Posts Tagged ‘OpenOffice’

OpenOffice with a Ribbon?

I was going back and forth whether I should write about this, but I wanted to see what everyone's thoughts were on this. I posted on Twitter a week ago about news of OpenOffice.org working on a ribbon-like design for an upcoming version of their office suite. When I saw the news on an official Sun blog I was rather disappointed, which is why I wasn't even going to mention it here on the site.

August 11th, 2009
OpenOffice with a Ribbon?

Play Space Invaders in OpenOffice.org

The OpenOffice.org team makes a great productivity suite, but the developers behind the famed open source project have also tucked away a few enjoyable Easter Eggs. Several of them are your typical run-of-the-mill Easter Eggs that show the credits, but one in particular is a lot of fun.

August 8th, 2008
Play Space Invaders in OpenOffice.org

Open Office 2007 Documents in OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta

There has been a lot of buzz in the last week regarding OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta. Some people are excited with the new features that it brings to the table, while others are a little disappointed that the interface didn't get much of a facelift. No matter which way you look at it, this will be a huge release since milestones like this only occur once every three years for OpenOffice.org.

May 12th, 2008
Open Office 2007 Documents in OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta

Office Ultimate 2007 Promotion for $59 Ends Soon!

Back in September, we wrote about "The Ultimate Steal" from Microsoft because they were offering students the option to purchase Office Ultimate 2007 for just $59 bucks. Considering it retails for $680, this deal is a 91% discount. At the time they said the offer would end on April 30th, but as it turns out, they extended the offer a few days and now its set to end on May 16th, a week from today.

Office Ultimate 2007 Promotion for $59 Ends Soon!

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Download

Win; Mac; Linux It's here! I've been waiting for OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta for what seems like forever. I was getting a little bit worried when it wasn't released on April 30th like it was supposed to be, and the release date was never revised. Luckily it's only rolling in about a week late.

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Download

OpenOffice.org Redesigns Website, Launches Version 2.4

As we pointed out yesterday in our Daily Downloads the new version of OpenOffice.org 2.4 has been released, and here's an overview of the new features. In my opinion that is not the most exciting news though. To go along with the new release they've also revamped their website, and I have to say that they did an incredible job with it.

March 27th, 2008
OpenOffice.org Redesigns Website, Launches Version 2.4

CyberNotes: Best OpenOffice Extensions

Back in October 2006 the free OpenOffice 2.0.4 was released, and one of the big new features that it shipped with was an extension management system similar to that of Firefox. With it, developers are able to create add-ons that are easily incorporated into the suite of applications.

December 18th, 2007
CyberNotes: Best OpenOffice Extensions

MyFive: Open Source for Dummies

If you haven't seen of, or at least heard of the "Dummies" books, I don't know where you've been living! Ever since the first "For Dummies" book hit the shelves back in 1991, they've been a huge success. At this point they cover nearly any topic possible, focusing on ones that are complex, confusing, or intimidating.

November 8th, 2007
MyFive: Open Source for Dummies

OxygenOffice Pro 2.3 = OpenOffice with Clipart & Templates

One of the things that OpenOffice has always seemed to lack is an abundance of clipart and templates. Those are things that people use all of the time for making presentations, writing reports, creating budgets, and more.

October 22nd, 2007
OxygenOffice Pro 2.3 = OpenOffice with Clipart & Templates

OpenOffice Writer Tools – Text Snippets, Word Lookup, and More

OpenOffice.org has an extension system just like the Firefox browser. One of the recently released extensions is for the Writer component of the office suite, and it adds a new menu option with some useful tools.

October 17th, 2007
OpenOffice Writer Tools – Text Snippets, Word Lookup, and More