In Part 1, we studied the fundamental concepts of OpenOffice.org's software development kit (SDK) and how the SDK can be used to communicate with the OOo programs. We now are ready to write an ...

You can add fonts, templates, extensions, and other features to ease the adjustment to OpenOffice.org's suite of productivity applications. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as ...

Business graphics don't have to be bland and boring when you have the ability to manipulate them in a variety of creative ways. OpenOffice, the free office productivity suite, has a built-in tool you ...

A few days ago the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced that Apache OpenOffice had graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP). That's nice but will be it enough to ...

OpenOffice has been an open-source project for nearly six years now, and the project has grown and matured considerably during that time. Originally based on the code from StarOffice, a creaky ...

As I reported on May 31st, 2011, Oracle has, with IBM's encouragement, given the open-source OpenOffice office suite to The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). IBM's Kevin Cavanaugh, VP of Collaboration ...

Apache OpenOffice is a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. Apache OpenOffice is a full suite of office applications: word processor, database, spreadsheet, presentation, and graphics. Each of them ...

The Writer component of OpenOffice gives you full control over the style and layout of your text. You can adjust spacing, indents, fonts and similar options using the menus and toolbars included with ...

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The growing use of office automation programs poses a new problem for software programmers. In fact, users are no more satisfied with programs able to give them the requested data. Graphic ...

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