I have a simple but painfully awkward request: Would you like to do lots of work for no money? On my website www.teachers-pet.org I offer a free Microsoft Word template for teachers that includes a range of useful macros for producing classroom exercises and games. I developed the tool myself, starting with zero knowledge of programming two years ago and learning as I went along. Since then I have had many requests from visitors to my site for this tool to be made available for OpenOffice. Unfortunately, I simply do not have the time or necessary skills to do the job and I have no idea how much work it would entail - though my amateur code may make the job more difficult than expected! I am looking for someone who would be interested in converting the tool to work in OpenOffice. However, as I receive donations that barely cover the cost of running the site, I can offer little more than credit for the work. If this fact is of any interest to you; I would also be very happy to encourage all those visitors to my site who do not have Microsoft Word (there are many poor teachers around the world who fit into this category) to download the OpenOffice suite so that they can utilise the macros. What do you say? Am I making a complete fool of myself by sending such a brazen request to a mailing list of serious professional developers, or what? Chris www.teachers-pet.org
