The K Desktop Environment, or KDE, is best known as a user interface and software suite for Linux. But for the past few months a team of developers has been hard at work porting KDE applications to Windows.
A few weeks ago, the developers of KOffice, an open source suit of office applications released KOffice 2.0 [...]
OpenOffice 3.0 shows that you don’t have to pay a bundle for a great office suite — in fact, you don’t even have to pay a penny (this review is based on the beta version of the suite). OpenOffice 3.0 is a free, open-source software suite that provides most of what anyone could want in [...]
The maturity of OpenOffice is fast winning over many of those still deep-rooted in a Microsoft Office way of working, and while this latest release isn’t likely to tip too many more over the edge, it’s a further move forward in the quest to be accepted as the legitimate alternative that it already is.
OpenOffice 2.4 [...]
Found a nice video demonstrating IBM Lotus Notes 8 running on Novell SLED 10:
IBM® Lotus Notes® 8 software delivers a compelling new user experience with enhancements to existing core functions, complemented by new functionality that can help you increase effectiveness, improve efficiency, and speed your decision making processes.
What’s new in Lotus Notes 8.0.1
What’s new in [...]
Extrapolation estimates OpenOffice.org will reach 1000MB around the year 2024 and it will never exceed Microsoft Office’s size. However, if the OpenOffice.org 3.0 standard edition bundles additional applications (such as Thunderbird and Lightning), the trend will change. Thunderbird 2.0 would add 44MB (11% of OpenOffice.org 2.4.0).
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Сообщество OpenOffice.org начало открытое тестирование новой версии одноименного офисного пакета под номером 3.0. За довольно продолжительный срок существования, пакет вышел на более чем современный уровень, что позволяет его рекомендовать как бесплатную альтернативу Microsoft Office. До идеальной дружелюбности OpenOffice.org к пользователю и идеальной совместимости с решением от Microsoft осталось не так уже далеко. Содержит все необходимые [...]
If you’ve been looking out for OpenOffice.org 3.0 or are just looking for a new software package to try out this afternoon, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta has been released. OpenOffice.org 3.0 integrates ODF 1.2 support, Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters, charting enhancements, improved note capabilities in Writer, new icons, and a start center. For Mac OS [...]
The Dutch NLnet foundation aims to financially support organisations and people that contribute to an open information society. Some time ago they decided to help KOffice in two exciting ways: to sponsor the design of a new logo for KOffice, with matching logo designs for all KOffice applications, and to sponsor Girish Ramakrishnan to improve [...]
Here’s something while you are waiting for OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 final.
OpenOffice.Org 2.4 will be the last version before the new and shiny 3.0 will hit the streets in September/October 2008. While it is only a minor release it does come along with some nice additions. Thanks to liquidat for the list:
Impressive Eye Candy: 3D OpenGL Transitions [...]
Doing it simply is simple enough. Choose Format > Page, and make your changes. Margins and orientation in the Page tab; Headers in the Header tab; Borders around the content in the Border tab; etc.
But….what if you’ve got content in a couple different sheets of your spreadsheet, or more. Let’s say that the data in [...]
Other than being a free complete office suite, OpenOffice allows users to install extensions to improve its functionality and enhance the user experience. There you will find a lot of useful extensions for your OOo, such as template packs in many languages and one of my favourites, the Tabbed Windows Extension which provides a tabbed [...]
The OpenOffice.org Community, home of the leading free software alternative to Microsoft Office, today announced details of a major new initiative. The OpenOffice.org Community Innovation Program is a contest open to all Community members, designed to foster community development and innovation. There are six broad categories for entries: Technical, Community, Tools, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Documentation [...]
People have been doing some work with converting documents between MS Word and OOo Writer, and have found that the following bullet format doesn’t play well between the two. The text ends up in the middle of the document, and there’s no space between the bullet and the text. Steer clear of this (the one [...]
As with all past releases, the installation is basically the same. All you have to do is download Symphony from IBM’s website (http://symphony.lotus.com/), right-click on the downloaded file and check the “Allow execution of file as program” box. Then, go to the terminal and type “cd Desktop” (default location for downloaded files) and then [...]
Yesterday Amy Quinn notified me that they got a new post on their website listing 50+ alternatives, both open source and/or free, for Adobe Acrobat and PDF. The list is indeed comprehensive with links to app developers and small info packs on every app.
“Adobe Acrobat is expensive, but that doesn’t mean you have to live [...]
go-mobile Announces SugarCRM and KnowledgeTree Integration Product for Sugar Exchange
go-mobile, a provider of popular extensions for SugarCRM, has released ZuckerDocs version 2 which integrates the open source KnowledgeTree document management system into SugarCRM.
ZuckerDocs (”Zucker” is the german word for “Sugar”) is a Sugar module which extends Sugar suite with full Document Management and Knowlegde Base [...]
Found this video on youtube where user criticizes MS Office’07 and recommending on switching to OOo, version 2.3 in this video. His words go on to say:
“I strongly advise you don’t get Microsoft Office 2007 - any of the editions - you ARE getting ripped off!!” and …. “And if you have a Mac, download [...]
The following presentation, from OopenOffice.org Conference 2007, talks about the future plans they have for OOo 3.0. One of the key factors is the inclusion of Mozilla Thunderbird as PIM (Personal Information Manager) with the office suite. Another one is the support for importing MS Office XML documents. I am not sure whether it [...]
If you are running OpenOffice.org and Firefox at the same time you can view OpenDocument and other OpenOffice.org supported file formats using the provided Mozilla plug-in.First you need to activate the plugin. To do so, in OpenOffice.org, select Tools -> Options -> expand the Internet item, select Mozilla Plug-in and check Enable.
Here is what [...]
A comprehensive review of Modern Word Processors. In part one they look at the majors players; in part two they try out the second-tier contenders; part three examines the online word processors challenging the desktop heavy hitters.
And the conclusion …. a good one for us, the supporters of open source - StarOffice/OpenOffice, because of its [...]
“Do you offer a program like Microsoft Publisher?” Some version of this question appears regularly on the OpenOffice.org mailing lists. Many people automatic answer “no,” and say that Scribus is more suitable for desktop publishing. But, in fact, OpenOffice.org boasts two mid-level layout programs — Draw and Writer — each of which is far more [...]
Who hates Microsoft Office? Google Docs not getting the job done for you? Well, Mac users are in luck because OpenOffice has released an alpha version for OS X that runs outside of X11. OpenOffice.org has had an interesting journey on Mac OS X. For roughly half a decade, anyone who wanted to use it [...]
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