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Archive for March 2008

March 30th, 2008

The 1st Document Freedom Day ‘08

I know this is a bit late but it’s worth to update those who do not know yet that there was The 1st Word Document Freedom Day last March 26, 2008. I won’t get into details here but will provide quick links for you to checkout of what is Document Freedom Day.

Office Website of Document […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

March 30th, 2008

OpenOffice.org 2.4 officially released!

If you’re an OpenOffice.org user, please update it now to 2.4:
The OpenOffice.org Community is pleased to announce the release of OpenOffice.org 2.4, the latest version of the leading open source office productivity suite. OpenOffice.org 2.4 includes many new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to all its core components. OpenOffice.org 2.4 is available for immediate download […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

March 30th, 2008

Updated Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-025 (Microsoft Office)

Microsoft recently updated their Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-025 which is “Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (934873)”.
Please check the list below if your Microsoft Office  version is affected:

Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 — Download the update (KB934526)
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 — Download the update (KB934705)
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

March 29th, 2008

Adobe Photoshop Express

Finally, after the long wait since I posted about Adobe Photoshop Express, it has been released to public.
Adobe Photoshop Express is an online photo-editing tool, allowing users to upload, edit and share photos online.

Well, with the functionalities available online is not much like of the desktop Photoshop. This is much like of a downgraded version […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

March 27th, 2008

Google Docs’ New Menus and Toolbar

Just yesterday, Google Docs launched a new look, a more user-friendly GUI. The new look is certainly cool and more easy to locate functionalities. Here’s some major highlights of these changes (taken from Google Docs Groups Discussion) posted by Marie:

New Menus:

Format - Everything that you used to find in the “Style” menu is now on […]

By Jerome Locson -- 1 comment

March 27th, 2008

Sun’s Weblog Publisher

Believe it or not you can post a blog entry using OpenOffice.org Writer or StarOffice 8. With Sun’s Weblog Publisher, you can easily create a post or edit and publish your entries to some supported blogging platform including Roller, WordPress, Generic ATOM and Generic MetaWeblog.
This tool is an extension available to make use of the […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

March 27th, 2008

Google Docs gets Gadgets

Just recently, Google Docs adds more visual functionalities to its spreadsheet tools. They adopted the concept of Gadgets-in-Docs from iGoogle.
Now you can add Gadgets embedded in your spreadsheets and publish or share it. To do that, just follow this steps:

Login to your Google Docs Account.
Open a spreadsheet.
Click the chart icon found in the menu bar […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

March 27th, 2008

iPhone with Microsoft Office? Why not?

I am not surprised receiving news alert about ‘Microsoft Office on iPhone’ from Fortune’s Big Tech by Jon Fortt.
Microsoft had already been working Apple in providing the Office Suite for Mac with Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit (MacBu) which recently launched last January 2008 its Office for Mac 2008.
A team of Microsoft’s Software Engineers examines […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

March 23rd, 2008

Tips & Tricks: Mail Merge in Microsoft Word & OpenOffice

Learn how to merge data records for a mail merge in Microsoft Word and Excel:

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By Jerome Locson -- 1 comment

March 22nd, 2008

PubOOo

Just another productivity tool that allows you convert Microsoft Publisher files in OpenOffice.org Impress documents instantly.
Developed by alicvb.com, PubOOo is under LGPL which allows you do file conversion from .pub to .odp in a fly.
Before trying the tool out, be sure that you have Microsoft Publisher 2003, OpenOffice.org Impress and Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0.
For comments […]

By Jerome Locson -- 1 comment

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