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Aug
16th

Oracle Delivers Friday the 13th Bad Luck to FOSS

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Despite personal beliefs, everybody treads a bit more carefully on Friday the 13th. But no amount of precaution could protect the Open Source community from the wave of bad luck that fell last …


Aug
9th

OpenOffice.org: Sun PDF Import Extension

Author: Bruce Byfield | Files under syndicated

The Sun PDF Import Extension is one of the most popular OpenOffice.org extensions ever created. more>>


Jul
26th

OpenOffice.org 3.3 Definitely On Its Way

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 was released on June 4 and a new master workspace was branched off for the upcoming 3.3 on June 5. The code in this branch will be stabilized and later become the product r…


Jul
5th

OpenOffice.org to use GStreamer for Multimedia

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Previously OpenOffice.org used Sun’s Java Media Framework to play back audio and video in documents. It seemed to work well for a while, but as time went on Java became more outdated. So, deve…


Jun
14th

OpenOffice.org Resource Files

Author: Bruce Byfield | Files under syndicated

Most users interact with OpenOffice.org on the desktop. But what if you need to do a selective restore on the files that store custom gradients or colors? Troubleshoot why an extension won’t ins…


Feb
4th

The Small Picture: More OpenOffice.org Extensions

Author: Bruce Byfield | Files under syndicated
OpenOffice.org

Every few weeks, I like to browse the OpenOffice.org Extensions site to see what is available, and what people are using.

New extensions that are both useful and well-designed seem to be getting few and far between. However, if you search patiently, you can still find extensions worth trying. more>>