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!

I recently saw a question regarding line breaks in the table of contents – OpenOffice does not allow you to edit a table of contents except through styles. Sometimes the way that long headings are formatted might not be what you desire.

One thing to note about the TOC is that the line breaks that you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Still free, and still with easy to use features, and with my favourite native port-to-PDF capability, OpenOffice is still an amazing Office application, and my application of choice for word processing, spreadsheet and presentation functionality. All FREE!

Download OpenOffice

There are few reasons that I can think of that a personal user, or SOHO user, [...]

If you find OpenOffice too big for your liking, a lite version is now available.

Go to http://go-oo.org/

Diet OpenOffice is Now Available!

Need OpenOffice on a PC that doesn”t have it installed? Want to carry that and a suite of other useful software on your USB drive so that you can carry it with you?

Check out http://portableapps.com/

Portable OpenOffice on a Stick

It includes Firefox, OpenOffice, Pidgin and a host of other applications that have been adapted [...]

If you are looking to enable document collaboration with check-in and check-out of resources and being able to do so from within the Open Office application, then check out O3 Spaces.