Monthly Archive:: February 2009
25 Feb 2009
OpenOffice.org: new download location for development versions
By italovignoli On 25 February 2009 In FOSS
There is a new location for downloading unstable builds like Developer Builds, Release Candidates and Beta versions: http://download.openoffice.org/next What are the advantages for all of us: You need to know only one location for getting unstable releases
20 Feb 2009
Openoffice.org: 7 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do
By italovignoli On 20 February 2009 In FOSS
[From PC Mag] Even though OpenOffice.org – which is, yes, an application suite, not just a Web site – can’t do everything Office can, it can do a lot, and it has some of its own tricks
16 Feb 2009
Economic Models of Free Software
By italovignoli On 16 February 2009 In FOSS
The french association April (which turned 10 this year) has translated his work on “Economic Models of Freee Software” which it published originaly in french back in December 2007. It is a very good introduction document to
16 Feb 2009
Anti Aliasing is done for OOo 3.1!
By italovignoli On 16 February 2009 In FOSS
After a long preparation and implementation phase, Anti-Aliasing is available and will be activated for OOo 3.1 in all Applications and on all Systems. This was one of the most voted issues on OOo. Since pictures say
15 Feb 2009
OpenOffice.org3 Impress Guide
By italovignoli On 15 February 2009 In FOSS
The first edition of the OOo3 Impress Guide is now available. Individual chapters and a compiled book are on the Documentation Project website (PDF).
15 Feb 2009
OOo-DEV 3.1 Developer Snapshot available
By italovignoli On 15 February 2009 In FOSS
Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO310_m1 which installs as OOo-DEV 3.1 has been uploaded to the mirror network. If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org’s bug tracking system IssueTracker. Please use the
14 Feb 2009
RedOffice Offers OOo User Interface Ideas
By italovignoli On 14 February 2009 In FOSS
RedOffice is one of the “distros” of OpenOffice.org, along with Go-OOo, Lotus Symphony, OxygenOffice, NeoOffice, EuroOffice, and probably some others. RedOffice is developed by a company in Beijing and specifically addresses the Chinese-language market. More than just
13 Feb 2009
Sun Report Builder Guidebook Released
By italovignoli On 13 February 2009 In FOSS
Dmitri Popov has released under the GNU FDL license a new guide to using the Sun Report Builder extension for OOo, which is available both as a free PDF download and as a paperback from Lulu.
13 Feb 2009
OpenOffice.org Renaissance Project
By italovignoli On 13 February 2009 In Technology
Renaissance Project has the objective of revamping OpenOffice.org user interface in order to make it more attractive for the ordinary user, who is accustomed to the bells and whistles of Microsoft and Apple operating systems and prioritizes
12 Feb 2009
The price of success
OpenOffice.org 3.0 has been a huge success, and this has raised the awareness of the open source office suite to an unprecedented level. In Europe, where OOo was already quite popular, especially in France, Germany and Italy,
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