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October 2009

Written By: stephanie on October 29, 2009 No Comment
Adding a Table of Contents in Writer [Indexes and Tables]

There is a good tutorial for Adding and Updating a Table of Contents in OpenOffice’s Writer over at OpenOfficeX.

Just a note before you jump to the link – it says that you can BUY OpenOffice – but they offer unlimited support for users. Note that OpenOffice is a free software – if you [...]

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Written By: stephanie on October 28, 2009 No Comment
New Impress Template – School Desk / Notepad

Click on the image below to download the Desk and Notepad template.

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Written By: stephanie on October 27, 2009 No Comment
New Free Impress Template: Bicycles

Here is another free template for presentations – I have created in in a ODP file as I am currently working out templates in OO3+.

Click on the image below to download the presentation. Enjoy!

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Written By: stephanie on October 26, 2009 1 Comment
Portable OpenOffice [OpenOffice on a Stick]

I had previously posted a link to Go-OO as a lite alternative to OpenOffice, however this app seems to have changed its focus:

Speed
Compatibility with WordPerfect graphics
Compatibility with MS Excel Spreadsheet macros

This is good, however that still leaves an issue for those that don’t want to download the 150Mb file [...]

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Written By: stephanie on October 25, 2009 No Comment

When you use the Tools –>  Mail Merge Wizard in OpenOffice, it is quite limiting in that you are restricted to ending up with an address block. The way to insert other fields is not as obvious.

I have put together the tutorial below to guide you through my way of tackling a requirement of inserting [...]

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Written By: stephanie on October 25, 2009 No Comment
New OpenOffice Impress Template

A new template from a photo that I took recently.

I hope it’s useful/appealing to some.

Shoes and Bricks Template – OpenOffice Impress

Update: I am starting to add more templates. You can view and download other free templates here.

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