You can help the community, it
is easy and fun!
There are dozens of opportunities to support the
community and you do not have to be a developer to help out. Here are
just two out
of many examples:
Are you
interested in marketing?
Go ahead and help the OpenOffice.org marketing project!
Help spread the word and, by the way, it
looks good in your resume.
Do you like to
write articles or short manuals?
The documentation
project is always looking for new and exciting
articles.
Don't be shy and start volunteering today!
Notes
from
the
Community
projects
Presenting the Irish Gaelic
Community
Each month, we will interview teams, blog about
it, include it in the OpenOffice.org, newsletter, etc. This month, we
start with the Irish
native-language project, lead by Kevin Scannell. Read
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»
This month in
the Community Council
Notes from the Community
Council Minutes
- Community Council election process started.
The following representatives are going to be elected:
- OpenOffice.org Internship: A draft for the
internship program is worked out (here)
- New template for CC meetings: Current proposal
is available at Proposed_Improvements.
The Community Council minutes are available
here.
Success Stories
Bull has opted for OpenOffice.org
Bull migrates 8000 desktop from Microsoft Office
to OpenOffice.org. It is part of Bull's open source
strategy. Read
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Featured News
More than 520 Extensions
in the Extension Repository
The number of OO.o Extensions in the Extension
Repository crossed the 500. There are extensions which might add
the functionalites and dictionaries
you are missing. The installation
is very easy.
Check out today »
TuxRadar: Reviewed:
OpenOffice.org 3.2
There's a new version of Linux's grandest office
suite, but is it a major step forward or just another humdrum release
with little to show? And most importantly, does it finally get the
startup time down to an acceptable level? Read
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»
TechSource: Cool OpenOffice.org
Easter Eggs
Today, we will take a look at some Easter eggs
inside OpenOffice.org so get ready to have fun or be amused.
Read
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»
GullFOSS: OpenOffice.org 3.2 QA
Workshop in Sri Lanka
The OpenOffice.org Sri Lankan
Community (Sinhala native language team) have coordinated a QA
workshop. Read
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»
GullFOSS: Extension deployment
Currently, extensions programmers have no access
to the deployment process of an extension. Read
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»
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Tips & Tricks
Techie-buzz: How To
install OO.o 3.2 in Ubuntu
This tutorial will explain how to
install latest version of OO.o in Ubuntu Read
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»
eHow: How to Create a
Database in OpenOffice.org
You can create a completely new
database file from scratch or import another file to create a database
file: Read
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»
Netbeans Zone: OO.o
on the NetBeans Platform on Ubuntu
Here's where I am with my OO.o
integration on the NetBeans Platform: Read
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»
Linux User: Optimise
OpenOffice.org
Let’s look at some hacks that will
allow you to become more of a power user of OpenOffice,org enabling you
to
be more productive with the software. Read
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»
Solveig Haugland: The
double-edged
sword
of
the "Linked With" feature in heading styles,
with tables of contents
When
you create a table of contents, you specify which paragraph styles,
applied to your headings, should show up in the table of contents. Read
More
»
Solveig Haugland:
Creating a hyperlinked table of contents
You can create a hyperlinked TOC in
Writer that not only lets users click on an item to go to that page,
but is still hyperlinked when you export the document to PDF. Read
More
»
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OpenDocument (ODF)
Document Freedom Day -
March 21th 2010
Document Freedom Day (DFD)
is a
global day for document liberation. It is a day of grassroots effort to
educate the public about the importance of Open Document Formats and
Open Standards in general. Read
More
»
eWeek: Reject MS Office
Attachments Says Free Software Group
Just say no to Word, Excel
attachments say free and open software campaigners. Read
More
»
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Solution of the month
Cooperate. Collaborate.
Share
Sironta is a P2P application that enables the
collaboration with any other user, in any place as if they where
together in the same room. Sironta runs smoothly in Windows, Linux and
Mac.. Read
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This section introduces a single solution which
provides a OO.o integration or based on OO.o technology. The idea
behind it is to
support vendors who have an OO.o integration.
Drop us an email, if
you want to have your solution listed.
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