Like other OpenOffice.org applications, Writer has dozens of options available from Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer. These options allow you to adjust both the general settings of Writer and ...

One of the perqs of being a journalist is that I often hear about software and events before most people. A case in point is Writer's Tools, an extension for OpenOffice.org Writer being developed by ...

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) released an extension for OpenOffice.org Writer that enables users to save documents as Braille or to send them directly to a Braille embosser.

With a few settings tweaks and cautious formatting, you can keep from losing features when moving files between the two word processors. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an ...

Give your Writer documents, Calc spreadsheets, and Impress presentations more impact by using the great add-ons for the productivity suite. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as ...

If you're using any DTP software, then you're not a technical writer; you're a production/graphics person. Technical writers use vi or other ASCII editor, concentrate on content, and leave the visual ...

OpenOffice.org Writer beta handled the first two documents just fine with hardly any format differences (nothing that mattered at any rate). The third document was a different matter. The formatting ...

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The latest version of the open-source office suite OpenOffice.org 3.1 has just arrived, and it’s a good one. While some of the improvements are visible to the naked eye, I found that the most ...

Being able to outline the page, insert the graphics/illustrations/figures and captions, see how the footnotes are going to land have a HUGE impact on being able to ...