If you are an OpenOffice.org user who frequently accesses a document, such as your research paper, your grading sheet or your presentation, you will surely find the Bookmarks Menu extension in OpenOffice.org useful.
The Bookmarks Menu works like the Bookmarks tool (Favorites for Internet Explorer) in your web browser. However, it is capable of bookmarking [...]
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The Bookmarks Menu extension in OpenOffice.org
Posted in Jan 2008 on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Case for Open Document Format in Government
Posted in Jan 2008 on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Democracy entails openness. In a democratic country, government documents should be open to public scrutiny and thus, freely accessible by anyone regardless of the person’s software choice.
Currently, many government agencies in this country still exchange, archive and distribute information using proprietary file formats such as .doc. .docx, .xls, .ppt and others.
Supposedly publicly-accessible documents [...]
ODF vs. OOXML – What’s the difference?
Posted in Jan 2008 on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just because a few countries in Asia have jumped onto the OOXML bandwagon does not mean that joining them is a good idea.
The Industrial Revolution at the end of the 18th century brought about mass production, increased productivity and gas powered vehicles. One century later, this is also blamed for the the marked increase in [...]
