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OPENOFFICE.ORG NEWSLETTER Volume 07 - Issue 24 - 06/2009 Please send news clippings to: d...@marketing.openoffice.org ######################################################################### Contents ######################################################################### 1. Announcements ================ * OpenOffice.org Bloggers * OpenOffice.org Conference 2009 - Call for Papers 2. Success Stories ================== * Gribskov: Municipality uses OO.o and saves a million DKK per year 3. Featured News ================ * Take the new Sun OpenOffice.org Specialist Certifications. * EndNote X3 for Windows Released - With OO.o support * Chin Wong: Shifting to OpenOffice * PHC Software now supports OpenOffice.org Calc * Connected Internet: OpenOffice.org vs Google Docs * GullFOSS: The framework project, OpenOffice.org 3.2 and Windows 7 * GullFOSS: UI Design Proposals Wrap Up and a Look Forward 4. Tips & Tricks ================ * Linux Journal: Creating Queries in OpenOffice.org Base * Linux Beacon: Getting the most out of OpenOffice.org Writer * Suite101: How To Create an OpenOffice.org Database Log On * Solveig Haugland: How to put a drawing into a Writer document * GullFOSS: Does OpenOffice.org 3.x have a general quality issue? 5. ODF News =========== * Another Vendor to Fully Support ODF: GemBox Software * iTunes: FileAid, the first OpenDocument (OpenOffice) reader for * H Open: "Productive" Open Document Plugfest * sdtimes : Microsoft focuses on 'pragmatic interoperability' ######################################################################### Want to help OpenOffice.org? Find out hot to contribute or see our To Do List!! http://contributing.openoffice.org/index.html http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/To-Dos/index.html ######################################################################### Announcements ######################################################################### OpenOffice.org Bloggers ======================= A Planet is a web page which consolidates posts by a number of bloggers. There are a number of OpenOffice.org Planets: the OpenOffice.org Planet is the widest collection, with people blogging on a wide variety of OpenOffice.org topics. http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/blogs.html OpenOffice.org Conference 2009 - Call for Papers ================================================ Do you have something to share? If you do, then this conference is the place to do it! We particularly welcome proposals from developers with information to share with fellow developers, ranging from how to get started on simple extensions, to the deepest most complex technical aspects of the OpenOffice.org codebase. Success Stories ######################################################################### Gribskov: Municipality uses OpenOffice and saves a million DKK per year ================================================================== The Danish municipality of Gribskov has saved two million DKK, about 270,000 euro, over the past two years by switching the public administration and schools to OpenOffice, Michel van den Linden, responsible for IT in the municipality says in an interview with the Danish IT news site Computerworld. http://www.osor.eu/news/dk-municipality-uses-openoffice-and-saves-a-million-dkk-per-year Featured News ######################################################################### Take the new Sun OpenOffice.org Specialist Certifications. ============================================================ Register now at Prometric Test Centers to take the new Sun OpenOffice.org Specialist Certifications. OpenOffice.org certification allows you to prove your skills in three areas of the OpenOffice.org suite; OpenOffice.org Writer 3, OpenOffice.org Calc 3, and OpenOffice.org Impress 3. http://www.prometric.com/OpenOffice/default.htm EndNote X3 for Windows Released - With OO.o support ============================================================ ...EndNote X3 expands ways to group references and find full text when off campus. Cite While You Write now integrates with OpenOffice.org Writer 3 ... users can search for and insert citations within OpenOffice.org Writer documents and format bibliographies instantly, just as they can in Apple Pages '09 and Microsoft Word. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/Thomson-Reuters-Releases-EndNote-X-for-Windows-54870.asp Chin Wong: Shifting to OpenOffice ============================================================ GIVEN the cost of buying a licensed copy of MS Office and the dangers of using pirated software, it’s no surprise that many companies are opting to use OpenOffice. Published free and open source, OpenOffice (Version 3.0 is the latest) can be downloaded and used with no legal liability http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_june23_2009 PHC Software now supports OpenOffice.org Calc ========================================================= PHC (www.phc.pt), an Enterprise Management applications in Portugal is now supporting OpenOffice.org Calc, making it possible for the Portuguese companies to reduce their licencing costs. The PHC 2010 version enables export to OpenOffice Calc where previously export to Microsoft Excel was the only option. This development was based on the 3.0 version of OpenOffice.org" http://www.phc.pt/portal/programs/ewpview.aspx?codigo=Upgrade Connected Internet: OpenOffice.org vs Google Docs ================================================= Microsoft Office has ruled the world of computer productivity since the Windows 9x era. Really, how many of you are still using Corel or Lotus? I thought so. http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2009/06/29/openoffice-org-vs-google-docs/ Suite101: How To Create an OpenOffice.org Database Log On ========================================================= At some point in their lives every OpenOffice.org Base developer will start to consider the security of their database. For example they may wish to: http://database-programming.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_create_an_openofficeorg_database_log_on GullFOSS: The framework project, OpenOffice.org 3.2 and Windows 7 ================================================================= Currently the framework team works on OpenOffice.org 3.2 and compatibility with the Windows 7 file picker. If you use OpenOffice.org 3.1 or download the latest developement snapshot you will find out that the system file picker doesn't look like the default Windows 7 file dialog. http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/openoffice_org_the_framework_project GullFOSS: UI Design Proposals Wrap Up and a Look Forward =============================================================== After gathering data from several user surveys to get to know our users, the next big step toward a new user interface was our call for UI Design proposals which has now been concluded. The topic was Accessing Functionality in Impress, where we focused on the improvement or even replacement of menus. http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/renaissance_summary_of_ui_design Tips & Tricks ######################################################################### Linux Journal: Creating Queries in OpenOffice.org Base ====================================================== Queries are the database equivalent of filters in a spreadsheet. Just as a filter can limit and reorganize the information displayed in a spreadsheet, so a query limits and reorganizes the information in a database. Either can be an efficient way of finding the information you want, especially when you're dealing with thousands of records. http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/creating-queries-openofficeorg-base Linux Beacon: Getting the most out of OpenOffice.org Writer =========================================================== Writer is, without a doubt, the most frequently used application in the OpenOffice.org suite. It offers many advanced features that can help you to create anything from a simple letter to a book with a complex layout. http://linuxbeacon.com/doku.php/articles:writertips Solveig Haugland: How to put a drawing into a Writer document =============================================================================== When you create a drawing in Draw, you often want to then paste it into a Writer document.... http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2009/06/how-to-put-a-drawing-into-a-writer-document-safely-and-more-quickly-in-openoffice.html Solveig Haugland: Using regular expressions in OpenOffice Calc filters ===================================================================== Using regular expressions in OpenOffice Calc filters -- phrases like "contains" rather than equals, less than, etc. http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2009/06/using-regular-expressions-in-openoffice-calc-filters-phrases-like-contains-rather-than-equals-less-t.html ODF News ######################################################################### Another Vendor to Fully Support ODF: GemBox Software =================================================================== ... GemBox.Spreadsheet .NET component fully supports Open Document Format for spreadsheets (.ods files). GemBox.Spreadsheet already supports XLS, CSV, XLSX and HTML, so addition of ODF will enable C# and VB.NET developers to read, write and convert between all that formats. http://www.prweb.com/releases/ODF/component/prweb2546424.htm iTunes: FileAid, the first OpenDocument (OpenOffice) reader for ======================================================================== The new version of FileAid 1.3 integrates the first OpenDocument (OpenOffice) reader for the iPhone OS. Read OpenDocuments' Texts, Spreadsheets and Presentations easely using FileAid. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=297804694&mt=8 H Open: "Productive" Open Document Plugfest ================================================= The first ODF Plugfest has brought together both corporate and independent developers to test the interoperability of Open Document Format (ODF) documents. http://www.h-online.com/open/Productive-Open-Document-Plugfest--/news/113601 sdtimes : Microsoft focuses on 'pragmatic interoperability' ================================================ Microsoft receives feedback through many channels, but it chose to place itself in the hot seat in May at a closed-door meeting of its Interoperability Customer Executive Council (ICEC). http://www.sdtimes.com/link/33574 Unsubscribe ######################################################################## To unsubscribe send an e-mail: announce-unsubscr...@openoffice.org Newsletter Archive ######################################################################### Past issues of the OpenOffice.org Newsletter can be found in the archive of the announce mailing list: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=announce Contact Information (regarding this newsletter) ######################################################################### d...@marketing.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: announce-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: announce-h...@openoffice.org
