Archive for the ‘Open Source’ Category

March 15th, 2010

Turbocharge OpenOffice.org Writer with AuthorSupportTool

 
Although OpenOffice.org is a competent productivity suite, you can add some nifty features to it using extensions. There are hundreds of nifty extensions available in the official extension repository. Some of them add a feature or two, while others take OpenOffice.org to a whole new level. The AuthorSupportTool (AST) extension  belongs to the latter category. [...]

March 3rd, 2010

Get started with Blender

You will want to begin by familiarizing yourself with the Blender interface.

February 19th, 2010

OpenOffice.org: The Need for Style

Using styles takes a different perspective and may require more initial planning.

February 2nd, 2010

Clip Art of the Month: “Locked” Technology

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Clip Art of the Month for February 2010 will focus on Content regulation.

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February 1st, 2010

Add Cloud Storage to OpenOffice.org with SMECloud

One of the key issues when working with documents on your machine is to keep them safe and accessible from any machine.

January 27th, 2010

OpenOffice.org Extensions for Business Users

OpenOffice.org is an excellent all-around productivity suite as it is, but you can add a few useful features using extensions to make it better suited for use in a business environment. Here are a handful of extensions worth considering if you are using OpenOffice.org as a business tool.

January 15th, 2010

Labels with PostScript::MailLabels Getting Started (Open Source)

Alan Jackson’s PostScript::MailLabels, a Perl utility to automate production of high-quality label layouts.

January 11th, 2010

Managing Bibliographies with OpenOffice.org and Zotero

If OpenOffice.org’s own bibliography feature doesn’t really cut it for you, you have several choices.

December 21st, 2009

Inkscape 0.47 Totally Solid with Lots of New Tools

The free open source vector graphics editor Inkscape has released an update packing several new features, new tools, effects, and improved SVG compliance.

December 10th, 2009

Using Openoffice.org Calc to Manage Schedules

If you want to keep tabs on your deadlines, you don’t need a fancy project management application — often, a simple spreadsheet can do the job. To see how, let’s create a spreadsheet that tracks task deadlines, shows the current status of each task, and highlights scheduling conflicts. In the process we’ll learn a few [...]