“Ubuntu” is an ancient African word, meaning “humanity to others”. The Edubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to schools, through its customised school environment. The current version of Edubuntu is aimed at classroom use, and future versions of Edubuntu will expand to other educational usage, such as university use. This is what the [...]
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Edubuntu: Linux for Young Human Beings
Posted in November 2007 on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From OpenOffice.org (.odt) to MS Word (.doc): Some conversion issues
Posted in November 2007 on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How to convert documents
Documents created in OpenOffice.org Writer can be saved in .doc format and shared with MS Office users. There are three ways to do this.
First, set OpenOffice.org to automatically save documents in Microsoft Office format. Writer (.odt) will be saved in Word format ( .doc) [...]
Open Content for Learning
Posted in November 2007 on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Schools can benefit hugely from open content. At a time when textbooks are scarce in both quantity and quality, schools should once and for all explore open content not only as a means to cope with the lack of resources, but also to open doors for new ways of teaching and learning.
What is open [...]
Creating a hotlinked PDF file in OOo Writer
Posted in November 2007 on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Whether you are a teacher who develops course notes and homework and makes them available to students online, a decision maker at a government agency that wants to make documents and reports accessible to the general public via the Internet, or an individual who writes [...]
8 simple rules for switching to OpenOffice.org
Posted in November 2007 on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s been 8 months since I first released my first article on open source software. Since then, I have received quite a number of inquiries concerning Open Office.org, Linux, and other open source applications. Needless to say, a lot of people are getting interested. However, this interest does not necerssarily translate to [...]
The OpenOffice.org Navigator tool
Posted in November 2007 on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You have just submitted your textbook draft to a publisher, who suggests that you move a few chapters around. This sounds very easy, you think to yourself. “ I will email it to you by tomorrow morning” , you proudly reply. Once you sit down to edit the draft, you [...]
