‘This template is a simple change of colour from the OpenOffice Dark Blue with Orange template. This is Dark Grey with Lime Green.

It is nothing fancy, just a change of colour that I did for a friend. Hope you get some use out of it.

Dark Grey with Lime Green Impress [...]

For those wanting templates designed specifically for OpenOffice Impress, or StarOffice, please check out this find that has 12 templates suitable for downloading and adding to your collection.

OpenOffice Impress Templates

Tabbed Windows Extension

If you like the way that Firefox has tabs, then a simple extension for OpenOffice has been developed that allows you to have this feature while working on Spreadsheets, Word Processing Documents and Slide Presentations.

The Tabbed Windows Extension is a work in process and only has very basic functionality, but it [...]

I have been asked by a client to send them a generic invoice template. I have put together the template below, which is designed for services (it doesn”t include a ‘’ship to”), and is very simple.

Additionally, the Totals are all calculated automatically, and the formulae in Column H should not be changed if you wish [...]

Yesterday I wrote a brief post on links to visit for converting your Microsoft Access Database to an OpenOffice Base database. This only works for Windows-based installations.

For those using database formats such as mySQL, Oracle, etc, you should visit MDB Tools.

For some, the best [...]

For those that have Microsoft Access databases which they wish to use in OpenOffice, this is now supported. There is a wiki page that will give you more information here, however the most often asked question is answered as per the following:

Can I use Microsoft Access databases (.mdb) in Base?

On Windows: yes. You cannot open [...]

OxygenOffice – OpenOffice Professional

OxygenOffice Professional (formely know as OpenOffice.org Premium) is a free and open source enhancement of official OpenOffice.org plus some Extras for you to use.

Additional features include:

Clip Art (currently more than 2,900 objects)
Templates (number varies by language)
Samples (number varies by language)
Documentation (if available)
Fonts (more than 90 fonts)

Download OxygenOffice