OpenOffice

How to install OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu Linux

Submitted by k4tz on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 10:12

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1404156

Firstly, go to the OpenOffice website: http://download.openoffice.org/ and download the Linux .deb file.

1 - Once you have done that, extract the .deb file,

HOWTO Make Use of Opera's Mail Client to Send Mails From Within Open Office

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 11:12

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1129343

Introduction
This howto is about 3 different tips related to Open Office, Opera, and their combination with view to achieve the goal above:
  1. Using oofromtemplate to start up Open Office directly with the exact functionality you want;
  2. Employing Opera or any other unsupported mail client to send documents as mail attachments from within Open Office;
  3. Making Opera the default mail client of the user interface (Gnome).

How to Install brOffice 3.0.x on Ubuntu

Submitted by k4tz on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 14:55

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1082999

Hello Ubuntus in Brazil, here is a very straighforward step by step on how to install brOffice 3.0.x on Ubuntu (and remove OpenOffice components)

1. Click the link to download the .deb file:

http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/broffice/s...-BR_deb.tar.gz

Download KNOPPIX 6.0

Submitted by k4tz on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 07:27

Klaus Knopper has released KNOPPIX 6.0, a brand new version of the popular Debian-based live CD, now with LXDE as the default desktop and ADRIANE, an audio desktop for the visually impaired. From the changelog:

OpenOffice: A Horse of a Different Source

Submitted by k4tz on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 11:28

Source: http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/amanda/2009/01/13/open-office-a-...

The last few weeks have seen a number of posts about the health of open source office productivity software Open Office. Michael Meeks, open office developer, started this controversy with his recent blog post on whether Open Office is a “dying horse.”

Howto install Go-Oo 3.0.x (OpenOffice.org fork) in Ubuntu

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 11:39

Question:

Go-oo is a openoffice.org fork with more features.

Quote:
Go-oo has built in OpenXML import filters and it will import your Microsoft Works files. Compared with up-stream OO.o, it has better Microsoft binary file support (with eg. fields support), and it will import WordPerfect graphics beautifully. If you are reliant on Excel VBA macros - then Go-oo offers the best macro fidelity too. If you expect your spreadsheets to calculate compatibly, or you get embedded Visio diagrams in your documents, you'll want Go-oo.

I was trying today to install the latest 3.0.x (development version) from Go-oo. It's only in rpm so I converted it with alien. But one package fails to install.
Has anyone got Go-Oo 3.0-20080520 installed on ubuntu? Please tell how.
Go-oo package am talking about can be found here.

Sound problems in OpenOffice 2.4 Presentation (Ubuntu 8.10)

Submitted by k4tz on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 12:30

Question:

I'm using using ibex...open office 2.4 Presentation sound breaks up the sound is not continuous. i didn't have this problem in hardy? (i think) but am sure it worked in gutsy and feisty, but that was oo 2,3?? I can't find anything on the web on it.

OpenOffice startup covering entire screen

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 12/31/2008 - 11:28

Question:

Hi, I think this is the right part of the forum, but after not posting for so long, I could be wrong.

Ok, here's my problem. Whenever I start up OpenOffice (Version 2.4.1) it covers my entire screen. This is really annoying and I don't know which setting to change in order to ensure that this doesn't happen on *every* start up. I can easily go to View -> Full Screen, etc. but this gets old very quickly. Any suggestions?

USN-677-2: OpenOffice.org Internationalization update

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 10:47

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-677-2 December 23, 2008

openoffice.org-l10n update

https://launchpad.net/bugs/310359 ===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:

Enable inserting math format in OpenOffice

Submitted by k4tz on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 13:41

Question:

Hi, when I use the OpenOffice, I find I could not insert math formula. The item in Insert>Object>Formula is dark and disable. So what packages should I install to enable it?

Thanks.