Tag Archives: openoffice
Oracle PDF Import Extension 1.0.4 is here
Today, Oracle have uploaded version 1.0.4 of its PDF Import Extension to the OpenOffice.org extension repository. The repository have had version 1.0.1 for the last year under Sun’s branding. The extension is the 3rd most popular in the extension repository … Continue reading
Filed under Openoffice.org
a very good day for bidi in openoffice.org
As a follow up on my report from last month about bidi status in openoffice.org 3.3, today was a very good day for bidi in openoffice.org. The short story: two important bugs were fixed for 3.3, and we now have … Continue reading
Filed under Israeli Community, LibreOffice, Openoffice.org
“Get Openoffice.org” icon on a new laptop
I recently saw a new bought Toshiba laptop. While the laptop had Vista installed, and also the Microsoft Office 2007 trail eddition, it had an icon named “Get Openoffice.org”. I guess they didn’t just install Openoffice.org due to some limitaion … Continue reading
Openoffice.org User Survey 2009
I found out that openoffice.org are running a user survey, and thought that should be more public. Please help improve the OpenOffice.org office suite by completing this survey. It will take about 15 minutes and will increase our understanding of … Continue reading
Filed under Openoffice.org, QA stuff
OpenOffice.org 3.1 New Features
Openoffice.org 3.1 release was postponed to may 7th. Meanwhile, you can check the new features list (some features already covered by oooninja). I already blogged about the RTL issues fix in 3.1, but the next thing I’m waiting for the … Continue reading
Filed under Openoffice.org
RTL related issues fixed in openoffice.org 3.1
Openoffice.org Ninja already covered some of the new RTL features with openoffice.org 3.1, mainly RTL enabled controls (#30631). But following the bugzilla issues, it seems that version 3.1 also includes fixes for more RTL related issues. Here is a list … Continue reading
Filed under i18n & l10n, Openoffice.org, Proud to use free software, QA stuff
When Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack fails – use Openoffice.org
When my girlfriend told me her reason for installing openffice.org 3, I was happy about three issues: She started using free software willingly and knowingly (as opposed to back end software she isn’t aware of like Apache for websites). She … Continue reading
Debian follows Openoffice.org 3.x in the experimental archive
While Debian unstable is in freeze (and deep freeze), Rene Engelhard, started uploading openoffice.org 3 packages to the experimental archive. I’ve been enjoying following the openoffice.org development process through updating the packages on my machine. As Rene keeps the packages … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux, Openoffice.org
Where did the openoffice.org language packs go ?
Is it just me, or you can’t get language packs from the openoffice.org website? I couldn’t even find them in the extension packs. I know the code and files are outthere since, the Linux distributions continue to create such packages … Continue reading
Filed under i18n & l10n, Openoffice.org
Can everything except windows can be free software?
I got my hands on a laptop with Windows XP installed, and can do whatever I want with it, except deleting the windows. I decided not to have a dual boot on it, but to try and make it free … Continue reading
