I have been an OpenOffice user for several years, so much to the point I don’t even have Microsoft Office installed on my PC because OO does the job just fine. OpenOffice.org was under the umbrella of Sun Microsystems. After that Oracle acquired Sun. The OO team at this point is looking to break ties with Oracle completely. What this means is a new name...

Since I installed Windows 7 I’ve been loading in a bunch of apps. Some run the same as they did in XP with no noticeable improvement in speed or stability, while others appear to run much better. Here’s a few: Mozilla Firefox Since the introduction of version 3, the best way I can describe FF is that it "bottoms out" on XP too often. Even...

If you have your own web site you most likely transfer files via FTP every so often. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could store your documents, spreadsheets or anything else OpenOffice can make there? You can. Note before continuing: I have only tried this with the Windows version of OpenOffice, but it’s assumed this will work on the Linux or Mac OS X...

I have been a long-time OpenOffice user strictly for the fact I think it’s a complete waste of cash to spend almost 380 bucks just to type up documents and create spreadsheets. Some notes before continuing: If you’re the type who says "My life is inside Outlook", I’ll say up front that OpenOffice will not work for you because it...

A feature of the OpenOffice Writer word processing application is the ability to easily export a document as a PDF. This is built-in to the software. There may be times you will want to set security permission on the exported PDF to prevent printing or modification of the document itself (such as when sending contract agreements to clients where the document...

I don’t like Google Docs. I don’t like Microsoft Office Live either. But I do like OpenOffice. A lot. Wondering if there was any means of using the OO suite online, I did some searching and found that yes, there is a way. It’s done thru Ulteo’s web site. After signing up for a free account with Ulteo you’re greeted with this: ...

By default when you use the OpenOffice Writer application it does not have page numbering enabled (much like all other word processor applications). To enable it only takes a few clicks for some footer configuration and inserting the appropriate field. It sounds confusing but it’s actually very simple to do. [hidepost=1] Step 1. Go to the Page Format...

It has been a long time coming, but OpenOffice version 3 has officially been released to public beta. The current stable version of OpenOffice is pretty good, but as a Mac user, I have been waiting for a native Mac version of OpenOffice. I am currently running NeoOffice for the Mac, which is good but it is a bit of a tangent. Aside from the native Mac support...

This video I made for those who are (or thinking about) writing a book in OpenOffice Writer. It’s also for those who have done the same thing in Microsoft Word but don’t exactly know how to perform the same function in OO. With this video, now you...