The OpenOffice.org productivity suite will ditch the need for Mac users to run the X11 windowing system with Version 3.0. The update, now with a Beta Version in release, will offer limited VBA support ...

Convert OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheets into a Microsoft Excel file to take advantage of Excel's built-in tools. OpenOffice.org spreadsheets default to a .xsc file extension, which certain versions ...

What do new users need to know about OpenOffice.org? The question is worth asking. Any large piece of software has its own ways of doing things, and OpenOffice.org is no exception. In fact, because of ...

OpenOffice.org extensions are a quick way to add functionality. Writable in a variety of languages, including Java, JavaScript, OpenOffice.org Basic, Python, and C++, they allow developers to ...

The latest version of Portable OpenOffice.org, an edition of the open source office suite that fits on a USB stick, includes a number of updates such as full support for Windows 2000 and launchers for ...

An official announcement is hard to find, but Sean Coffey of Sun Microsystems says OpenOffice.org has crossed the 100 million-download mark: As of Aug. 25, OpenOffice.org had counted up 98 million ...

Give your Writer documents, Calc spreadsheets, and Impress presentations more impact by using the great add-ons for the productivity suite. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as ...

We all love free software, but light on the wallet doesn’t always mean light on the PC. https://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23158/description.html is a hefty ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. There are many fancy reasons that OpenOffice.org is a ...

The release of a new version of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite hit a snag Monday when the community experienced Web site problems that made downloading the suite extremely slow and at times ...

A while back, I reported on the new OpenOffice.org Premium, which despite the name is a free version of OpenOffice bundled with a plethora of clipart and document templates. I mentioned how some of ...

Note: This review addresses v3.2 of thesoftware. Don’t want to pay hundreds of dollars for an office suite–anddon’t want to settle for a Web-based office application? Then getthe latest version of ...