So, you want to be a writer? You’ve just finished writing your first short story. Then you submit it to a book publisher , who surprisingly gives it back to you for revisions. Some time ago, editors were more lenient. They are more open to polishing rough, but brilliant works of [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Writer’s Tools for OpenOffice.org
Posted in July 2007 on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OpenOffice.org downloads reach 82M by 2007
Posted in July 2007 on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not buying, I’m sharing. This is one of Open Office.org’s promotional “giving is good” taglines. Evidently, the philosophy of sharing has done much to boost market shares for Open Office.org.
As of Feb 2007, there have been a total of 82,000,000 downloads of [...]
Open Up your Office
Posted in July 2007 on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Open Office.org is already being used in a number of government offices , businesses and academic institutions in the country. This requires users to undergo a transition from old ways of doing things to new ones. Installing OpenOffice.org is probably the easiest part of the process. The [...]
MS Office vs. Open Office.org – a writer’s point of view
Posted in May 2007 on October 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A few years ago , I was developing elementary-level textbooks which included tutorials on MS Office applications – MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, and MS Access . I run these applications on a Windows emulator called Virtual PC on my Macintosh computer, for the [...]
Give Me Free Software Or Give Me Death
Posted in May 2007 on October 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Would you rather have some software capitalist decide what you can do with your computer, how you do it, and when you do it? Is the idea of software emancipation so terrifying that you would rather suffer the ordeal of having your hands tied behind your back, and your eyes blindfolded, not knowing what [...]
Sharing Files between OpenOffice.org Writer and MS Word
Posted in June 2007 on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve made the switch to Open Office.org . You downloaded the software, installed it, and started using Open Office.org Writer. Then your boss sends you a report that you’re supposed to study, update and format. It’s in MS Word ( .doc ) format. Since OOo can open .doc files, there [...]
OpenOffice.org is Best for Education
Posted in June 2007 on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Open source software is ideal for use in the education sector. It teaches the value of sharing, a sense of community, citizenship and collaboration. It typifies what learning should be about – the free exchange of ideas and the discovery of new ones.
Collaboration
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Our best thought come from others”. [...]
Run for your files!
Posted in May 2007 on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
RUN FOR YOUR FILES! : Migrating from MS Office to Open Office.org
Charmagne Munoz Feria
Run for your files! It’s time to move on. Microsoft’s proprietary file format had been losing out to the OpenDocument format. It seems a bright “vista” is not in Microsoft’s long term future. Their [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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