Writer Tools - Extending OpenOffice Writer

Posted on October 7th, 2007 by steph

Writer Tools, from No Thick Manuals, is a set of tools that will extend the functionality of OpenOffice’s word processor - Writer.
Some of the functionality includes:
- Looking up words in various online dictionaries and other tools
- Translation
- Mapping
- Emailing and Remote backup
- Saving in multiple formats
- Timers, Word hunt games
- A database to dynamically store […]

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Clipart for OpenOffice

Posted on July 31st, 2007 by steph

OpenOffice.org doesn’t natively support the SVG graphics format, which can be an inconvenience, especially considering how many good vector-based images are available in the Open Clip Art Library.
The SVG Import filter adds support for the SVG format, so you can easily open vector-based graphics directly in OpenOffice.org. According to the author, the filter produces nearly […]

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Filed under: Extensions, Intermediate, OpenOffice