Category Archives: Office Software

OpenDocument Format support in Microsoft Office is here

April 29, 2009 – 9:38 am

Ther is an update to this post here.
As mentioned in the previous post Microsoft Office 2007 Service pack 2 (SP2) would include support for OpenDocument Format (ODF) and would be released 28th April and here it is – Microsoft Download. SP2 is a 290MB download so you do not want to be on a slow [...]

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Microsoft Supports ODF (OpenDocument Format)

March 15, 2009 – 10:59 pm

It has been widely publicised that Microsoft Office 2007 will support OpenDocument Formats (ODF) from Service Pack 2 (which is expected to be released in the first half of 2009).
What may not be so widely known is that Windows 7 (the latest version of Windows which was available as a free beta) ships with a [...]

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Speed up OpenOffice.org

February 12, 2009 – 10:56 pm

OpenOffice.org, the very popular open source office suite, is well known for not being the fastest of applications but when working with large documents it can be become painfully slow as experienced by Adrian at Mercian Labels.
By far most recommended changes to try to speed up OpenOffice.org is to alter your settings under Tools>Options>Openoffice>Memory
My setting [...]

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Where is the Autosum Button in OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet (Calc)

February 12, 2009 – 9:50 pm

Some of the smallest problems are sometimes the most annoying. I had a call from a new OpenOffice.org user today who could not find the AutoSum button.
I know how he feels, we sometimes get so used to a certain interfaces that we can struggle with even the smallest change. OpenOffice 3 and its earlier versions [...]

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OpenOffice.org release 3.01 open source free equivalent to Microsoft Office

February 6, 2009 – 5:40 pm

The release of of OpenOffice.org 3.0, the free and open source equivalent to Microsoft Office, in October 2008 caused much excitement in the open source world with over 3 million downloads in the first week alone. The landmark release contained many new features and improved Microsoft Office document support including support for viewing .docx and [...]

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Can OpenOffice.org 3.0 change the world?

October 13, 2008 – 1:29 pm

Every day it seams a new version of someones favourite software is released somegreatphotosoftware version 5.5.5 or thebestmusicplayer version 1,1,01. Little excitement is seen around the world except by the group fanboys and girls of that product waiting for the latest and greatest, checking the new features list for whistles and bells like children [...]

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