This is some reading that I found recently that makes it easier for OpenOffice and Word to exchange files a little more seamlessly. This has become more important as I am consulting in an environment that is a strict MS user - and being able to have documents that open seamlessly in the MS Word […]
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I received the following question:
I used to insert a landscape style page in a document of portrait style pages and then re-continue using portrait pages. How can I do it in open office?
There are a number of ways to do this, usually involving setting your own page formats. One quick and simple solution is described […]
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The following screenshot from OpenOffice v2.3 shows the list of file types that are opened natively by OpenOffice.
Natively means without the support of any additional extensions or software.
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Word count can be found in two ways:
File –> Properties, then click on the statistics tab
OR
Tools –> Word Count
The other useful application of this tool is to select the text that you wish to analyse, then select Tools –> Word Count to find out how many words in the selection.
Good luck with your work!
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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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It is not a free tool, however I see that Sun has developed an OpenOffice plugin that works with both OpenOffice and StafOffice, allowing you to post to a number of blogging platforms from within OpenOffice.
Checkout the Sun Weblog Publisher
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I like this post because it has the method for using styles to set up a table of contents.
It’s similar to the way you do it in MS Office.
There is no point re-inventing the wheel, so I will link to it here:
Quick Guide to Creating Automatic Tables of Contents
If you wish to download an […]
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I have a number of clients who initially have problems understanding the page breaks within OpenOffice. In Microsoft Word we usually insert and then delete using the delete key or backspace.
Page breaks in OpenOffice do require a little bit more fiddling, but once you understand how pagebreaks work, then, in my opinion, you will find […]
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I had a request from a friend who finds that her MS Word label templates are not working in OpenOffice, and had asked me if I had any quick fixes. I’ve been out shopping all afternoon so I don’t, but knowing the internet, I wondered if anyone else did, and sure enough, Solveig Hougland has […]
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