Has the Irresistible Rise of OpenOffice.org Begun?

"For example, Poland clocks up 22% for OpenOffice.org against Microsoft Office's 68%; the Czech Republic also had 22%, against 76%; while Germany did well with 21% and 72%."

[...]

"What's interesting about these figures – particularly the high numbers in certain countries – is that it takes OpenOffice.org into the same kind of market-share territory that Firefox occupied a few years back. Which raises two interesting questions. First, are we seeing the start of the same kind of growth trajectory, and secondly, how can the open source community help propel it along that graph more rapidly? "


http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2778

Creating a book with OpenOffice.org Writer

"OpenOffice.org Writer uses templates to store the initial formatting of a document. If you plan to use Writer to write your next book, you will need a good book template, or rather several, for the different components of your book. This article walks you through the process of creating a complex book template that includes front matter (copyright, acknowledgments, and preface), table of contents, chapters, appendixes, and an alphabetical index -- all assembled into a master document."


http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/51448

How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org

"It is all in your head: the plot, the characters, the locations, and even the scenes, but for some reason, staring at the blank page and blinking cursor makes you freeze. You like the idea of writing a book but cannot imagine actually completing it. If that feeling sounds familiar, then this might be the right article for you. Even if you have written a book and have it all ready to go, you may intend to self-publish it, start your own publishing company, send it to an editor, or just layout your book so you can see how it looks."

http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13

OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheets - Data Validity dropdown list

"... you can type or select the first item from a list, and have one or more of the other associated pieces of data pop into the cells next to it. You use =VLOOKUP() OR =HLOOKUP to do this."



http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/07/using-vlookup-or-hlookup-in-openofficeorg-calc-spreadsheets-with-a-data-validity-dropdown-list.html

Creating your own order to sort with: leaving alphanumeric in the dust

"Existing sort orders are things like Monday Tuesday Wednesday (the right order, which is not alphabetical). But let's say you've got things you want in a certain logical but non-alphabetical order that aren't already set up in OpenOffice.org: titles of books or people, procedures done in a certain order, or your own abbreviations for the days of the week. You can create sort orders for those very easily so you can sort by them."

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/06/creating-your-o.html

O3Spaces Workplace

"O3Spaces Workplace is the essential Web 2.0 OpenOffice.org enterprise extension.

O3Spaces Workplace brings document management and document collaboration features to OpenOffice.org / StarOffice and Microsoft Office, including real-time version control, check-in/check-out and document security.
O3Spaces Workplace is the integrated Basic Content Service for OpenOffice.org / Staroffice and Microsoft Office."

http://www.o3spaces.com/

90 things that are the same in Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org

"I've put together three articles, showing tasks that are the same between Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org."

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/06/90-things-that-are-the-same-in-microsoft-office-and-openofficeorg.html

OpenOffice.org Base primer

"Of all four OpenOffice.org applications, Base is probably the most complicated one. It is a powerful tool that allows you to build complex databases, but this power comes at a price: if you’ve never worked with database applications, you might find Base a bit overwhelming. This article provides an introduction to the most important aspects of Base that will help you to create databases with consummate ease."

http://www.nothickmanuals.info/doku.php/articles:ooobaseprimer

Installing Open Office 2.4

"If you have never heard of or used Open Office I thought I would take the time to show you around. This office suite is completely free and a great alternative to Microsoft Office"

http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2008/04/22/installing-open-office-24/

Smooth the transition to OpenOffice.org

"It's much easier to notice the similarities between the programs in the free OpenOffice.org suite and their Microsoft Office counterparts than to see their differences. Unfortunately, it's the differences that can slow you down as you make the switch from Word to Writer, Excel to Calc, and PowerPoint to Impress."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9924006-7.html

OpenOffice - Documentation - User Guides

http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/

OpenOffice - Market Share Analysis

"The goal of this page is to collect and present all kinds of data in an organized way that allows estimating the OpenOffice.org/StarOffice market share. The page tries to analyze the market share of all OpenOffice.org-based products including StarOffice and Novell's Edition of OpenOffice.org."

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Market_Share_Analysis

Microsoft: Office 2007 has expired. Hahaha.

"I have come to a conclusion that Open Office is actually very impressive software, despite what I thought of it before. I used to think it had a really complex interface where “it was all there”. But with closer inspection, and thinking of the benefits - it’s not that bad!"

http://edwardcheng.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/microsoft-office-2007-has-expired-hahaha/

How to insert graphics that are reasonably manageable

"I sat down a few weeks ago to figure out the best way to anchor pictures. Specifically, how to do it in a standard context like this. You have a paragraph or line of text describing something, and you might then say "....as shown in the following illustration." Then you have a picture on a line by itself. No wrapping or anything, very simple"

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/01/how-to-insert-g.html

Telegraph : Predictions for 2008

The decline of Microsoft

Microsoft may well look back on 2007 as its annus horribilis.

After a four-year delay, it finally launched its newest operating system, Vista; many users responded with a shrug, and others with heavy criticism. Some went as far as to switch back to Windows XP, prompting Microsoft to offer a downgrade option for Windows Vista Business and Ultimate customers. Microsoft also lost $8 billion (£4 billion) on the like of the Zune music player, Windows Mobile and its Xbox games console. The sort of blunders that would have killed any other company haven't yet had a severe impact on this giant, but it's beset on all sides. IBM is after Microsoft's Office suite with its free alternative, Lotus Symphony (tinyurl.com/2mfvuq) and disgruntled Vista customers are beginning to look at Ubuntu (ubuntu.com), Openoffice (openoffice.org) and Apple's Mac range.

OpenOffice.org repository for Extensions

"Publish your extensions and discover their popularity. Experience new functionality. Adjust your OpenOffice.org to your needs. Maximize your productivity... ...with the help of extensions, which add functionality or slight tweaks to the user interface or entirely new features to the OpenOffice.org product."

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/

OOoLilyPond - Using music notation in OpenOffice.org

"OOoLilyPond is a macro for OpenOffice.org that simplifies the integration of music notation in OpenOffice.org Writer, Impress and Draw. It can be used to write a book on music theory or to write down exercises for music instruments or voices which need to be commented with lots of text."

Hands on with the new online version of OpenOffice.org

"..the OpenOffice.org open source office suite is being taken in a new direction by a company named Ulteo. A brainchild of Gael Duval, founder of Mandriva Linux, Ulteo's mission is to serve as a platform for putting applications onto the web. Using this approach, Ulteo has released a public beta of Online OpenOffice.org, which quite literally puts OpenOffice.org inside a browser."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071216-hands-on-with-the-new-online-version-of-openoffice-org.html

Ulteo

http://www.ulteo.com/

OpenOffice.org 2.3 Impresses

Review: OpenOffice.org 2.3 sports a nifty set of feature improvements, but the suite's sweetest features remain its low cost (free) and its strikingly broad platform support.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2224467,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616

Things that don't work when you save Writer documents in Word's .doc format

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/11/things-that-don.html