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 ...

If you have a nifty macro or a nice Writer template you want to share with other OpenOffice.org users, publishing them on the Web along with detailed installation instructions is probably not the best ...

The free office tools suite OpenOffice.org has gone online for the first time through its integration with the Ulteo online desktop. In its browser-based version, OpenOffice.org now offers online ...

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 is one of the leading competitors to the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity applications. Originally developed as StarOffice in the late 1990s, the suite had been managed ...

It appears that X11 1.1.3 resolves a previously reported issue that prevents launching of OpenOffice.org. However, Shaun McDonald of the OpenOffice.org Mac porting team lets us know that there still ...

It has been almost three years since the release of OpenOffice.org 2.0. During that time we've seen community fragmentation and frustration resulting from Sun's heavy involvement with the office suite ...

Hey, here’s one for you: would somebody explain to me why we’re at the point where statements like “OpenOffice.org can’t be allowed to die!” are being made? Those are the words of Stefan Taxhet, CEO ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...