technoesq.com shows why there’s no reason to use Microsoft Word, Excel or powerpoint. This tutorial by openoffice is free and makes a great substitution for all of these programs.
Category Archives: Open Office
How can I get open office to stop auto formatting?
I am trying to type an outline on open office and whenever I try to put in a roman numeral open office deletes it and replaces it with a regular number. When I try to erase it and re-do it it just backspaces my stuff. How can I get it to stop auto-doing all this crap?
How do I convert documents from open office to microsoft office?
I used to have OpenOffice. but I recently got Microsoft Office. so I have deleted OpenOffice. but how do I get the files from OpenOffice to open in Microsoft Office?
Open office spell checker?
For open office which I use because I deleted Microsoft word on accident and the program I use most (open office writer) won’t spell check, none of the programs do but I need writer the most! So when I go to spell check it says “continue checking at the beginning of the document” and if I say yes It says that it’s done and If I press no it closes. And I did a test try and spelled words wrong on purpose and tried it and it said I spelled it right. What can I do?
How Do I Update Open Office?
How do I update my version of openoffice 2.0 to 2.x
Would I need to download a complete new version of open office 2.x
Would I need to deinstall my version of OO 2.0 first?
some tips?
1 please read the question ( do I need to download the whole open office again )
2 I do not found the answer on the open office site
3 nothing in the open office 2.0 help about update
what I have found:
-you need to load the entire file to actualize the previous version of OO
– you dont’ need to uninstall the previous version, – the new one will install upon it
How Can I Change Open Office File Extentions to Save For Windows?
I recently downloaded Open Office Suite with every program. I was very please and impressed by their programs. Their like the mirror image of Microsoft Office. I didn’t like the fact that it didn’t have a program like Outlook, though I have Mozilla Thunderbird. But my question is, is there a way to have everything I create (word, presentation etc) automatically save as a Word or Powerpoint file? I want this because I do work for school and my school doesn’t have open office so every time I use my flash drive to open a document created by open office it doesn’t work. So can I just change is so its Word and Powerpoint even though its Impress and Writer! THANKS!
I basically want to have the file extension change by auto!
Open Source PDF Software
One of the needs of an open source desktop application is the requirement to produce a PDF (Print Document File) that can be sent to anyone with a PDF reader.
As any virtual assistant will tell you, in the nature of our work (which is truly online in every sense), document exchange is a big hassle. With public documents such as portfolio items it is unwise to use documents in their original formats, DOC, XLS, etc. So, the available alternative is to take up screen shots and convert it into JPEGs. Again, its very tedious, cumbersome and unprofessional to present to prospective clients. Then it was a chance discovery at PDFonline.com
All one had to do was to prepare my document, check for typos and grammar, fill in the details and upload it at PDFOnline, along with email address. You can use any free email service for this. After your document is converted, you will receive it as an attachment in your inbox. Cool! Isn’t it. So far, So good, especially if you have only static text content.
On the other hand, lets assume that you have written MyWebsite (as a hyper-linked text using the insert-hyperlink in MS WORD), instead of actually typing the URL mywebsite.com. In such case, the URL text within the PDF document will be accessible, while the hyper-linked text will not be.
Now, this is okay for small URLs like web URL, blog URL etc. Let us assume that you want to include few links to express a point, give references, provide credits etc The length of the URL is likely to be long and there might be several such intercepting links in your complete text. Providing such lengthy URLs will tarnish the presentation completely, and it is impossible to eliminate the URL too. In such case you are forced to use a hyper-linked text. But what use are there links, if these are not accessible in the PDF. PDFonline’s solution to this problem is their BCL-Easy PDF
The trail version of BCL – Easy PDF is free to download and you can convert as many documents you want to PDF without fearing an expiry date. Plus this also retains the hyper-linked texts which are all accessible from the PDF document.Great ! Isn’t it. Too Good To Be True, isn’t it… Yes, it is too good to be true. But, like any other freebie, there is a catch, which is, they have their BCL-Easy PDF stamp appearing in the bottom right corner of all the pages in the PDF file. If you are okay with it, then there is nothing else to think about.
On the other hand, if you are somewhat like me, not afraid to try open source, then I would recommend to go in for OpenOffice.org ( my personal recommendation – close replacement for MS office ~145MB, worth the effort). In addition to the regular docs, spreadsheet, paint and other stuff in their suite, OpenOffice allows you to export you documents into PDF, where in the hyperlinks are retained , there is no watermark and there is no expiry as well.
Please visit the same blog-post in the URL below and to download the PDF file to ascertain the link accessibility in the PDF documents.
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Testing openoffice pdf-import extension
Testing #openoffice pdf-import extension – works nice on my simple testsuite. Will test more complex PDFs soon, but so far I’m impressed!
For a long time, ability to export to PDF was one of the major features of OpenOffice.org. I knew OpenOffice.org rendered Indic scripts well and that it was based on ICU’s rendering logic.
How to Create a PDF File with OpenOffice
Microsoft Office may be a favorite among many people, but OpenOffice is now a very popular alternative for proprietary office suites. One advantage of OpenOffice above proprietary software like Microsoft Office is that you can easily create a PDF document.