project.
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Happy Birthday OpenOffice.org
Today is the day OpenOffice.org turns 7.
Happy birthday to our favorite Office suite.
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Novell is not forking OpenOffice
From recent media reports, casual readers could easily believe that OpenOffice.org, the popular free office suite, is fragmenting.
Read more »The Great Showdown: MS Office vs. OpenOffice
"OpenOffice works on Linux, Windows and Mac. It also supports a wider range of languages for its interface, and it's free software so you can adapt it to your needs or easily write add-ons," Matías Bellone, analyst at Kayote Networks in Argentina, told LinuxInsider. "I have to admit though, that its interface is still sub-par.
Read more »OpenOffice.org community conflict leads to fragmentation
In a blog entry posted yesterday, developer Kohei Yoshida expresses his frustration with Sun's excessively bureaucratic specification process and unwillingness to compromise and communicate with members of the community. Yoshida invested a tremendous amount of personal time developing a sophisticated optimization solver module for the OpenOffice.org Calc program.
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