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OOoHelpOutline

2007-06-16T17:43:51Z

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'''Welcome to the outline of existing OpenOffice.org user resources!'''

The OOo Help Outline has recently moved to OpenOffice.org's Wiki to help open its accessibility as much as possible to the OpenOffice.org community, so that all may help to keep it current and reliable.

See also [[Press coverage on OpenOffice.org]] for various articles, reviews and tips related to OpenOffice.org.

==Product==

===Overview===

* [[OOo OnlineHelp]]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/product/ OpenOffice.org Product Description]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/sitemap.html OpenOffice.org's Site Map]
** [http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite - Guide to New Features]

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Support Area]
**List of links to free community support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.

* [http://openoffice.start4all.com/ openoffice.org.start4all.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org at Wikipedia] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org Category])
* [http://www.oooforum.org/links.phtml OpenOffice.org Links]

Related Products
* [http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.html StarOffice Office Suite]
* [http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice Portable OpenOffice.org]

===FAQs===

* [http://user-faq.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org User FAQ Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Project FAQs]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html OpenOffice.org's General FAQs]
* [http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html The OpenOffice.org UnOfficial FAQs by Colin Charles]
* [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/ OOoAuthors.org FAQ Compilation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html Font Troubleshooting Guide]

Also from this Wiki:
* [[Font-FAQ]] (in progress)
* [[Bibliographic Hints and Tips]]
* [[VBA|MS Office VBA Macros]]

===Downloads===

* [http://download.openoffice.org/#latest OpenOffice.org Download Central]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0.2]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.1.5]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.1] (use this for Windows 95)

===Installation===

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html OpenOffice.org's Setup Guides for 1.x and 2.x]
** Good stuff: version 2.x of the Setup Guide provides extensive instructions for installation on ''many'' Linux distros and UNIXes (in addition to Windows):
*** Linux: RPM-based distro, Debian-based distro, Gentoo, Slackware
*** UNIX: Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X
** Another install guide for Debian: [http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/oo2install.shtml Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian]
** [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33125 Adding interface language to existing OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html OOo's Instructions for Installing and Setting Up OpenOffice.org 1.1.x]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's Download Central]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=1 OpenOffice.org Forum: Setup and Configuration]
* [http://www.hypermax.net.au/~settantta/ooo/default.html Alex Fisher's OpenOffice.org Introduction]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/build_faq.html Build FAQs for OpenOffice.org]

* Dictionaries: Please see [[OOoHelpOutline#Dictionaries|the Dictionaries sub-section]] for further information.
* Java issues
** [http://java.com/java/download/index.jsp Java.sun.com] - Download the [[Wikipedia:JRE|Java Runtime]] for use with OpenOffice.org (required by Base and Wizards)
** See also [[Java and OpenOffice.org]] for more information

* Linux/BSD issues
** [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM SCIM IME and OpenOffice.org]: Workaround for the gcc ABI incompatibility issue under Linux/BSD.
** [http://www.bluethingy.com/linux/rh8menu.html Editing GNOME2 Menus] for Linux/BSD users

* Mac issues: for Mac users, please see
** [[FAQ Openoffice.org and NeoOffice|FAQ:OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice]] and
** [[MacOS_X|OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X Development pages]]

===OpenOffice.org Applications===

====Calc====

* [http://sc.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/spreadsheet/index.html Spreadsheet FAQ Index Page]
* [http://sc.openoffice.org/addin_howto.html How to add-in in OpenOffice.org Calc]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0107GS-GettingStartedWithCalc.pdf Getting Started with Calc]
* [http://www.richhillsoftware.com/ OpenOffice Calc Tips]
* [http://www.nostabo.net/openoffice.php OpenOffice.org Calc Tutorials and Resources]
* [http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/openofficecalc/ OpenOffice Calc Tutorials and Tips]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/D.html#SpreadSheet Links: Develop (targets SpreadSheet section)]
* [http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=430837 Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You in OpenOffice.org]

====Writer====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/index.html Word Processor FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ooodocs/writer_guide_en_1.0.1.zip?download OpenOffice.org Writer Guide] - for OOo 1.0.1
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/writer/index.htm Taming OpenOffice.org on Writer]
* [http://www.onlineconnections.com.au/public/openoffice/brochureprinting.html Producing a Brochure or Booklet by Kelvin]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooovidtutors.sf.net/ Ooovidtutors - OpenOffice.org video tutorials by mimooh]
* [http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34 Page Numbering in OpenOffice.org (a tutorial)]
* ''OOoAuthors:''
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0106GS-GettingStartedWithWriter.pdf Getting Started with Writer] (free PDF)
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide] (free PDF)
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/180466 Buy a printed copy of the Writer Guide]

====Draw====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/drawing_graphics/index.html Drawing FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* ''OOoAuthors:''
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0108GS-GettingStartedWithDraw.pdf Getting Started with Draw] (free PDF)
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide] (free PDF)
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/285709 Buy a printed copy of the Draw Guide]
* Two-page PDF sample reference card for
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/SO8DrawCS.pdf StarOffice Draw 8.0]
** [http://www.cuesheets.com/OO2DrawCS.pdf OpenOffice.org Draw 2.0]

====Impress====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/presentation/index.html Presentation FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=4 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* TUX Magazine: [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000179 Creating a Slide Show from OOo's Built-in Templates]
* James Abela ELT [http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/bus/Impress.html Impress Training]

* ''OOoAuthors:''
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0109GS-GettingStartedWithImpress.pdf Getting Started with Impress] (free PDF)
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide] (free PDF)
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/881167 Buy a printed copy of the Impress Guide]

====Math / Formula Editor====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html Formula Command Reference and How-to]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/formula/index.html Math FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=6 OpenOffice.org Forum Math discussion]

''OOoAuthors''
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0111GS-GettingStartedWithMath.pdf Getting Started with Math] (free PDF)
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0216WG-MathObjects.pdf Math Objects: The Equation Editor] (free PDF)
*: same as "Getting Started with Math" but also includes reference tables.

''Third-party add-ons for OpenOffice.org Math''
*[http://www.dmaths.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=9 Dmaths] (with [http://www.dmaths.com/dmaths/userguide/user_guide_en.html user guide]) - a Math enhancement package for OpenOffice.org licensed under GPL
*[http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ OOoLateX] - a set of OpenOffice.org macros designed to integrate LaTeX equations
** Check out the [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=36 LaTeX or OpenOffice.org Math] discussion at OOoForum for more detail.

====HTML====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]

====Base and Database ====

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Base OpenOffice.org Base information and links at Wikipedia]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Database Access Project]
** [http://dba.openoffice.org/howto/index.html OpenOffice.org Database How-Tos]
** [http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/index.html OpenOffice.org Database Tips 'n' Tricks]
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html Other OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0110GS-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf Getting Started with Base]
* [http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1main.htm Tutorials on using ooBase] from Sheepdog Guides ''(updated)''
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=10 OpenOffice.org Forum - Base]

* Macro and Base: [http://www.pitonyak.org/database/ Andrew Pitonyak's OOo Base macro document]
* ODBC and MySQL: [http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/OOoMySQL.pdf OpenOffice.org 1.0, ODBC, and MySQL 'How-tos' by John McCreesh]

* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodbase.html Creating Flatfile Databases with OOo and SO 6 by Garry Knight]
* [http://ericzander.com/Publications/OO_MySQL_Tutorial/index.htm OO_MySQL_Tutorial by Eric Zander] (OOo 1.x)
* [http://kienlein.com/pages/oo.html EDV - Systeme Kienlein]
* [http://openoffice.homelinux.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=4&MMN_position=5:3 Documenation for Database and JRE]

===Advanced Features and Topics===

====Macros====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://scripting.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Scripting Home Page]
* [http://www.ooomacros.org/ OOoMacros]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=9 Macro and API OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=11 OpenOffice.org Code Snippets Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php Andrew Pitonyak's Macro Information]
* [http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html Andrew Brown's OpenOffice.org Macro Page]
* [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ Iannz OpenOffice.org Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=4818 How to use OOo with Python on Windows]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7802 OOo Off the Wall: Macros and Add-ons]
* [http://disemia.com/software/openoffice/ dis-Emi-A Software: OpenOffice]
* [http://home.nikocity.de/sysentw/FAQ/SO-FAQ_English_Version/so-faq_english_version.html SO-FAQ]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO/C++ programming (SXW and HTML formats)]

====Styles====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0206WG-IntroductionToStyles.pdf Introduction to Styles] (chapter in ''Writer Guide'')
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0207WG-WorkingWithStyles.pdf Working with Styles] (chapter in ''Writer Guide'')
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=685429&listName=users Setting Up to Write Text Vertically]

====Templates====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0112GS-WorkingWithTemplates.pdf Working with Templates] (chapter in ''Getting Started with OOo'')

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/index.html User/Templates]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]

====XML====

* [http://xml.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org XML File Format]
* [http://www.w3.org/XML/ Extensible Markup Language (XML)]
* [http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/shudson310 Scotty's Engineering Log]
* [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/press.php OASIS Open Office XML Format TC]
* [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OpenOffice.org XML Essentials]
* [http://www.zvon.org/ ZVON.org - The Guide to the XML Galaxy]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ Logilab.org - XmlDiff]

==== Format Conversion ====

* For [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument|OpenDocument]] converters, please see the [[Wikipedia:List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument#Programmatic_support.2C_filters.2C_converters|List of applications supporting OpenDocument]] at Wikipedia.
* [[Firefox ODFReader extension]], still under heavy development
* [http://xml.openoffice.org/filters.html File Format Filters and Transformation]
* [http://andreas.web-graphics.com/quickguide-sxw-xhtml/ Converting OpenOffice.org documents to XHTML strict with Writer2LaTeX, by Andreas Bovens]
* [http://www.indesko.com/en/downloads/ooo2dbk ooo2dbk]: Generating DocBook XML from OpenOffice.org 1.x documents
** [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/oo2docbook.html OOo to DocBook guide] from LDP
* [http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=ooodokuwiki Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki]

====Dictionaries====

* [[Dictionaries]] Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation
* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia]: Connect OpenOffice.org to Wikipedia for dictionary and information lookup
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://ooodi.sourceforge.net/ OOodi - OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer for Unix]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org The lingucomponent project]

====Clip Art====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/gallery/index.html Gallery]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://www.openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art Library]
* [http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/public/public_domain.htm Images in the Public Domain]
* [http://earth.prohosting.com/anvils/aboutMe/intro.html OOo Xfig Clipart and Network Icons for OOoDraw by Edward Chan]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/ OpenOffice.org Art Project]
* [http://www.kfacts.com/oooart/ OOoArt]
* [http://ooo.nicubunu.ro/ Nicu's OpenOffice.org pages]
* [http://hooboo.free.fr/index.php La Mouette et OpenOffice.org]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/graphics/ OpenOffice.org Marketing Materials]

===Other Resources and Support Materials===

====General====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/ OOoDocs]
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43716 SourceForge.net: Project: OOoDocs: File List]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html OpenOffice.org's Page of Third Party Documentation]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.kaaredyret.dk/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Links by Kaaredyret.dk]
* [http://www.kargs.net/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Resource Page by Steve Karg]
* [http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/ Tutorials for OpenOffice]
* [http://www.edafe.org/openoffice/index.html edafe.org: openoffice.org (esp. pointed toward win users)]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/O.html Links: OpenSource - OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice-support.net/ Tutorials, Manuals, HowTo's and more] - OOo 1.x
* [http://ooo.chbs.dk/links/ OpenOffice.org Links]
* [http://www.ooo-portal.de/ Das deutsche OpenOffice.org Portal]
* [http://ooo.ximian.com/hackers-guide.html Unofficial OpenOffice Hacker's Guide]
* [http://ooolib.sourceforge.net/ OpenOffice.org Utility Library]
* [http://ooqstart.sourceforge.net/ Open Office QuickStarter applet]
* [http://del.icio.us/tag/openoffice del.icio.us/tag/openoffice]
* [http://why.openoffice.org/ Why OpenOffice.org]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]

====Books====

* OpenOffice.org 2.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/OpenOffice-org-2-Guidebook-Solveig-Haugland/dp/0974312029 OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672328089 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows All in One]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/177729 Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/690763 OpenOffice.org 2.x Writer Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/881167 OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/285709 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/301623 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Migration Guide]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1593270720 Hacking Openoffice.org: Tips, Tricks, and Untold Secrets]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131879928 Point & Click OpenOffice.org]
** [http://visibooks.com/writer2.html Visibooks Guide to Writer 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/calc2.html Visibooks Guide Calc 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/impress2.html Visibooks Guide Impress 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/base2.html Visibooks Guide Base 2.0]
** [http://www.conciseconceptsinc.com/ A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.cafepress.com/getopenoffice OpenOffice.org and StarOffice Workbooks]
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/ ClueSheets] - Quick Reference Cards for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org

* OpenOffice.org 1.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131407457 OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit]
*** [http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/OpenOfficeUpdate.pdf Special Supplement to Changes in OpenOffice.org 1.1] (free PDF download)
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764542222 OpenOffice.org For Dummies]
** [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/ OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/ooo501.htm OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672326183 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org All in One]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/tinyooo.htm The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.hod-ami.co.il/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=hodami&category%5Fname=Home+and+Office&product%5Fid=59407 עיבוד תמלילים עם OpenOffice 1.x] ([http://www.hod-ami.co.il/images/bookdemo/59407.pdf Sample Chapter])

* StarOffice books, mostly suitable to OpenOffice.org users
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789728338/ref=pd_sim_books_5/104-9698914-9518356%3fv=glance&s=books Special Edition Using StarOffice 6.0]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130384739/qid=1038357106/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/103-6157785-3887854%3fv=glance&s=books&n=507846 StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite Companion]

* Linux and OpenOffice.org related books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886411867 Linux in the Workplace]
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131488724 Point & Click Linux]

* XML, OpenOffice.org Macros and Programming
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm OpenOffice.org Macros Explained]
** [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OASIS OpenDocument Essentials]

====E Learning====

* [http://training.bytebot.net/ ByteBot.net Training Materials]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2978835938.html Free online OpenOffice.org support program]
* [http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/opensource.shtml ItrainOnline: Resources for Trainers: MMTK: Open Source Software]

====Compatible Applications====

* [http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/ Content Management Framework (CMF)]
* [http://peccatte.karefil.com/software/Catalogue/CatalogueENG.htm Files Metadata Miner Software]
* [http://gramps.sourceforge.net/ Gramps]
* [http://www.icoya.com/ icoya]
* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla]
* [http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php NeoOffice/J]
* [http://www.opengroupware.org/ OpenGroupware.org]
* [http://plone.org/ Plone]
* [http://www.bezirksreiter.de/PyOpenOffice.htm PyOpenOffice]
* [http://www.scholarsaid.com/ Scholar's Aid]
* [http://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/ Writer2LaTeX]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ XmlDiff]
* [http://zope.org/ Zope]

==Web Site==

===Search===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ Search Bar in Upper Right Corner]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/search.html OOo Site Search using Google]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Mail List Archives]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archive]
* [http://search.gmane.org/ Gmane Newsgroup Search Page]

===Documentation===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/servlets/HelpTOC OpenOffice.org's Web Site Help TOC]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users Browse the Users List]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]
* [http://development.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.htm Developer's Guide]
* [http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html Python-UNO bridge]

===Issue Tracker===

* [http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html OpenOffice.org's Bugs and Issues Info]
* [http://qa.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's QA Project]
* [http://www.kegel.com/openoffice/triage.html OpenOffice.org Issues by Dan Kegel]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Query Page for Existing Issue Reports]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]

===Community===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Marketing Project]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html A list of folks who have filed OOo copyright assignments]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html A list fo folks who have contributed to OOo]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists: Browse, Search or Subscribe]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net#openoffice.org

===Projects===

* [http://projects.openoffice.org/index.html Project Descriptions, Leaders, and Links to Project Pages]

===Native Languages===

* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/all_supported_languages.html l10n - All Supported Languages]
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/languages.html Localization Contact Table]
* [http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ Native Language Confederation]

=== Third Party Sites ===

* [http://oooauthors.org/ OOoAuthors] for community contributions   on [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/ User Guide] and [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/faqfolder_view FAQ] authoring
* [http://www.digitaldistribution.com/about/lessons/ OpenOffice.org 2.0 lessons in Flash format]
* [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 OpenOffice.org training videos in Flash]
* [http://plan-b-for-openoffice.org Plan-B for OpenOffice.org - Support for non technical users]
* [http://inpics.net/ In Pictures: Online computer tutorials based on pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/writer2.html Writer 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/calc2.html Calc 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/impress2.html Impress 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/base2.html Base 2.0 In Pictures]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras: Extras for OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/ Taming OpenOffice.org]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Tips, Tricks and Ideas]
* [http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ OpenOffice.org Knowledgebase]
* [http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ What is OpenOffice.org?]
* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia-Plugin]
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/ooo/ GNOME/OpenOffice.org]
* [http://kde.openoffice.org/ KDE Integration Project]

===Developer support===

* [http://development.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://planet.go-oo.org/ Planet OpenOffice.org - Developer News]
* [http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/doku.php OpenOffice.org Extensions Wiki]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO automation (in C++)]

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2007-06-16T16:09:35Z

Zero0w: /* Adding 2007 and a new article */

{{Marketing}}

For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.
==2007==
* Comparative Review of Word Processors, by Zaine Ridling — [http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/WordProcs/ DonationCoder.com]
** an exhaustive and in-depth review on many word processor software available in both proprietary and open source sectors, OpenOffice.org included
** the whole article with all JPG screenshots consume around 8 MB of bandwidth, modem users be warned

==2006==
* OpenOffice.org Calc adds support for Excel VBA, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/08/1726205 Linux.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 - Don't Blink, by D.C. Parris — [http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/71233/index.html Lxer Feature]
* OpenOffice goes Premium, by Jeremy Reimer — [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060830-7627.html Ars Technica]
* OOoBasic crash course: Creating a lookup macro, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/2120245 Linux.com]
* The state of OpenOffice.org, by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/02/1625228 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/2136202 Newsforge.com]
* Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1744245 Newsforge.com]
* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Four great OpenOffice.org macros, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/10/11/1949204&tid=93 Newsforge.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

<div style="background-color: #ffffcc; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #c00;">
: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
</div>

* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://blog.conficio.com Teaching OpenOffice.org with screencasts] by Conficio
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

[[Category:Marketing]]

OOoHelpOutline

2007-06-16T15:57:07Z

Zero0w: /* Impress - update with new Impress Guide from OOoAuthors */

'''Welcome to the outline of existing OpenOffice.org user resources!'''

The OOo Help Outline has recently moved to OpenOffice.org's Wiki to help open its accessibility as much as possible to the OpenOffice.org community, so that all may help to keep it current and reliable.

See also [[Press coverage on OpenOffice.org]] for various articles, reviews and tips related to OpenOffice.org.

==Product==

===Overview===

* [[OOo OnlineHelp]]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/product/ OpenOffice.org Product Description]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/sitemap.html OpenOffice.org's Site Map]
** [http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite - Guide to New Features]

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Support Area]
**List of links to free community support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.

* [http://openoffice.start4all.com/ openoffice.org.start4all.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org at Wikipedia] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org Category])
* [http://www.oooforum.org/links.phtml OpenOffice.org Links]

Related Products
* [http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.html StarOffice Office Suite]
* [http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice Portable OpenOffice.org]

===FAQs===

* [http://user-faq.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org User FAQ Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Project FAQs]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html OpenOffice.org's General FAQs]
* [http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html The OpenOffice.org UnOfficial FAQs by Colin Charles]
* [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/ OOoAuthors.org FAQ Compilation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html Font Troubleshooting Guide]

Also from this Wiki:
* [[Font-FAQ]] (in progress)
* [[Bibliographic Hints and Tips]]
* [[VBA|MS Office VBA Macros]]

===Downloads===

* [http://download.openoffice.org/#latest OpenOffice.org Download Central]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0.2]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.1.5]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.1] (use this for Windows 95)

===Installation===

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html OpenOffice.org's Setup Guides for 1.x and 2.x]
** Good stuff: version 2.x of the Setup Guide provides extensive instructions for installation on ''many'' Linux distros and UNIXes (in addition to Windows):
*** Linux: RPM-based distro, Debian-based distro, Gentoo, Slackware
*** UNIX: Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X
** Another install guide for Debian: [http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/oo2install.shtml Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian]
** [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33125 Adding interface language to existing OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html OOo's Instructions for Installing and Setting Up OpenOffice.org 1.1.x]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's Download Central]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=1 OpenOffice.org Forum: Setup and Configuration]
* [http://www.hypermax.net.au/~settantta/ooo/default.html Alex Fisher's OpenOffice.org Introduction]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/build_faq.html Build FAQs for OpenOffice.org]

* Dictionaries: Please see [[OOoHelpOutline#Dictionaries|the Dictionaries sub-section]] for further information.
* Java issues
** [http://java.com/java/download/index.jsp Java.sun.com] - Download the [[Wikipedia:JRE|Java Runtime]] for use with OpenOffice.org (required by Base and Wizards)
** See also [[Java and OpenOffice.org]] for more information

* Linux/BSD issues
** [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM SCIM IME and OpenOffice.org]: Workaround for the gcc ABI incompatibility issue under Linux/BSD.
** [http://www.bluethingy.com/linux/rh8menu.html Editing GNOME2 Menus] for Linux/BSD users

* Mac issues: for Mac users, please see
** [[FAQ Openoffice.org and NeoOffice|FAQ:OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice]] and
** [[MacOS_X|OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X Development pages]]

===OpenOffice.org Applications===

====Calc====

* [http://sc.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/spreadsheet/index.html Spreadsheet FAQ Index Page]
* [http://sc.openoffice.org/addin_howto.html How to add-in in OpenOffice.org Calc]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0107GS-GettingStartedWithCalc.pdf Getting Started with Calc]
* [http://www.richhillsoftware.com/ OpenOffice Calc Tips]
* [http://www.nostabo.net/openoffice.php OpenOffice.org Calc Tutorials and Resources]
* [http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/openofficecalc/ OpenOffice Calc Tutorials and Tips]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/D.html#SpreadSheet Links: Develop (targets SpreadSheet section)]
* [http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=430837 Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You in OpenOffice.org]

====Writer====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/index.html Word Processor FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ooodocs/writer_guide_en_1.0.1.zip?download OpenOffice.org Writer Guide] - for OOo 1.0.1
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/writer/index.htm Taming OpenOffice.org on Writer]
* [http://www.onlineconnections.com.au/public/openoffice/brochureprinting.html Producing a Brochure or Booklet by Kelvin]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooovidtutors.sf.net/ Ooovidtutors - OpenOffice.org video tutorials by mimooh]
* [http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34 Page Numbering in OpenOffice.org (a tutorial)]
* ''OOoAuthors:''
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0106GS-GettingStartedWithWriter.pdf Getting Started with Writer] (free PDF)
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide] (free PDF)
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/180466 Buy a printed copy of the Writer Guide]

====Draw====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/drawing_graphics/index.html Drawing FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* ''OOoAuthors:''
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0108GS-GettingStartedWithDraw.pdf Getting Started with Draw] (free PDF)
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide] (free PDF)
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/285709 Buy a printed copy of the Draw Guide]
* Two-page PDF sample reference card for
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/SO8DrawCS.pdf StarOffice Draw 8.0]
** [http://www.cuesheets.com/OO2DrawCS.pdf OpenOffice.org Draw 2.0]

====Impress====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/presentation/index.html Presentation FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=4 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* TUX Magazine: [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000179 Creating a Slide Show from OOo's Built-in Templates]
* James Abela ELT [http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/bus/Impress.html Impress Training]

* ''OOoAuthors:''
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0109GS-GettingStartedWithImpress.pdf Getting Started with Impress] (free PDF)
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide] (free PDF)
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/881167 Buy a printed copy of the Impress Guide]

====Math / Formula Editor====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html Formula Command Reference and How-to]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/formula/index.html Math FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=6 OpenOffice.org Forum Math discussion]

''OOoAuthors''
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0111GS-GettingStartedWithMath.pdf Getting Started with Math] (free PDF)
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0216WG-MathObjects.pdf Math Objects: The Equation Editor] (free PDF)
*: same as "Getting Started with Math" but also includes reference tables.

''Third-party add-ons for OpenOffice.org Math''
*[http://www.dmaths.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=9 Dmaths] (with [http://www.dmaths.com/dmaths/userguide/user_guide_en.html user guide]) - a Math enhancement package for OpenOffice.org licensed under GPL
*[http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ OOoLateX] - a set of OpenOffice.org macros designed to integrate LaTeX equations
** Check out the [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=36 LaTeX or OpenOffice.org Math] discussion at OOoForum for more detail.

====HTML====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]

====Base and Database ====

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Base OpenOffice.org Base information and links at Wikipedia]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Database Access Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=10 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/database/ Andrew Pitonyak's OOo Base macro document]
* [http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/OOoMySQL.pdf OpenOffice.org 1.0, ODBC, and MySQL 'How-tos' by John McCreesh]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/howto/index.html OpenOffice.org Database How-Tos]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/index.html OpenOffice.org Database Tips 'n' Tricks]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0110GS-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf Getting Started with Base]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodbase.html Creating Flatfile Databases with OOo and SO 6 by Garry Knight]
* [http://ericzander.com/Publications/OO_MySQL_Tutorial/index.htm OO_MySQL_Tutorial by Eric Zander] (OOo 1.x)
* [http://kienlein.com/pages/oo.html EDV - Systeme Kienlein]
* [http://openoffice.homelinux.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=4&MMN_position=5:3 Documenation for Database and JRE]

===Advanced Features and Topics===

====Macros====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://scripting.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Scripting Home Page]
* [http://www.ooomacros.org/ OOoMacros]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=9 Macro and API OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=11 OpenOffice.org Code Snippets Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php Andrew Pitonyak's Macro Information]
* [http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html Andrew Brown's OpenOffice.org Macro Page]
* [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ Iannz OpenOffice.org Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=4818 How to use OOo with Python on Windows]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7802 OOo Off the Wall: Macros and Add-ons]
* [http://disemia.com/software/openoffice/ dis-Emi-A Software: OpenOffice]
* [http://home.nikocity.de/sysentw/FAQ/SO-FAQ_English_Version/so-faq_english_version.html SO-FAQ]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO/C++ programming (SXW and HTML formats)]

====Styles====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0206WG-IntroductionToStyles.pdf Introduction to Styles] (chapter in ''Writer Guide'')
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0207WG-WorkingWithStyles.pdf Working with Styles] (chapter in ''Writer Guide'')
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=685429&listName=users Setting Up to Write Text Vertically]

====Templates====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0112GS-WorkingWithTemplates.pdf Working with Templates] (chapter in ''Getting Started with OOo'')

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/index.html User/Templates]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]

====XML====

* [http://xml.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org XML File Format]
* [http://www.w3.org/XML/ Extensible Markup Language (XML)]
* [http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/shudson310 Scotty's Engineering Log]
* [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/press.php OASIS Open Office XML Format TC]
* [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OpenOffice.org XML Essentials]
* [http://www.zvon.org/ ZVON.org - The Guide to the XML Galaxy]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ Logilab.org - XmlDiff]

==== Format Conversion ====

* For [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument|OpenDocument]] converters, please see the [[Wikipedia:List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument#Programmatic_support.2C_filters.2C_converters|List of applications supporting OpenDocument]] at Wikipedia.
* [[Firefox ODFReader extension]], still under heavy development
* [http://xml.openoffice.org/filters.html File Format Filters and Transformation]
* [http://andreas.web-graphics.com/quickguide-sxw-xhtml/ Converting OpenOffice.org documents to XHTML strict with Writer2LaTeX, by Andreas Bovens]
* [http://www.indesko.com/en/downloads/ooo2dbk ooo2dbk]: Generating DocBook XML from OpenOffice.org 1.x documents
** [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/oo2docbook.html OOo to DocBook guide] from LDP
* [http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=ooodokuwiki Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki]

====Dictionaries====

* [[Dictionaries]] Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation
* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia]: Connect OpenOffice.org to Wikipedia for dictionary and information lookup
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://ooodi.sourceforge.net/ OOodi - OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer for Unix]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org The lingucomponent project]

====Clip Art====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/gallery/index.html Gallery]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://www.openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art Library]
* [http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/public/public_domain.htm Images in the Public Domain]
* [http://earth.prohosting.com/anvils/aboutMe/intro.html OOo Xfig Clipart and Network Icons for OOoDraw by Edward Chan]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/ OpenOffice.org Art Project]
* [http://www.kfacts.com/oooart/ OOoArt]
* [http://ooo.nicubunu.ro/ Nicu's OpenOffice.org pages]
* [http://hooboo.free.fr/index.php La Mouette et OpenOffice.org]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/graphics/ OpenOffice.org Marketing Materials]

===Other Resources and Support Materials===

====General====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/ OOoDocs]
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43716 SourceForge.net: Project: OOoDocs: File List]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html OpenOffice.org's Page of Third Party Documentation]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.kaaredyret.dk/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Links by Kaaredyret.dk]
* [http://www.kargs.net/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Resource Page by Steve Karg]
* [http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/ Tutorials for OpenOffice]
* [http://www.edafe.org/openoffice/index.html edafe.org: openoffice.org (esp. pointed toward win users)]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/O.html Links: OpenSource - OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice-support.net/ Tutorials, Manuals, HowTo's and more] - OOo 1.x
* [http://ooo.chbs.dk/links/ OpenOffice.org Links]
* [http://www.ooo-portal.de/ Das deutsche OpenOffice.org Portal]
* [http://ooo.ximian.com/hackers-guide.html Unofficial OpenOffice Hacker's Guide]
* [http://ooolib.sourceforge.net/ OpenOffice.org Utility Library]
* [http://ooqstart.sourceforge.net/ Open Office QuickStarter applet]
* [http://del.icio.us/tag/openoffice del.icio.us/tag/openoffice]
* [http://why.openoffice.org/ Why OpenOffice.org]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]

====Books====

* OpenOffice.org 2.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/OpenOffice-org-2-Guidebook-Solveig-Haugland/dp/0974312029 OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672328089 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows All in One]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/177729 Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/690763 OpenOffice.org 2.x Writer Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/881167 OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/285709 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/301623 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Migration Guide]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1593270720 Hacking Openoffice.org: Tips, Tricks, and Untold Secrets]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131879928 Point & Click OpenOffice.org]
** [http://visibooks.com/writer2.html Visibooks Guide to Writer 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/calc2.html Visibooks Guide Calc 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/impress2.html Visibooks Guide Impress 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/base2.html Visibooks Guide Base 2.0]
** [http://www.conciseconceptsinc.com/ A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.cafepress.com/getopenoffice OpenOffice.org and StarOffice Workbooks]
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/ ClueSheets] - Quick Reference Cards for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org

* OpenOffice.org 1.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131407457 OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit]
*** [http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/OpenOfficeUpdate.pdf Special Supplement to Changes in OpenOffice.org 1.1] (free PDF download)
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764542222 OpenOffice.org For Dummies]
** [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/ OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/ooo501.htm OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672326183 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org All in One]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/tinyooo.htm The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.hod-ami.co.il/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=hodami&category%5Fname=Home+and+Office&product%5Fid=59407 עיבוד תמלילים עם OpenOffice 1.x] ([http://www.hod-ami.co.il/images/bookdemo/59407.pdf Sample Chapter])

* StarOffice books, mostly suitable to OpenOffice.org users
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789728338/ref=pd_sim_books_5/104-9698914-9518356%3fv=glance&s=books Special Edition Using StarOffice 6.0]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130384739/qid=1038357106/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/103-6157785-3887854%3fv=glance&s=books&n=507846 StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite Companion]

* Linux and OpenOffice.org related books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886411867 Linux in the Workplace]
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131488724 Point & Click Linux]

* XML, OpenOffice.org Macros and Programming
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm OpenOffice.org Macros Explained]
** [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OASIS OpenDocument Essentials]

====E Learning====

* [http://training.bytebot.net/ ByteBot.net Training Materials]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2978835938.html Free online OpenOffice.org support program]
* [http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/opensource.shtml ItrainOnline: Resources for Trainers: MMTK: Open Source Software]

====Compatible Applications====

* [http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/ Content Management Framework (CMF)]
* [http://peccatte.karefil.com/software/Catalogue/CatalogueENG.htm Files Metadata Miner Software]
* [http://gramps.sourceforge.net/ Gramps]
* [http://www.icoya.com/ icoya]
* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla]
* [http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php NeoOffice/J]
* [http://www.opengroupware.org/ OpenGroupware.org]
* [http://plone.org/ Plone]
* [http://www.bezirksreiter.de/PyOpenOffice.htm PyOpenOffice]
* [http://www.scholarsaid.com/ Scholar's Aid]
* [http://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/ Writer2LaTeX]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ XmlDiff]
* [http://zope.org/ Zope]

==Web Site==

===Search===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ Search Bar in Upper Right Corner]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/search.html OOo Site Search using Google]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Mail List Archives]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archive]
* [http://search.gmane.org/ Gmane Newsgroup Search Page]

===Documentation===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/servlets/HelpTOC OpenOffice.org's Web Site Help TOC]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users Browse the Users List]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]
* [http://development.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.htm Developer's Guide]
* [http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html Python-UNO bridge]

===Issue Tracker===

* [http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html OpenOffice.org's Bugs and Issues Info]
* [http://qa.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's QA Project]
* [http://www.kegel.com/openoffice/triage.html OpenOffice.org Issues by Dan Kegel]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Query Page for Existing Issue Reports]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]

===Community===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Marketing Project]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html A list of folks who have filed OOo copyright assignments]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html A list fo folks who have contributed to OOo]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists: Browse, Search or Subscribe]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net#openoffice.org

===Projects===

* [http://projects.openoffice.org/index.html Project Descriptions, Leaders, and Links to Project Pages]

===Native Languages===

* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/all_supported_languages.html l10n - All Supported Languages]
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/languages.html Localization Contact Table]
* [http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ Native Language Confederation]

=== Third Party Sites ===

* [http://oooauthors.org/ OOoAuthors] for community contributions   on [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/ User Guide] and [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/faqfolder_view FAQ] authoring
* [http://www.digitaldistribution.com/about/lessons/ OpenOffice.org 2.0 lessons in Flash format]
* [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 OpenOffice.org training videos in Flash]
* [http://plan-b-for-openoffice.org Plan-B for OpenOffice.org - Support for non technical users]
* [http://inpics.net/ In Pictures: Online computer tutorials based on pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/writer2.html Writer 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/calc2.html Calc 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/impress2.html Impress 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/base2.html Base 2.0 In Pictures]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras: Extras for OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/ Taming OpenOffice.org]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Tips, Tricks and Ideas]
* [http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ OpenOffice.org Knowledgebase]
* [http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ What is OpenOffice.org?]
* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia-Plugin]
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/ooo/ GNOME/OpenOffice.org]
* [http://kde.openoffice.org/ KDE Integration Project]

===Developer support===

* [http://development.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://planet.go-oo.org/ Planet OpenOffice.org - Developer News]
* [http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/doku.php OpenOffice.org Extensions Wiki]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO automation (in C++)]

OOoHelpOutline

2007-06-16T15:52:53Z

Zero0w: /* Books */

'''Welcome to the outline of existing OpenOffice.org user resources!'''

The OOo Help Outline has recently moved to OpenOffice.org's Wiki to help open its accessibility as much as possible to the OpenOffice.org community, so that all may help to keep it current and reliable.

See also [[Press coverage on OpenOffice.org]] for various articles, reviews and tips related to OpenOffice.org.

==Product==

===Overview===

* [[OOo OnlineHelp]]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/product/ OpenOffice.org Product Description]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/sitemap.html OpenOffice.org's Site Map]
** [http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite - Guide to New Features]

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Support Area]
**List of links to free community support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.

* [http://openoffice.start4all.com/ openoffice.org.start4all.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org at Wikipedia] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org Category])
* [http://www.oooforum.org/links.phtml OpenOffice.org Links]

Related Products
* [http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.html StarOffice Office Suite]
* [http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice Portable OpenOffice.org]

===FAQs===

* [http://user-faq.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org User FAQ Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Project FAQs]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html OpenOffice.org's General FAQs]
* [http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html The OpenOffice.org UnOfficial FAQs by Colin Charles]
* [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/ OOoAuthors.org FAQ Compilation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html Font Troubleshooting Guide]

Also from this Wiki:
* [[Font-FAQ]] (in progress)
* [[Bibliographic Hints and Tips]]
* [[VBA|MS Office VBA Macros]]

===Downloads===

* [http://download.openoffice.org/#latest OpenOffice.org Download Central]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0.2]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.1.5]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.1] (use this for Windows 95)

===Installation===

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html OpenOffice.org's Setup Guides for 1.x and 2.x]
** Good stuff: version 2.x of the Setup Guide provides extensive instructions for installation on ''many'' Linux distros and UNIXes (in addition to Windows):
*** Linux: RPM-based distro, Debian-based distro, Gentoo, Slackware
*** UNIX: Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X
** Another install guide for Debian: [http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/oo2install.shtml Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian]
** [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33125 Adding interface language to existing OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html OOo's Instructions for Installing and Setting Up OpenOffice.org 1.1.x]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's Download Central]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=1 OpenOffice.org Forum: Setup and Configuration]
* [http://www.hypermax.net.au/~settantta/ooo/default.html Alex Fisher's OpenOffice.org Introduction]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/build_faq.html Build FAQs for OpenOffice.org]

* Dictionaries: Please see [[OOoHelpOutline#Dictionaries|the Dictionaries sub-section]] for further information.
* Java issues
** [http://java.com/java/download/index.jsp Java.sun.com] - Download the [[Wikipedia:JRE|Java Runtime]] for use with OpenOffice.org (required by Base and Wizards)
** See also [[Java and OpenOffice.org]] for more information

* Linux/BSD issues
** [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM SCIM IME and OpenOffice.org]: Workaround for the gcc ABI incompatibility issue under Linux/BSD.
** [http://www.bluethingy.com/linux/rh8menu.html Editing GNOME2 Menus] for Linux/BSD users

* Mac issues: for Mac users, please see
** [[FAQ Openoffice.org and NeoOffice|FAQ:OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice]] and
** [[MacOS_X|OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X Development pages]]

===OpenOffice.org Applications===

====Calc====

* [http://sc.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/spreadsheet/index.html Spreadsheet FAQ Index Page]
* [http://sc.openoffice.org/addin_howto.html How to add-in in OpenOffice.org Calc]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0107GS-GettingStartedWithCalc.pdf Getting Started with Calc]
* [http://www.richhillsoftware.com/ OpenOffice Calc Tips]
* [http://www.nostabo.net/openoffice.php OpenOffice.org Calc Tutorials and Resources]
* [http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/openofficecalc/ OpenOffice Calc Tutorials and Tips]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/D.html#SpreadSheet Links: Develop (targets SpreadSheet section)]
* [http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=430837 Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You in OpenOffice.org]

====Writer====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/index.html Word Processor FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ooodocs/writer_guide_en_1.0.1.zip?download OpenOffice.org Writer Guide] - for OOo 1.0.1
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/writer/index.htm Taming OpenOffice.org on Writer]
* [http://www.onlineconnections.com.au/public/openoffice/brochureprinting.html Producing a Brochure or Booklet by Kelvin]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooovidtutors.sf.net/ Ooovidtutors - OpenOffice.org video tutorials by mimooh]
* [http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34 Page Numbering in OpenOffice.org (a tutorial)]
* ''OOoAuthors:''
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0106GS-GettingStartedWithWriter.pdf Getting Started with Writer] (free PDF)
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide] (free PDF)
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/180466 Buy a printed copy of the Writer Guide]

====Draw====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/drawing_graphics/index.html Drawing FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* ''OOoAuthors:''
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0108GS-GettingStartedWithDraw.pdf Getting Started with Draw] (free PDF)
** [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide] (free PDF)
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/285709 Buy a printed copy of the Draw Guide]
* Two-page PDF sample reference card for
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/SO8DrawCS.pdf StarOffice Draw 8.0]
** [http://www.cuesheets.com/OO2DrawCS.pdf OpenOffice.org Draw 2.0]

====Impress====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/presentation/index.html Presentation FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=4 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0109GS-GettingStartedWithImpress.pdf Getting Started with Impress]
* TUX Magazine: [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000179 Creating a Slide Show from OOo's Built-in Templates]
* James Abela ELT [http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/bus/Impress.html Impress Training]

====Math / Formula Editor====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html Formula Command Reference and How-to]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/formula/index.html Math FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=6 OpenOffice.org Forum Math discussion]

''OOoAuthors''
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0111GS-GettingStartedWithMath.pdf Getting Started with Math] (free PDF)
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0216WG-MathObjects.pdf Math Objects: The Equation Editor] (free PDF)
*: same as "Getting Started with Math" but also includes reference tables.

''Third-party add-ons for OpenOffice.org Math''
*[http://www.dmaths.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=9 Dmaths] (with [http://www.dmaths.com/dmaths/userguide/user_guide_en.html user guide]) - a Math enhancement package for OpenOffice.org licensed under GPL
*[http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ OOoLateX] - a set of OpenOffice.org macros designed to integrate LaTeX equations
** Check out the [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=36 LaTeX or OpenOffice.org Math] discussion at OOoForum for more detail.

====HTML====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]

====Base and Database ====

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Base OpenOffice.org Base information and links at Wikipedia]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Database Access Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=10 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/database/ Andrew Pitonyak's OOo Base macro document]
* [http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/OOoMySQL.pdf OpenOffice.org 1.0, ODBC, and MySQL 'How-tos' by John McCreesh]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/howto/index.html OpenOffice.org Database How-Tos]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/index.html OpenOffice.org Database Tips 'n' Tricks]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0110GS-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf Getting Started with Base]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodbase.html Creating Flatfile Databases with OOo and SO 6 by Garry Knight]
* [http://ericzander.com/Publications/OO_MySQL_Tutorial/index.htm OO_MySQL_Tutorial by Eric Zander] (OOo 1.x)
* [http://kienlein.com/pages/oo.html EDV - Systeme Kienlein]
* [http://openoffice.homelinux.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=4&MMN_position=5:3 Documenation for Database and JRE]

===Advanced Features and Topics===

====Macros====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://scripting.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Scripting Home Page]
* [http://www.ooomacros.org/ OOoMacros]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=9 Macro and API OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=11 OpenOffice.org Code Snippets Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php Andrew Pitonyak's Macro Information]
* [http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html Andrew Brown's OpenOffice.org Macro Page]
* [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ Iannz OpenOffice.org Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=4818 How to use OOo with Python on Windows]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7802 OOo Off the Wall: Macros and Add-ons]
* [http://disemia.com/software/openoffice/ dis-Emi-A Software: OpenOffice]
* [http://home.nikocity.de/sysentw/FAQ/SO-FAQ_English_Version/so-faq_english_version.html SO-FAQ]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO/C++ programming (SXW and HTML formats)]

====Styles====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0206WG-IntroductionToStyles.pdf Introduction to Styles] (chapter in ''Writer Guide'')
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0207WG-WorkingWithStyles.pdf Working with Styles] (chapter in ''Writer Guide'')
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=685429&listName=users Setting Up to Write Text Vertically]

====Templates====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0112GS-WorkingWithTemplates.pdf Working with Templates] (chapter in ''Getting Started with OOo'')

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/index.html User/Templates]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]

====XML====

* [http://xml.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org XML File Format]
* [http://www.w3.org/XML/ Extensible Markup Language (XML)]
* [http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/shudson310 Scotty's Engineering Log]
* [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/press.php OASIS Open Office XML Format TC]
* [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OpenOffice.org XML Essentials]
* [http://www.zvon.org/ ZVON.org - The Guide to the XML Galaxy]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ Logilab.org - XmlDiff]

==== Format Conversion ====

* For [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument|OpenDocument]] converters, please see the [[Wikipedia:List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument#Programmatic_support.2C_filters.2C_converters|List of applications supporting OpenDocument]] at Wikipedia.
* [[Firefox ODFReader extension]], still under heavy development
* [http://xml.openoffice.org/filters.html File Format Filters and Transformation]
* [http://andreas.web-graphics.com/quickguide-sxw-xhtml/ Converting OpenOffice.org documents to XHTML strict with Writer2LaTeX, by Andreas Bovens]
* [http://www.indesko.com/en/downloads/ooo2dbk ooo2dbk]: Generating DocBook XML from OpenOffice.org 1.x documents
** [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/oo2docbook.html OOo to DocBook guide] from LDP
* [http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=ooodokuwiki Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki]

====Dictionaries====

* [[Dictionaries]] Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation
* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia]: Connect OpenOffice.org to Wikipedia for dictionary and information lookup
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://ooodi.sourceforge.net/ OOodi - OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer for Unix]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org The lingucomponent project]

====Clip Art====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/gallery/index.html Gallery]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://www.openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art Library]
* [http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/public/public_domain.htm Images in the Public Domain]
* [http://earth.prohosting.com/anvils/aboutMe/intro.html OOo Xfig Clipart and Network Icons for OOoDraw by Edward Chan]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/ OpenOffice.org Art Project]
* [http://www.kfacts.com/oooart/ OOoArt]
* [http://ooo.nicubunu.ro/ Nicu's OpenOffice.org pages]
* [http://hooboo.free.fr/index.php La Mouette et OpenOffice.org]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/graphics/ OpenOffice.org Marketing Materials]

===Other Resources and Support Materials===

====General====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/ OOoDocs]
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43716 SourceForge.net: Project: OOoDocs: File List]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html OpenOffice.org's Page of Third Party Documentation]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.kaaredyret.dk/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Links by Kaaredyret.dk]
* [http://www.kargs.net/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Resource Page by Steve Karg]
* [http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/ Tutorials for OpenOffice]
* [http://www.edafe.org/openoffice/index.html edafe.org: openoffice.org (esp. pointed toward win users)]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/O.html Links: OpenSource - OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice-support.net/ Tutorials, Manuals, HowTo's and more] - OOo 1.x
* [http://ooo.chbs.dk/links/ OpenOffice.org Links]
* [http://www.ooo-portal.de/ Das deutsche OpenOffice.org Portal]
* [http://ooo.ximian.com/hackers-guide.html Unofficial OpenOffice Hacker's Guide]
* [http://ooolib.sourceforge.net/ OpenOffice.org Utility Library]
* [http://ooqstart.sourceforge.net/ Open Office QuickStarter applet]
* [http://del.icio.us/tag/openoffice del.icio.us/tag/openoffice]
* [http://why.openoffice.org/ Why OpenOffice.org]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]

====Books====

* OpenOffice.org 2.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/OpenOffice-org-2-Guidebook-Solveig-Haugland/dp/0974312029 OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672328089 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows All in One]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/177729 Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/690763 OpenOffice.org 2.x Writer Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/881167 OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/285709 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/301623 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Migration Guide]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1593270720 Hacking Openoffice.org: Tips, Tricks, and Untold Secrets]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131879928 Point & Click OpenOffice.org]
** [http://visibooks.com/writer2.html Visibooks Guide to Writer 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/calc2.html Visibooks Guide Calc 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/impress2.html Visibooks Guide Impress 2.0]
** [http://visibooks.com/base2.html Visibooks Guide Base 2.0]
** [http://www.conciseconceptsinc.com/ A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.cafepress.com/getopenoffice OpenOffice.org and StarOffice Workbooks]
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/ ClueSheets] - Quick Reference Cards for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org

* OpenOffice.org 1.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131407457 OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit]
*** [http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/OpenOfficeUpdate.pdf Special Supplement to Changes in OpenOffice.org 1.1] (free PDF download)
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764542222 OpenOffice.org For Dummies]
** [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/ OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/ooo501.htm OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672326183 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org All in One]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/tinyooo.htm The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.hod-ami.co.il/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=hodami&category%5Fname=Home+and+Office&product%5Fid=59407 עיבוד תמלילים עם OpenOffice 1.x] ([http://www.hod-ami.co.il/images/bookdemo/59407.pdf Sample Chapter])

* StarOffice books, mostly suitable to OpenOffice.org users
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789728338/ref=pd_sim_books_5/104-9698914-9518356%3fv=glance&s=books Special Edition Using StarOffice 6.0]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130384739/qid=1038357106/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/103-6157785-3887854%3fv=glance&s=books&n=507846 StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite Companion]

* Linux and OpenOffice.org related books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886411867 Linux in the Workplace]
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131488724 Point & Click Linux]

* XML, OpenOffice.org Macros and Programming
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm OpenOffice.org Macros Explained]
** [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OASIS OpenDocument Essentials]

====E Learning====

* [http://training.bytebot.net/ ByteBot.net Training Materials]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2978835938.html Free online OpenOffice.org support program]
* [http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/opensource.shtml ItrainOnline: Resources for Trainers: MMTK: Open Source Software]

====Compatible Applications====

* [http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/ Content Management Framework (CMF)]
* [http://peccatte.karefil.com/software/Catalogue/CatalogueENG.htm Files Metadata Miner Software]
* [http://gramps.sourceforge.net/ Gramps]
* [http://www.icoya.com/ icoya]
* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla]
* [http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php NeoOffice/J]
* [http://www.opengroupware.org/ OpenGroupware.org]
* [http://plone.org/ Plone]
* [http://www.bezirksreiter.de/PyOpenOffice.htm PyOpenOffice]
* [http://www.scholarsaid.com/ Scholar's Aid]
* [http://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/ Writer2LaTeX]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ XmlDiff]
* [http://zope.org/ Zope]

==Web Site==

===Search===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ Search Bar in Upper Right Corner]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/search.html OOo Site Search using Google]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Mail List Archives]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archive]
* [http://search.gmane.org/ Gmane Newsgroup Search Page]

===Documentation===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/servlets/HelpTOC OpenOffice.org's Web Site Help TOC]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users Browse the Users List]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]
* [http://development.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.htm Developer's Guide]
* [http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html Python-UNO bridge]

===Issue Tracker===

* [http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html OpenOffice.org's Bugs and Issues Info]
* [http://qa.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's QA Project]
* [http://www.kegel.com/openoffice/triage.html OpenOffice.org Issues by Dan Kegel]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Query Page for Existing Issue Reports]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]

===Community===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Marketing Project]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html A list of folks who have filed OOo copyright assignments]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html A list fo folks who have contributed to OOo]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists: Browse, Search or Subscribe]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net#openoffice.org

===Projects===

* [http://projects.openoffice.org/index.html Project Descriptions, Leaders, and Links to Project Pages]

===Native Languages===

* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/all_supported_languages.html l10n - All Supported Languages]
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/languages.html Localization Contact Table]
* [http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ Native Language Confederation]

=== Third Party Sites ===

* [http://oooauthors.org/ OOoAuthors] for community contributions   on [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/ User Guide] and [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/faqfolder_view FAQ] authoring
* [http://www.digitaldistribution.com/about/lessons/ OpenOffice.org 2.0 lessons in Flash format]
* [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 OpenOffice.org training videos in Flash]
* [http://plan-b-for-openoffice.org Plan-B for OpenOffice.org - Support for non technical users]
* [http://inpics.net/ In Pictures: Online computer tutorials based on pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/writer2.html Writer 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/calc2.html Calc 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/impress2.html Impress 2.0 In Pictures]
** [http://inpics.net/base2.html Base 2.0 In Pictures]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras: Extras for OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/ Taming OpenOffice.org]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Tips, Tricks and Ideas]
* [http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ OpenOffice.org Knowledgebase]
* [http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ What is OpenOffice.org?]
* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia-Plugin]
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/ooo/ GNOME/OpenOffice.org]
* [http://kde.openoffice.org/ KDE Integration Project]

===Developer support===

* [http://development.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://planet.go-oo.org/ Planet OpenOffice.org - Developer News]
* [http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/doku.php OpenOffice.org Extensions Wiki]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO automation (in C++)]

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2007-06-16T15:35:46Z

Zero0w: /* Link update and remove broken link */

A [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]] extension has been proposed by a developer named Talin, according to Mozilla hacker Gervase Markham [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html]; since then it has been further modified by Alex Hudson[http://opendocumentfellowship.org/applications/firefox], and was hosted in the official Firefox extension repository[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1888].

Official page for the ODFReader extension:
* http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/

Mozilla Firefox Extension Add-on page
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1888

== Development resources ==

=== ODT to XHTML XSLT ===
This ODFReader Firefox extension makes use of an XSL file. Currently the author recommends using the [[Wikipedia:XSLT|XSLT]] provided by J David Eisenberg:

* http://books.evc-cit.info/odf_utils/odt_to_xhtml.html

Also check out David's book ''OASIS OpenDocument Essentials''

* http://books.evc-cit.info/

=== OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications ===

Here you can find the document of OASIS Open Document Format specification v1.0 (the whole specification is about 700 pages):

* http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office

=== Firefox extension development ===
And for Firefox / XUL development, you can check out the book ''Rapid Application Development with Mozilla'' by Nigel McFarlane:

* http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4600

''Note'': It should be noted that Google has already supported viewing SXW format (used by OpenOffice.org 1.x) as HTML through their search engine[http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html] and G-Mail[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en] already. See also Google Desktop Search's [http://desktop.google.com/plugins/indextheopenoffice.html OpenDocument Indexer] plugin.

== Related topics ==
* [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=12685 Why Browsers Should Be Able to Display OpenDocument]
* For further information on ODF filters and converters, please check out [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument_software|List of OpenDocument software]] from Wikipedia

[[Category:Extensions]]

Firefox ODFReader extension

2007-04-06T13:18:22Z

Zero0w: /* Firefox extension development */

A [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]] extension has been proposed by a developer named Talin, according to Mozilla hacker Gervase Markham [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html]; since then it has been further modified by Alex Hudson[http://opendocumentfellowship.org/Main/CurrentActivities], and was hosted in the official Firefox extension repository[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888].

Official page for the ODFReader extension:
* http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/

Mozilla Firefox Extension Add-on page
* https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888

== Development resources ==

=== ODT to XHTML XSLT ===
This ODFReader Firefox extension makes use of an XSL file. Currently the author recommends using the [[Wikipedia:XSLT|XSLT]] provided by J David Eisenberg:

* http://books.evc-cit.info/odf_utils/odt_to_xhtml.html

Also check out David's book ''OASIS OpenDocument Essentials''

* http://books.evc-cit.info/

=== OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications ===

Here you can find the document of OASIS Open Document Format specification v1.0 (the whole specification is about 700 pages):

* http://thewebdesignjournal.com/projects/opendocument/format/
* http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office

=== Firefox extension development ===
And for Firefox / XUL development, you can check out the book ''Rapid Application Development with Mozilla'' by Nigel McFarlane:

* http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4600

''Note'': It should be noted that Google has already supported viewing SXW format (used by OpenOffice.org 1.x) as HTML through their search engine[http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html] and G-Mail[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en] already. See also Google Desktop Search's [http://desktop.google.com/plugins/indextheopenoffice.html OpenDocument Indexer] plugin.

== Related topics ==
* [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=12685 Why Browsers Should Be Able to Display OpenDocument]
* For further information on ODF filters and converters, please also see [[Wikipedia:List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument|List of applications supporting OpenDocument]] from Wikipedia

[[Category:Extensions]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-10-28T14:33:42Z

Zero0w: /* Introduction */

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html listed on JCA]), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for OOo 1.x were either considered too large or too risky to merge into the mainline OOo code base, and hence were only provided in the form of a modified third-party build listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacles, such as ''fakestyle'' printing for regular-only font (for instance, ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in the Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller groups for easier review, the path is finally cleared for bringing most of his contributions into the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
#* [Linux] The display of bold and italic style for regular-only font: this speaks for most CJK fonts
#* '''Fixed in [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285]''' 
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
#* [All platforms] Fixed many incorrect conversions between Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters 
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
#* 
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of displaying font name in non-ASCII characters, especially font name in CJK characters
#* ''Note'': In terms of feature, this should be considered as regression from OOo 1.x, as it was okay in OOo 1.x Linux version to display font name in non-ASCII character 
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
#* [Linux] Correct display and printing of "MingLiu" and "PMingLiu" font face, found in Microsoft Windows 
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
#* [Linux] Prefer "Over The Spot" mode over other modes in '''XIM''' / '''gtkimmodule''' input interface, this matches closer to the habit and behavior of CJK users. 
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
#* [Linux] Remove the support of XLFD font system, this way you can achieve WYSIWYCP (What You See Is What You Can Print) 
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
#* [All platform] Re-order the display of font names in the font selection pull-down menu: Chinese font will be shown before English and other fonts 
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
#* [Linux font handling] To display English and Chinese font glyph with different hinting algorithm. In this way, the beauty of English font will be preserved; while the display of Chinese (CJK) font can be enhanced 
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
#* [All platforms] Remove the registration screen when running OpenOffice.org for the first time 
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
#* [All platforms] Modify the default choice of displaying FZ font (方正字體) to another font for Chinese language 
# 最適化介面文字大小。
#* [All platforms] Fine tune font size of the OpenOffice.org GUI interface in CJK users' perspective 
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
#* [All platforms] Intelligent font matching system (more on this later) 
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
#* [All platforms] Automatic search and replace of missing glyph for the font in use by another; this avoids the bug of showing garbage like □□□ 
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。
#* [All platforms] Fixed the issue of missing symbols in OpenOffice.org Math
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of some distro(s) unable to recognize and mount through cramfs (for LiveCD! version)
#* [Linux] RPM package is also available for the patched '''"OpenOffice.org Linux Chinese enhanced edition"'''. It is now grouped and re-packaged as two RPM files for easy installation.

ToDo: Translate the remaining 10% content

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

Posted with Firefly's permission

以下簡述何謂「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」：

:　　OpenOffice.org 是一套功能十分強大的辦公室軟體，但對非英語系的使用者而言，最大的弱點，就是無法解決兩個不同使用者之間，字體不一致的問題，舉例來說，某甲所製作的文件，用了 A 字型公司的字體，但某乙卻沒有 A 公司的字體，當某乙用OpenOffice 開啟某甲的文件時，會有兩種可能的情況：一、看不到這些 A公司的字，結果可能是空白，可能是方框□□□。二、看得到這些字，但卻亂找字體來顯示，卻無法完全顯示，或是字體間距不對，造成疊在一起的情況，一般解決方式，就是設定替代字型，但是，字型何其多，每個人多少都不一樣，解決字體相異的問題，不該丟給使用者自行解決，無論如何，這都不是我們要的結果。

:　　以上情形，中文加強版的解決方式是加上「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」，自動尋字，顧名思義就是當指定的字體中，沒有該字時，會自動啟動尋字功能，找出系統中，有該字的字體，加以顯示，而自動尋字也並非盲目找字，它會依據文件指定的字體性質，作「字體自動匹配」，所以「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」兩個功能，是有緊密關聯的；但，甚麼又是「字體自動匹配」呢？

:　　簡單地說，「字體自動匹配」就是依據指定字體的性質，譬如某甲用了A公司的黑體，但某乙沒有A公司的黑體，卻有B公司的黑體，如果依照OpenOffice原始的方式，會出現空白字或是用楷體來替代，而中文加強版「字體自動匹配」卻可以分辨出『黑體』性質，而以B公司的黑體來顯示A公司的黑體文件，盡量做到文件字體的一致性，同時也解決的排版不一致的問題，包括輸出到PDF檔案或印表機亦同。

:　　中文加強版的解決方式，不敢說是完美無暇，但相當程度解決了非英文使用者的問題，相信中文加強版提出的方式，連微軟的 Office 都沒有這樣的能力。

ToDo: Translate it to English

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:CJK issues]]
[[Category:Development]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-10-28T12:27:48Z

Zero0w: /* Intelligent font matching system */

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html listed on JCA]), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for OOo 1.x are either considered too large or too risky to merge into the mainline OOo code base, and hence was only provided as a third party download listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacles, such as fakestyle printing for regular-only font (for instance, ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in the Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller groups for easier review, the path is finally cleared for bringing most of his contributions into the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
#* [Linux] The display of bold and italic style for regular-only font: this speaks for most CJK fonts
#* '''Fixed in [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285]''' 
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
#* [All platforms] Fixed many incorrect conversions between Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters 
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
#* 
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of displaying font name in non-ASCII characters, especially font name in CJK characters
#* ''Note'': In terms of feature, this should be considered as regression from OOo 1.x, as it was okay in OOo 1.x Linux version to display font name in non-ASCII character 
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
#* [Linux] Correct display and printing of "MingLiu" and "PMingLiu" font face, found in Microsoft Windows 
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
#* [Linux] Prefer "Over The Spot" mode over other modes in '''XIM''' / '''gtkimmodule''' input interface, this matches closer to the habit and behavior of CJK users. 
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
#* [Linux] Remove the support of XLFD font system, this way you can achieve WYSIWYCP (What You See Is What You Can Print) 
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
#* [All platform] Re-order the display of font names in the font selection pull-down menu: Chinese font will be shown before English and other fonts 
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
#* [Linux font handling] To display English and Chinese font glyph with different hinting algorithm. In this way, the beauty of English font will be preserved; while the display of Chinese (CJK) font can be enhanced 
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
#* [All platforms] Remove the registration screen when running OpenOffice.org for the first time 
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
#* [All platforms] Modify the default choice of displaying FZ font (方正字體) to another font for Chinese language 
# 最適化介面文字大小。
#* [All platforms] Fine tune font size of the OpenOffice.org GUI interface in CJK users' perspective 
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
#* [All platforms] Intelligent font matching system (more on this later) 
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
#* [All platforms] Automatic search and replace of missing glyph for the font in use by another; this avoids the bug of showing garbage like □□□ 
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。
#* [All platforms] Fixed the issue of missing symbols in OpenOffice.org Math
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of some distro(s) unable to recognize and mount through cramfs (for LiveCD! version)
#* [Linux] RPM package is also available for the patched '''"OpenOffice.org Linux Chinese enhanced edition"'''. It is now grouped and re-packaged as two RPM files for easy installation.

ToDo: Translate the remaining 10% content

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

Posted with Firefly's permission

以下簡述何謂「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」：

:　　OpenOffice.org 是一套功能十分強大的辦公室軟體，但對非英語系的使用者而言，最大的弱點，就是無法解決兩個不同使用者之間，字體不一致的問題，舉例來說，某甲所製作的文件，用了 A 字型公司的字體，但某乙卻沒有 A 公司的字體，當某乙用OpenOffice 開啟某甲的文件時，會有兩種可能的情況：一、看不到這些 A公司的字，結果可能是空白，可能是方框□□□。二、看得到這些字，但卻亂找字體來顯示，卻無法完全顯示，或是字體間距不對，造成疊在一起的情況，一般解決方式，就是設定替代字型，但是，字型何其多，每個人多少都不一樣，解決字體相異的問題，不該丟給使用者自行解決，無論如何，這都不是我們要的結果。

:　　以上情形，中文加強版的解決方式是加上「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」，自動尋字，顧名思義就是當指定的字體中，沒有該字時，會自動啟動尋字功能，找出系統中，有該字的字體，加以顯示，而自動尋字也並非盲目找字，它會依據文件指定的字體性質，作「字體自動匹配」，所以「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」兩個功能，是有緊密關聯的；但，甚麼又是「字體自動匹配」呢？

:　　簡單地說，「字體自動匹配」就是依據指定字體的性質，譬如某甲用了A公司的黑體，但某乙沒有A公司的黑體，卻有B公司的黑體，如果依照OpenOffice原始的方式，會出現空白字或是用楷體來替代，而中文加強版「字體自動匹配」卻可以分辨出『黑體』性質，而以B公司的黑體來顯示A公司的黑體文件，盡量做到文件字體的一致性，同時也解決的排版不一致的問題，包括輸出到PDF檔案或印表機亦同。

:　　中文加強版的解決方式，不敢說是完美無暇，但相當程度解決了非英文使用者的問題，相信中文加強版提出的方式，連微軟的 Office 都沒有這樣的能力。

ToDo: Translate it to English

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:CJK issues]]
[[Category:Development]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-10-28T12:24:54Z

Zero0w: /* In-depth bug / feature discussion */

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html listed on JCA]), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for OOo 1.x are either considered too large or too risky to merge into the mainline OOo code base, and hence was only provided as a third party download listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacles, such as fakestyle printing for regular-only font (for instance, ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in the Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller groups for easier review, the path is finally cleared for bringing most of his contributions into the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
#* [Linux] The display of bold and italic style for regular-only font: this speaks for most CJK fonts
#* '''Fixed in [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285]''' 
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
#* [All platforms] Fixed many incorrect conversions between Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters 
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
#* 
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of displaying font name in non-ASCII characters, especially font name in CJK characters
#* ''Note'': In terms of feature, this should be considered as regression from OOo 1.x, as it was okay in OOo 1.x Linux version to display font name in non-ASCII character 
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
#* [Linux] Correct display and printing of "MingLiu" and "PMingLiu" font face, found in Microsoft Windows 
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
#* [Linux] Prefer "Over The Spot" mode over other modes in '''XIM''' / '''gtkimmodule''' input interface, this matches closer to the habit and behavior of CJK users. 
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
#* [Linux] Remove the support of XLFD font system, this way you can achieve WYSIWYCP (What You See Is What You Can Print) 
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
#* [All platform] Re-order the display of font names in the font selection pull-down menu: Chinese font will be shown before English and other fonts 
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
#* [Linux font handling] To display English and Chinese font glyph with different hinting algorithm. In this way, the beauty of English font will be preserved; while the display of Chinese (CJK) font can be enhanced 
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
#* [All platforms] Remove the registration screen when running OpenOffice.org for the first time 
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
#* [All platforms] Modify the default choice of displaying FZ font (方正字體) to another font for Chinese language 
# 最適化介面文字大小。
#* [All platforms] Fine tune font size of the OpenOffice.org GUI interface in CJK users' perspective 
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
#* [All platforms] Intelligent font matching system (more on this later) 
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
#* [All platforms] Automatic search and replace of missing glyph for the font in use by another; this avoids the bug of showing garbage like □□□ 
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。
#* [All platforms] Fixed the issue of missing symbols in OpenOffice.org Math
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of some distro(s) unable to recognize and mount through cramfs (for LiveCD! version)
#* [Linux] RPM package is also available for the patched '''"OpenOffice.org Linux Chinese enhanced edition"'''. It is now grouped and re-packaged as two RPM files for easy installation.

ToDo: Translate the remaining 10% content

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

Posted with Firefly's permission

以下簡述何謂「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」：

　　OpenOffice.org 是一套功能十分強大的辦公室軟體，但對非英語系的使用者而言，最大的弱點，就是無法解決兩個不同使用者之間，字體不一致的問題，舉例來說，某甲所製作的文件，用了 A 字型公司的字體，但某乙卻沒有 A 公司的字體，當某乙用OpenOffice 開啟某甲的文件時，會有兩種可能的情況：一、看不到這些 A公司的字，結果可能是空白，可能是方框□□□。二、看得到這些字，但卻亂找字體來顯示，卻無法完全顯示，或是字體間距不對，造成疊在一起的情況，一般解決方式，就是設定替代字型，但是，字型何其多，每個人多少都不一樣，解決字體相異的問題，不該丟給使用者自行解決，無論如何，這都不是我們要的結果。

　　以上情形，中文加強版的解決方式是加上「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」，自動尋字，顧名思義就是當指定的字體中，沒有該字時，會自動啟動尋字功能，找出系統中，有該字的字體，加以顯示，而自動尋字也並非盲目找字，它會依據文件指定的字體性質，作「字體自動匹配」，所以「自動尋字」及「字體自動匹配」兩個功能，是有緊密關聯的；但，甚麼又是「字體自動匹配」呢？

　　簡單地說，「字體自動匹配」就是依據指定字體的性質，譬如某甲用了A公司的黑體，但某乙沒有A公司的黑體，卻有B公司的黑體，如果依照OpenOffice原始的方式，會出現空白字或是用楷體來替代，而中文加強版「字體自動匹配」卻可以分辨出『黑體』性質，而以B公司的黑體來顯示A公司的黑體文件，盡量做到文件字體的一致性，同時也解決的排版不一致的問題，包括輸出到PDF檔案或印表機亦同。

　　中文加強版的解決方式，不敢說是完美無暇，但相當程度解決了非英文使用者的問題，相信中文加強版提出的方式，連微軟的 Office 都沒有這樣的能力。

ToDo: Translate it to English

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:CJK issues]]
[[Category:Development]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-10-28T12:06:55Z

Zero0w: More on translation of '''Function of his patches'''

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html listed on JCA]), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for OOo 1.x are either considered too large or too risky to merge into the mainline OOo code base, and hence was only provided as a third party download listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacles, such as fakestyle printing for regular-only font (for instance, ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in the Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller groups for easier review, the path is finally cleared for bringing most of his contributions into the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
#* [Linux] The display of bold and italic style for regular-only font: this speaks for most CJK fonts
#* '''Fixed in [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285]''' 
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
#* [All platforms] Fixed many incorrect conversions between Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters 
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
#* 
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of displaying font name in non-ASCII characters, especially font name in CJK characters
#* ''Note'': In terms of feature, this should be considered as regression from OOo 1.x, as it was okay in OOo 1.x Linux version to display font name in non-ASCII character 
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
#* [Linux] Correct display and printing of "MingLiu" and "PMingLiu" font face, found in Microsoft Windows 
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
#* [Linux] Prefer "Over The Spot" mode over other modes in '''XIM''' / '''gtkimmodule''' input interface, this matches closer to the habit and behavior of CJK users. 
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
#* [Linux] Remove the support of XLFD font system, this way you can achieve WYSIWYCP (What You See Is What You Can Print) 
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
#* [All platform] Re-order the display of font names in the font selection pull-down menu: Chinese font will be shown before English and other fonts 
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
#* [Linux font handling] To display English and Chinese font glyph with different hinting algorithm. In this way, the beauty of English font will be preserved; while the display of Chinese (CJK) font can be enhanced 
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
#* [All platforms] Remove the registration screen when running OpenOffice.org for the first time 
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
#* [All platforms] Modify the default choice of displaying FZ font (方正字體) to another font for Chinese language 
# 最適化介面文字大小。
#* [All platforms] Fine tune font size of the OpenOffice.org GUI interface in CJK users' perspective 
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
#* [All platforms] Intelligent font matching system (more on this later) 
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
#* [All platforms] Automatic search and replace of missing glyph for the font in use by another; this avoids the bug of showing garbage like □□□ 
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。
#* [All platforms] Fixed the issue of missing symbols in OpenOffice.org Math
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of some distro(s) unable to recognize and mount through cramfs (for LiveCD! version)
#* [Linux] RPM package is also available for the patched '''"OpenOffice.org Linux Chinese enhanced edition"'''. It is now grouped and re-packaged as two RPM files for easy installation.

ToDo: Translate the remaining 10% content

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:CJK issues]]
[[Category:Development]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-10-28T08:22:52Z

Zero0w: /* Function of his patches */

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html listed on JCA]), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for OOo 1.x are either considered too large or too risky to merge into the mainline OOo code base, and hence was only provided as a third party download listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacles, such as fakestyle printing for regular-only font (for instance, ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in the Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller groups for easier review, the path is finally cleared for bringing most of his contributions into the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
#* [Linux] The display of bold and italic style for regular-only font: this speaks for most CJK fonts
#* '''Fixed in [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285]''' 
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
#* [All platforms] Fixed many incorrect conversions between Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters 
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
#* 
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of displaying font name in non-ASCII characters, especially font name in CJK characters
#* ''Note'': In terms of feature, this should be considered as regression from OOo 1.x, as it was okay in OOo 1.x Linux version to display font name in non-ASCII character) 
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
#* [Linux] Correct display and printing of "MingLiu" and "PMingLiu" font face, found in Microsoft Windows 
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
#* [Linux] Prefer "Over The Spot" mode over other modes in 'XIM / gtkimmodule' input interface, this matches closer to the habit and behavior of CJK users. 
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
#* [Linux] Remove the support of XLFD font system, this way you can achieve WYSIWYCP (What You See Is What You Can Print) 
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
#* [All platform] Re-order the display of font names in the font selection pull-down manual: Chinese font will be shown before English and other fonts 
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
#* [Linux font handling] To display English and Chinese font glyph with different hinting and optimization. In this way, the beauty of English font will be preserved; while the display of Chinese (CJK) font can be enhanced 
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
#* [All platforms] Remove the registration screen when running OpenOffice.org for the first time 
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
#* [All platforms] Modify the default choice of displaying FZ font (方正字體) to another font for Chinese language 
# 最適化介面文字大小。
#* [All platforms] Fine tune font size of the OpenOffice.org GUI interface in CJK users' perspective 
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
#* [All platforms] Intelligent font matching system (more on this later) 
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
#* [All platforms] Automatic search and replace of missing glyph for the font in use by another; this avoids the bug of showing garbage like □□□ 
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。
#* [All platforms] Fixed the issue of missing symbols in OpenOffice.org Math
#* [Linux] Fixed the issue of some distro(s) unable to recognize and mount through cramfs (for LiveCD! version)
#* [Linux] RPM package is also available for the patched "OpenOffice.org Linux Chinese enhanced edition". It is now grouped and re-packaged as two RPM files for easy installation.

ToDo: Translate the remaining 10% content

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:CJK issues]]
[[Category:Development]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-10-27T15:50:49Z

Zero0w: /* Function of his patches */

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html listed on JCA]), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for OOo 1.x are either considered too large or too risky to merge into the mainline OOo code base, and hence was only provided as a third party download listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacles, such as fakestyle printing for regular-only font (for instance, ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in the Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller groups for easier review, the path is finally cleared for bringing most of his contributions into the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
#* The display of bold and italic type of Chinese font and character (fixed in Bug 18285) 
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
#* Fixed many incorrect conversions between Traditional and Simplified Chinese words and characters 
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
#* 
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
#* Fixed the issue of displaying font name in non-ASCII characters, especially font name in CJK characters (Note: In terms of feature, this should be considered as regression from OOo 1.x, as it was OK in version 1.x to display font name in non-ASCII character set) 
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
#* Correct display and printing of "MingLiu" and "PMingLiu" font face, found in Microsoft Windows 
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
#* Prefer "Over The Spot" mode over other modes in 'XIM / gtkimmodule' input interface, this matches closer to the habit and behavior of CJK users. 
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
#* Remove the support of XLFD font system, this way you can achieve WYSIWYCP (What You See Is What You Can Print) 
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
#* Re-order the display of font names in the font selection pull-down manual: Chinese font will be shown before English and other fonts 
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
#* To display English and Chinese font glyph with different hinting and optimization. In this way, the beauty of English font will be preserved; while the display of Chinese (CJK) font can be enhanced 
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
#* Remove the registration screen when running OpenOffice.org for the first time 
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
#* Modify the default choice of displaying FZ font (方正字體) to another font for Chinese language 
# 最適化介面文字大小。
#* Fine tune font size of the OpenOffice.org GUI interface in CJK users' perspective 
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
#* Intelligent font matching system (more on this later) 
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
#* Automatic search and replace of missing glyph for the font in use by another; this avoids the bug of showing garbage like □□□ 
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。
#* Fixed the issue of missing symbols in OpenOffice.org Math
#* Fixed the issue of some distro(s) unable to recognize and mount through cramfs (for LiveCD! version)
#* RPM package is also available for the patched "OpenOffice.org Linux Chinese enhanced edition". It is now grouped and re-packaged as two RPM files for easy installation.

ToDo: Translate into English for wherever possible.

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:CJK issues]]
[[Category:Development]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-10-27T15:46:17Z

Zero0w: /* Function of his patches */

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html listed on JCA]), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for OOo 1.x are either considered too large or too risky to merge into the mainline OOo code base, and hence was only provided as a third party download listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacles, such as fakestyle printing for regular-only font (for instance, ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in the Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller groups for easier review, the path is finally cleared for bringing most of his contributions into the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
#* The display of bold and italic type of Chinese font and character (fixed in Bug 18285)
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
#* Fixed many incorrect conversions between Traditional and Simplified Chinese words and characters
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
#*
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
#* Fixed the issue of displaying font name in non-ASCII characters, especially font name in CJK characters (Note: In terms of feature, this should be considered as regression from OOo 1.x, as it was OK in version 1.x to display font name in non-ASCII character set)
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
#* Correct display and printing of "MingLiu" and "PMingLiu" font face, found in Microsoft Windows.
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
#* Prefer "Over The Spot" mode over other modes in 'XIM / gtkimmodule' input interface, this matches closer to the habit and behavior of CJK users.
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
#* Remove the support of XLFD font system, this way you can achieve WYSIWYCP (What You See Is What You Can Print)
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
#* Re-order the display of font names in the font selection pull-down manual: Chinese font will be shown before English and other fonts
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
#* To display English and Chinese font glyph with different hinting and optimization. In this way, the beauty of English font will be preserved; while the display of Chinese (CJK) font can be enhanced
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
#* Remove the registration screen when running OpenOffice.org for the first time
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
#* Modify the default choice of displaying FZ font (方正字體) to another font for Chinese language
# 最適化介面文字大小。
#* Fine tune font size of the OpenOffice.org GUI interface in CJK users' perspective
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
#* Intelligent font matching system (more on this later)
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
#* Automatic search and replace of missing glyph for the font in use by another; this avoids the bug of showing garbage like □□□
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。
#* Fixed the issue of missing symbols in OpenOffice.org Math
#* Fixed the issue of some distro(s) unable to recognize and mount through cramfs (for LiveCD! version)
#* RPM package is also available for the patched "OpenOffice.org Linux Chinese enhanced edition". It is now grouped and re-packaged as two RPM files for easy installation.

ToDo: Translate into English for wherever possible.

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:CJK issues]]
[[Category:Development]]

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2006-10-17T16:26:24Z

Zero0w: /* 2006 */

{{Marketing}}

For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.

==2006==
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 - Don't Blink, by D.C. Parris — [http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/71233/index.html Lxer Feature]
* OpenOffice goes Premium, by Jeremy Reimer — [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060830-7627.html Ars Technica]
* OOoBasic crash course: Creating a lookup macro, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/2120245 Linux.com]
* The state of OpenOffice.org, by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/02/1625228 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/2136202 Newsforge.com]
* Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1744245 Newsforge.com]
* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Four great OpenOffice.org macros, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/10/11/1949204&tid=93 Newsforge.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

<div style="background-color: #ffffcc; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #c00;">
: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
</div>

* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

[[Category:Marketing]]

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2006-09-25T18:51:16Z

Zero0w: /* 2005 */

{{Marketing}}

For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.

==2006==
* OpenOffice goes Premium, by Jeremy Reimer — [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060830-7627.html Ars Technica]
* OOoBasic crash course: Creating a lookup macro, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/2120245 Linux.com]
* The state of OpenOffice.org, by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/02/1625228 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/2136202 Newsforge.com]
* Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1744245 Newsforge.com]
* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Four great OpenOffice.org macros, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/10/11/1949204&tid=93 Newsforge.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

<div style="background-color: #ffffcc; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #c00;">
: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
</div>

* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

[[Category:Marketing]]

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2006-08-31T16:39:23Z

Zero0w: /* 2006 */

{{Marketing}}

For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.

==2006==
* OpenOffice goes Premium, by Jeremy Reimer — [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060830-7627.html Ars Technica]
* OOoBasic crash course: Creating a lookup macro, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/2120245 Linux.com]
* The state of OpenOffice.org, by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/02/1625228 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/2136202 Newsforge.com]
* Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1744245 Newsforge.com]
* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

<div style="background-color: #ffffcc; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #c00;">
: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
</div>

* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

[[Category:Marketing]]

CJK Group

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= About this wiki page =
OpenOffice.org CJK Group will like to use this page to communicate each other and share ideas and resources among Chinese, Japanese and Korean native-language projects.
Your good ideas, advices, suggestions, requests, proposals will be always appreciated and welcome. Feel free to edit this page and add your ideas, useful information and links.

= CJK Native-Language Group =

The CJK Group, as the name shows, consists of Chinese, Japanese and Korean native-language projects of OpenOffice.org, who can share experiences on common L10N and I18N issues and pool some ressources such as the work on some parts of QA. In the mean time, this group will also foster collaboration between the three projects on a marketing level, helping the spread of OpenOffice.org all over Asia.

== Your idea to improve CJK functionality, usability and accessibility ==
* See [[Firefly's OOo CJK Patches]] for some of the patches to be submitted
* [feel free to add your idea here]
* [feel free to add your idea here]

== News and Events ==

* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/ September 11-13, OpenOffice.org Conference in Lyon]

== [http://qa.openoffice.org/localized/status.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Localization Status]　==
* 2.0.3 Chinese
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65763 2.0.3 Japanese]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=67410 2.0.3 Korean]

== CJK Common Issues ==
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=54320 Paragraph Style's Default settings]

== Extentions ==
* [[Extensions]]

== Localization ==
* [[HSQLDB_Localization]]

== QA and TCM ==
* [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/%E7%AE%80%E4%BD%93%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%89%88%E6%B5%8B%E8%AF%95%E4%BA%BA%E5%91%98%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8 2.0.3 TCM Chinese Simplified]
* [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%89%88%E6%B8%AC%E8%A9%A6%E4%BA%BA%E5%93%A1%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8 2.0.3 TCM Chinese Traditional]

* 2.0.3 TCM Japanese

* [http://www.sunvirtuallab.com/tcm2/opensource/tcm_report.cgi?tcm_config=newooo&action=show_report&report_id=9 2.0.3 TCM Korean]

[[TCM_wishes]]

[[TCM_migration]]

== Marketing ==
[[Strategic_Marketing_Plan]]

== Global Campaign ==
* [http://why.openoffice.org/ Take a Test Drive - Keep the Car!]
* [http://why.openoffice.org/getlegal.html Get Legal - Get OpenOffice.org]

== Major Deployment in Asia ==
* [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]] in the world

= To Developers =
To all developers who are interested in improving OpenOffice.org CJK support, please don't forget to sign the [[Joint Copyright Assignment]] (JCA). Without [[JCA]] submission, Sun cannot accept your patch legally even if they want to.

[[Category:CJK issues]]

CJK Group

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User:Zero0w

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My name is Wily Yuen. I pursue Linux and open source advocacy activities thru initiatives such as [http://www.oaka.org OAKA] in Hong Kong. In addition, I am now a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-cjk-testers Ubuntu CJK testers] team, helping developers to test and fix CJK problems under Linux and OpenOffice.org.

In addition, I am also currently studying the XML round-trip possibility between the file formats of DocBook -> OpenOffice.org -> Scribus.

It will be very cool if these FOSS apps can join forces to provide a smooth and interoperable workflow in many publishing and business organizations. It certainly will boost the appeal for each of these applications.

=== Wiki page to work on ===
* [[Firefly's OOo CJK Patches]] My No.1 priority on the list right now since I believe it will '''tremendously increase''' the acceptance of Linux and OpenOffice.org among CJK users, and increases the install base among Asian countries.

* [[Press coverage on OpenOffice.org]] It's shaping up nicely. I sincerely invite you to join and continue to improve it further.

* [[Font-FAQ]] Help on improving and documenting the CJK support in OpenOffice.org 2.x

* [[OOoHelpOutline]] - OpenOffice.org User resources
*# Probably need further re-organizing
*# Expand to cover links & resources for '''international OpenOffice.org community'''.
*#*I know that one of the [http://ooo.tnc.edu.tw/ Chinese OpenOffice.org user groups] is trying to build up a strong community resource portals, with add-on module and projects of their own. Hence we can expand to cover OOo resources for users with different languages.
*#* What is interesting is that, right now, [[Wikipedia:OpenOffice.org]] is '''the best''' gathering source for international OpenOffice.org information: the ''"in other languages" column on the left side of the page'' will lead you to loads of information of OpenOffice.org in other languages around the world.
*#* Given strong community interest, we can build up wiki page similar to [[OOoHelpOutline]] for users of other languages in this official Wiki.
* Wikipedia did a very great job of gathering information and resources on [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument|OpenDocument]] (most of the writing was undertaken by [http://www.dwheeler.com/ David Wheeler] I believe). I'm not sure, but it may be a good idea if we can have them mirrored in this Wiki (assuming the content licenses are compatible).

* [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] -- It will go a long way to help the spread of ODF if everybody can read it without downloading the 70-100MB+ OpenOffice.org main program (at least on Windows or Mac), when a 20-200kb+ Firefox extension can do the job.

* [[Autopackage distribution]] -- While autopackage format may still need further polish, in the long run, I believe the official Linux binary of OpenOffice.org should be delivered in '''autopackage format''' (*.package) to address the following needs:
*# Installation among multiple Linux distributions without end users converting RPM to other package format
*# An incremental update system (such as the one in Firefox 1.5) that can work independently outside existing (RPM/DEB) package database: Users want to use the latest and greatest -- and possibly security fixes, not wait for Linux suppliers to release a new version in a 6-9 month upgrade cycle.

[[Category:CJK issues]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

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CJK Group

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= About this wiki page =
OpenOffice.org CJK Group will like to use this page to communicate each other and share ideas and resources among Chinese, Japanese and Korean native-language projects.
Your good ideas, advices, suggestions, requests, proposals will be always appreciated and welcome. Feel free to edit this page and add your ideas, useful information and links.

= CJK Native-Language Group =

The CJK Group, as the name shows, consists of Chinese, Japanese and Korean native-language projects of OpenOffice.org, who can share experiences on common L10N and I18N issues and pool some ressources such as the work on some parts of QA. In the mean time, this group will also foster collaboration between the three projects on a marketing level, helping the spread of OpenOffice.org all over Asia.

== Your idea to improve CJK functionality, usability and accessibility ==
* [feel free to add your idea here]
* [feel free to add your idea here]

== News and Events ==

* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/ September 11-13, OpenOffice.org Conference in Lyon]

== [http://qa.openoffice.org/localized/status.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Localization Status]　==
* 2.0.3 Chinese
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65763 2.0.3 Japanese]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=67410 2.0.3 Korean]

== CJK Common Issues ==
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=54320 Paragraph Style's Default settings]

== Extentions ==
* [[Extensions]]

== Localization ==
* [[HSQLDB_Localization]]

== QA and TCM ==
* [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/%E7%AE%80%E4%BD%93%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%89%88%E6%B5%8B%E8%AF%95%E4%BA%BA%E5%91%98%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8 2.0.3 TCM Chinese Simplified]
* [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%89%88%E6%B8%AC%E8%A9%A6%E4%BA%BA%E5%93%A1%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8 2.0.3 TCM Chinese Traditional]

* 2.0.3 TCM Japanese

* [http://www.sunvirtuallab.com/tcm2/opensource/tcm_report.cgi?tcm_config=newooo&action=show_report&report_id=9 2.0.3 TCM Korean]

[[TCM_wishes]]

[[TCM_migration]]

== Marketing ==
[[Strategic_Marketing_Plan]]

== Global Campaign ==
* [http://why.openoffice.org/ Take a Test Drive - Keep the Car!]
* [http://why.openoffice.org/getlegal.html Get Legal - Get OpenOffice.org]

== Major Deployment in Asia ==
* [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]] in the world

[[Category:CJK issues]]

OpenOffice.org繁簡體轉換表

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==序==
若 OpenOffice.org 在作繁簡轉換之時只用中文字碼直接轉換，則很可能出現錯誤翻譯（尤其由簡轉繁），所以 OpenOffice.org 在轉換時會參考[http://l10n.openoffice.org/unbranded-source/browse/*checkout*/l10n/i18npool/source/textconversion/data/stc_word.dic?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain 繁簡中文文辭轉換表]。這裡提供大家一個地方，合作增加內容或修正表中文辭。請各位把更新提議書於下面。

==更新提議==
（暫時並無提議）

[[Category:ZHNL]]
[[Category:CJK issues]]

Zh.openoffice.org

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==序==
本頁是[http://zh.openoffice.org OpenOffice.org中文計劃]的 Wiki 網站。這裡除了載有一些 OpenOffice.org 的中文說明文件外，亦為中文計劃成員提供了一個方便而又易於使用的合作工具。

==OpenOffice.org 2.0 說明文件==
*[[中文說明(繁)]]
*[[中文说明(简)]]

==釋出公告==
*[[釋出公告(繁)]]
*[[释出公告(简)]]

==測試==
*[[繁體中文版測試人員列表]]
*[[简体中文版测试人员列表]]

==作業文件==
*[[OpenOffice.org繁簡體轉換表]]

[[Category:NLC]]
[[Category:ZHNL]]
[[Category:CJK issues]]

Category:CJK issues

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As announced in the [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/2006/07/asian-cjk-group-announced.html OpenOffice.org newsletter], the [[CJK Group]] was formed to foster collaboration and share experience in both development and marketing among Asian developers and users. This category is hence created for gathering articles and sub-categories related to CJK issues in general.

[[Category:NLC]]

Category:CJK issues

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Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2006-08-27T11:54:29Z

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{{Marketing}}

For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.

==2006==
* OOoBasic crash course: Creating a lookup macro, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/2120245 Linux.com]
* The state of OpenOffice.org, by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/02/1625228 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/2136202 Newsforge.com]
* Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1744245 Newsforge.com]
* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

<div style="background-color: #ffffcc; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #c00;">
: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
</div>

* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

[[Category:Marketing]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-11T17:42:31Z

Zero0w: /* Introduction - link to the JCA list */

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-11T17:36:29Z

Zero0w: /* Introduction - some wording cleanup */

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now listed on JCA), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for OOo 1.x are either considered too large or too risky to merge into the mainline OOo code base, and hence was only provided as a third party download listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacles, such as fakestyle printing for regular-only font (for instance, ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in the Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller groups for easier review, the path is finally cleared for bringing most of his contributions into the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
# 最適化介面文字大小。
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。

ToDo: Translate into English for wherever possible.

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:Development]]

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-07T10:05:07Z

Zero0w: /* Patches */

== Introduction ==

Since mid 2003, Mr. Jia Ming Deng (nickname Firefly, now listed on JCA), a Chinese Linux hacker from Taiwan, has been working on a set of OpenOffice.org patches that has significantly enhanced the font naming, selection and screen appearance for many CJK OOo Linux users. His initial patches for 1.x are considered either too large and too risky to merge to the mainline OOo code base, and hence was only provided as a third party download listed in the [http://zh.openoffice.org/addons.html Add-On section] of [http://zh.openoffice.org/ Chinese (zh) OpenOffice.org Page].

With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.x, however, some of the greater obstacle, such as fakestyle printing for regular-only font (such as ''AR PL Mingti2 Big5'' under Linux) has already started to work; whereas the screen appearance of fakestyle (or '''fakebold''' according to OOo bug database) is still nowhere to be seen in Linux version.

This time around, however, with Firefly's JCA status already cleared and that his patches are now divided into smaller units for easier review, the path is finally cleared for getting most of his contributions to the mainline OpenOffice.org codebase. This should benefit thousands of CJK OpenOffice.org users out there. Some of his patches solved bugs or missing features in Linux version, while other patches would benefit users on all platforms.

== Patches ==

=== Function of his patches ===

Taken from his patch release info against OOo 2.0 and 2.0.2 (information in Chinese, to be translated to English)

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10
* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=49

With Firefly's permission, his Chinese Patch log is posted here as in the following:

# 中文字型粗、斜體支援。
# 修正繁簡轉換錯誤，包括標點符號(範例為繁體『點』這個字，有興趣的朋友可自行測試)，另有許多字會轉成日文漢字。
# 修正字體移除新增紀錄不正確的問題。
# 中文字體名稱顯示。
# 正常顯示、列印新細明體與標楷體。
# 優先選用Over The Spot 輸入模式，較為符合 CJK 使用者習慣。
# 排除XLFD系統，看得到能顯示就一定能印。
# 中文字型優先排列，字型選單展開後，中文字型名稱排在英文之前。
# 中英文採用不同顯示作法，不會損害英文美觀，中文字加強顯示效果。
# 取消首次使用註冊畫面。
# 修正預設使用方正字體問題。
# 最適化介面文字大小。
# 自動字體性質分類匹配。當文件中，指定了系統沒有的字體時，依據字體性質，自動尋找最佳替代字體，不會亂找字，不必人工設定！可依據的字體性質為：明/宋體、楷書體、隸書體、圓體、黑體、仿宋、行書、勘亭流、古印體、魏碑、鋼筆、新藝體、綜藝體、海報體、空疊、廣告體，POP 體、手寫體、注音體、符號...等字體，系統聰明匹配，免除因系統不同而出現排版差異問題。
# 自動尋字，只要系統有這個字，就一定可以看、印，避免□□□出現。
# 另外修正了方程式編輯器部份符號無法顯示問題，以及光碟安裝時，某些 Distro 無法自動辨識 cramfs 的問題。而安裝方式，除了光碟安裝(ISO)外，RPM 格式的安裝套件，已經簡化成兩個 RPM 套件檔。

ToDo: Translate into English for wherever possible.

=== Source code of the whole patch set ===

All the source code of Firefly's patches against OOo 2.0.2 can be found in this page, released under LGPL on March 21, 2006:

* http://opendesktop.org.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=53
* ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_src.tar.gz (Direct download)

== Bugs reported ==

In order to get the patch merged into the mainline OOo code base, relevant bug reports were filed to match each patch against the specific bug/missing feature in question:

=== Bugs filed that relates to Firefly's patches ===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18285 Bug 18285] (Resolved and Closed)
** CWS module: '''fakebold'''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63637 Bug 63637]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65145 Bug 65145]

== In-depth bug / feature discussion ==

=== Intelligent font matching system ===

== To Do List ==

# Organize patches into different categories (working on: [[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]])
# Translate the Chinese comment in the patch to English
# Invite OOo developers to discuss the merit of the patches: how to modify, adapt and integrate them
# Adding and enriching the above list of [[Firefly%27s_OOo_CJK_Patches#In-depth_bug_.2F_feature_discussion|in-depth bug / feature discussion]]

[[Category:Development]]

User:Zero0w

2006-06-04T15:47:04Z

Zero0w: /* Wiki page to work on */

User:Zero0w

2006-06-04T15:46:06Z

Zero0w: /* Wiki page to work on */

My name is Wily Yuen. I pursue Linux and open source advocacy activities thru initiatives such as [http://www.oaka.org OAKA] in Hong Kong. In addition, I am now a member of the [https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-cjk-testers Ubuntu CJK testers] team, helping developers to test and fix CJK problems under Linux and OpenOffice.org.

In addition, I am also currently studying the XML round-trip possibility between the file formats of DocBook -> OpenOffice.org -> Scribus.

It will be very cool if these FOSS apps can join forces to provide a smooth and interoperable workflow in many publishing and business organizations. It certainly will boost the appeal for each of these applications.

=== Wiki page to work on ===
* [[Firefly's OOo CJK Patches]] My No.1 priority on the list right now since I believe it will tremendously increase the acceptance of Linux and OpenOffice.org among CJK users, and increases the install base among those countries.

* [[Press coverage on OpenOffice.org]] It's shaping up nicely. I sincerely invite you to join and continue to improve it further.

* [[Font-FAQ]] Help on improving and documenting the CJK support in OpenOffice.org 2.x

* [[OOoHelpOutline]] - OpenOffice.org User resources
*# Probably need further re-organizing
*# Expand to cover links & resources for '''international OpenOffice.org community'''.
*#*I know that one of the [http://ooo.tnc.edu.tw/ Chinese OpenOffice.org user groups] is trying to build up a strong community resource portals, with add-on module and projects of their own. Hence we can expand to cover OOo resources for users with different languages.
*#* What is interesting is that, right now, [[Wikipedia:OpenOffice.org]] is '''the best''' gathering source for international OpenOffice.org information: the ''"in other languages" column on the left side of the page'' will lead you to loads of information of OpenOffice.org in other languages around the world.
*#* Given strong community interest, we can build up wiki page similar to [[OOoHelpOutline]] for users of other languages in this official Wiki.
* Wikipedia did a very great job of gathering information and resources on [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument|OpenDocument]] (most of the writing was undertaken by [http://www.dwheeler.com/ David Wheeler] I believe). I'm not sure, but it may be a good idea if we can have them mirrored in this Wiki (assuming the content licenses are compatible).

* [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] -- It will go a long way to help the spread of ODF if everybody can read it without downloading the 70-100MB+ OpenOffice.org main program (at least on Windows or Mac), when a 20-200kb+ Firefox extension can do the job.

* [[Autopackage distribution]] -- While autopackage format may still need further polish, in the long run, I believe the official Linux binary of OpenOffice.org should be delivered in '''autopackage format''' (*.package) to address the following needs:
*# Installation among multiple Linux distributions without end users converting RPM to other package format
*# An incremental update system (such as the one in Firefox 1.5) that can work independently outside existing (RPM/DEB) package database: Users want to use the latest and greatest -- and possibly security fixes, not wait for Linux suppliers to release a new version in a 6-9 month upgrade cycle.

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-04T15:43:10Z

Zero0w: small cleanup for now

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-04T15:41:25Z

Zero0w: /* Function of his patches */

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-04T15:39:58Z

Zero0w: /* Introduction */

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-04T15:37:08Z

Zero0w: /* To Do List */

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-04T15:35:17Z

Zero0w: /* To Do List */

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-04T15:34:37Z

Zero0w: /* Bugs reported */

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-04T15:33:46Z

Zero0w: Adding more content

Firefly's OOo CJK Patches

2006-06-04T15:23:07Z

Zero0w: First draft

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2006-06-03T18:26:04Z

Zero0w: /* 2006 */

{{Marketing}}

For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.

==2006==

* OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/2136202 Newsforge.com]
* Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1744245 Newsforge.com]
* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

<div style="background-color: #ffffcc; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #c00;">
: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
</div>

* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

[[Category:Marketing]]

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2006-05-16T11:55:24Z

Zero0w: /* 2006 */

{{Marketing}}

For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.

==2006==

* Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1744245 Newsforge.com]
* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

<div style="background-color: #ffffcc; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #c00;">
: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
</div>

* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

[[Category:Marketing]]

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2006-05-06T05:44:48Z

Zero0w: Restore missing link

{{Marketing}}

For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.

==2006==

* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

<div style="background-color: #ffffcc; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #c00;">
: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
</div>

* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

[[Category:Marketing]]

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

2006-05-06T05:43:55Z

Zero0w: Interoperability: ODF for MS Office

Talk:DerivedWorks

2006-05-05T17:50:31Z

Zero0w: WPS Office should not be OOo derivative

It's not NeoOffice/J but _NeoOffice_ plain [[User:Val1984|Val1984]] 16:45, 21 April 2006 (CEST)

== WPS Office ==

Are we sure [[Wikipedia:WPS Office|WPS Office]] is a derivative of OpenOffice.org?
I have downloaded it before, the Personal Edition is only a 16 MB binary installer.

I find it hard to believe the binary has changed so much that OOo can be slimmed down to this scale. --[[User:Zero0w|Zero0w]] 19:50, 5 May 2006 (CEST)

DerivedWorks

2006-05-03T13:21:07Z

Zero0w: Correct the category column heading

This page will track derivatives of OpenOffice.org. Feel free to add to it if you know of any, and please include URLs. A derived work listed here could be free or proprietary, and should not be limited to language or platform. It may include those works that use OpenOffice.org in part or in whole. As well, a separate section could also track distributions, e.g., by Novell or Debian or Ubuntu. We are listing these mainly to track them and not for advertising purposes. Some of the companies listed below may no longer be producing derivatives of OpenOffice.org, as the license for the source changed in 2005, with 2.0, when we dropped the [http://www.openoffice.org/license.html SISSL] and moved to using the LGPL exclusively.

== Preliminary List ==

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
!Product name
!Company
!Windows
!Mac OS X
!Linux
!Solaris
!License
!Web Site
|-
|ChinaOffice
|GoldSoft
|X
|
|X
|
|Commercial
|http://www.goldsoft.net/
|-
|Co-Create Office
|Co-Create
|
|
|X
|
|Free
|http://www.ccoss.com.cn/
|-
|KaiOffice
|KaiSource
|X
|
|
|
|Commercial
|http://www.kaisource.com/
|-
|Lycoris
|Lycoris (now Mandriva)
|
|
|X
|
|?
|http://www.lycoris.com/products/ppak/ (broken)
|-
|Magyar Office
|Sulynet Expressz
|
|
|X
|X
|Commercial
|http://www.magyaroffice.hu/
|-
|NeoOffice
|Planamesa
|
|X
|
|
|GPL
|http://neooffice.org/
|-
|NextOffice
|Well Develop
|X
|
|
|
|Commercial
|http://www.nextoffice.net/
|-
|OfficeOne
|?
|X
|
|
|
|Commercial
|http://shop.avanquest.com/france/produits/prod.php?pid=120/
|-
|OfficeTLE
|?
|X
|
|
|
|Commercial
|http://www.thaisoftware.co.th/index.php?tpid=pro:AR-0028
|-
|OpenOfficePL
|?
|X
|
|
|
|Commercial
|http://www.openoffice.com.pl/index.php?id=176
|-
|Pladao Office
|?
|X
|
|X
|X
|LGPL
|http://pladao.org/index.php?newlang=english
|-
|RedOffice
|?
|X
|
|X
|
|Commercial
|http://www.ch2000.com.cn/
|-
|StarOffice
|Sun
|X
|
|X
|X
|Commercial
|http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.jsp
|-
|SunShine Office
|CS2C
|
|
|X
|
|?
|http://www.cs2c.com.cn/
|-
|ThizOffice
|ThizTech
|X
|
|X
|
|?
|http://www.thizlinux.com.cn/
|-
|Workspace
|IBM
|X
|
|X
|
|Commercial
|http://www-142.ibm.com/software/workplace/products/product5.nsf/wdocs/workplacehome
|-
|WPS Office
|KingSoft
|X
|
|
|
|Commercial
|http://www.wps.com.cn/
|}

OOoHelpOutline

2006-04-24T14:37:46Z

Zero0w: Add Third Party Sites (to be further organized)

'''Welcome to the outline of existing OpenOffice.org user resources!'''

The OOo Help Outline has recently moved to OpenOffice.org's Wiki to help open its accessibility as much as possible to the OpenOffice.org community, so that all may help to keep it current and reliable.

See also [[Press coverage on OpenOffice.org]] for various articles, reviews and tips related to OpenOffice.org.

==Product==

===Overview===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/product/ OpenOffice.org Product Description]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/sitemap.html OpenOffice.org's Site Map]
** [http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite - Guide to New Features]

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Support Area]
**List of links to free community support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.

* [http://openoffice.start4all.com/ openoffice.org.start4all.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org at Wikipedia] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org Category])
* [http://www.oooforum.org/links.phtml OpenOffice.org Links]

Related Products
* [http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.html StarOffice Office Suite]
* [http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice Portable OpenOffice.org]

===FAQs===

* [http://user-faq.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org User FAQ Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Project FAQs]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html OpenOffice.org's General FAQs]
* [http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html The OpenOffice.org UnOfficial FAQs by Colin Charles]
* [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/ OOoAuthors.org FAQ Compilation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html Font Troubleshooting Guide]

Also from this Wiki:
* [[Font-FAQ]] (in progress)
* [[Bibliographic Hints and Tips]]
* [[VBA|MS Office VBA Macros]]

===Downloads===

* [http://download.openoffice.org/#latest OpenOffice.org Download Central]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0.1]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.1.5]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.1] (use this for Windows 95)

===Installation===

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html OpenOffice.org's Setup Guides for 1.x and 2.x]
** Good stuff: version 2.x of the Setup Guide provides extensive instructions for installation on ''many'' Linux distros and UNIXes (in addition to Windows):
*** Linux: RPM-based distro, Debian-based distro, Gentoo, Slackware
*** UNIX: Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X
** Another install guide for Debian: [http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/oo2install.shtml Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian]
** [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33125 Adding interface language to existing OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html OOo's Instructions for Installing and Setting Up OpenOffice.org 1.1.x]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's Download Central]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=1 OpenOffice.org Forum: Setup and Configuration]
* [http://www.hypermax.net.au/~settantta/ooo/default.html Alex Fisher's OpenOffice.org Introduction]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/build_faq.html Build FAQs for OpenOffice.org]

* Dictionaries: Please see [[OOoHelpOutline#Dictionaries|the Dictionaries sub-section]] for further information.
* Java issues
** [http://java.com/java/download/index.jsp Java.sun.com] - Download the [[Wikipedia:JRE|Java Runtime]] for use with OpenOffice.org (required by Base and Wizards)
** See also [[Java and OpenOffice.org]] for more information

* Linux/BSD issues
** [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM SCIM IME and OpenOffice.org]: Workaround for the gcc ABI incompatibility issue under Linux/BSD.
** [http://www.bluethingy.com/linux/rh8menu.html Editing GNOME2 Menus] for Linux/BSD users

* Mac issues: for Mac users, please see
** [[FAQ Openoffice.org and NeoOffice|FAQ:OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice]] and
** [[OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X Development pages]]

===OpenOffice.org Applications===

====Calc====

* [http://sc.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/spreadsheet/index.html Spreadsheet FAQ Index Page]
* [http://sc.openoffice.org/addin_howto.html How to add-in in OpenOffice.org Calc]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.richhillsoftware.com/ OpenOffice Calc Tips]
* [http://www.nostabo.net/openoffice.php OpenOffice.org Calc Tutorials and Resources]
* [http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/openofficecalc/ OpenOffice Calc Tutorials and Tips]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/D.html#SpreadSheet Links: Develop (targets SpreadSheet section)]
* [http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=430837 Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You in OpenOffice.org]

====Writer====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/index.html Word Processor FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ooodocs/writer_guide_en_1.0.1.zip?download OpenOffice.org Writer Guide] - for OOo 1.0.1
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/writer/index.htm Taming OpenOffice.org on Writer]
* [http://www.onlineconnections.com.au/public/openoffice/brochureprinting.html Producing a Brochure or Booklet by Kelvin]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooovidtutors.sf.net/ Ooovidtutors - OpenOffice.org video tutorials by mimooh]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide]
* [http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34 Page Numbering in OpenOffice.org (a tutorial)]

====Draw====

* OOoAuthors: [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0400MG-DrawGuide.pdf OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/drawing_graphics/index.html Drawing FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* Two-page PDF sample reference card for
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/SO8DrawCS.pdf StarOffice Draw 8.0]
** [http://www.cuesheets.com/OO2DrawCS.pdf OpenOffice.org Draw 2.0]

====Impress====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/presentation/index.html Presentation FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=4 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* TUX Magazine: [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000179 Creating a Slide Show from OOo's Built-in Templates]

====Math / Formula Editor====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html Formula Command Reference and How-to]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/formula/index.html Math FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=6 OpenOffice.org Forum Math discussion]

''OOoAuthors''
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0111GS-GettingStartedWithMath.pdf Getting Started with Math] (PDF)
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0216WG-MathObjects.pdf Math Objects: The Equation Editor] (PDF)
*: same as "Getting Started with Math" but also includes reference tables.

''Third-party add-ons for OpenOffice.org Math''
*[http://www.dmaths.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=9 Dmaths] (with [http://www.dmaths.com/dmaths/userguide/user_guide_en.html user guide]) - a Math enhancement package for OpenOffice.org licensed under GPL
*[http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ OOoLateX] - a set of OpenOffice.org macros designed to integrate LaTeX equations
** Check out the [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=36 LaTeX or OpenOffice.org Math] discussion at OOoForum for more detail.

====HTML====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]

====Base and Database ====

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Base OpenOffice.org Base information and links at Wikipedia]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Database Access Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=10 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/database/ Andrew Pitonyak's OOo Base macro document]
* [http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/OOoMySQL.pdf OpenOffice.org 1.0, ODBC, and MySQL 'How-tos' by John McCreesh]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/howto/index.html OpenOffice.org Database How-Tos]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/index.html OpenOffice.org Database Tips 'n' Tricks]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodbase.html Creating Flatfile Databases with OOo and SO 6 by Garry Knight]
* [http://ericzander.com/Publications/OO_MySQL_Tutorial/index.htm OO_MySQL_Tutorial by Eric Zander] (OOo 1.x)
* [http://kienlein.com/pages/oo.html EDV - Systeme Kienlein]
* [http://openoffice.homelinux.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=4&MMN_position=5:3 Documenation for Database and JRE]

===Advanced Features and Topics===

====Macros====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://scripting.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Scripting Home Page]
* [http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/ OpenOffice.org Extensions Wiki]
* [http://www.ooomacros.org/ OOoMacros]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=9 Macro and API OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=11 OpenOffice.org Code Snippets Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php Andrew Pitonyak's Macro Information]
* [http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html Andrew Brown's OpenOffice.org Macro Page]
* [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ Iannz OpenOffice.org Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=4818 How to use OOo with Python on Windows]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7802 OOo Off the Wall: Macros and Add-ons]
* [http://disemia.com/software/openoffice/ dis-Emi-A Software: OpenOffice]
* [http://home.nikocity.de/sysentw/FAQ/SO-FAQ_English_Version/so-faq_english_version.html SO-FAQ]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO/C++ programming (SXW and HTML formats)]

====Styles====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Look for "Introduction to Styles" under the Writer Guides]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=685429&listName=users Setting Up to Write Text Vertically]

====Templates====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/index.html User/Templates]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]

====XML====

* [http://xml.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org XML File Format]
* [http://www.w3.org/XML/ Extensible Markup Language (XML)]
* [http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/shudson310 Scotty's Engineering Log]
* [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/press.php OASIS Open Office XML Format TC]
* [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OpenOffice.org XML Essentials]
* [http://www.zvon.org/ ZVON.org - The Guide to the XML Galaxy]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ Logilab.org - XmlDiff]

==== Format Conversion ====

* For [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument|OpenDocument]] converters, please see the [[Wikipedia:List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument#Programmatic_support.2C_filters.2C_converters|List of applications supporting OpenDocument]] at Wikipedia.
* [[Firefox ODFReader extension]], still under heavy development
* [http://xml.openoffice.org/filters.html File Format Filters and Transformation]
* [http://andreas.web-graphics.com/quickguide-sxw-xhtml/ Converting OpenOffice.org documents to XHTML strict with Writer2LaTeX, by Andreas Bovens]
* [http://www.indesko.com/en/downloads/ooo2dbk ooo2dbk]: Generating DocBook XML from OpenOffice.org 1.x documents
** [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/oo2docbook.html OOo to DocBook guide] from LDP
* [http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=ooodokuwiki Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki]

====Dictionaries====

* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia]: Connect OpenOffice.org to Wikipedia for dictionary and information lookup
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://ooodi.sourceforge.net/ OOodi - OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer for Unix]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]

====Clip Art====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/gallery/index.html Gallery]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://www.openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art Library]
* [http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/public/public_domain.htm Images in the Public Domain]
* [http://earth.prohosting.com/anvils/aboutMe/intro.html OOo Xfig Clipart and Network Icons for OOoDraw by Edward Chan]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/ OpenOffice.org Art Project]
* [http://www.kfacts.com/oooart/ OOoArt]
* [http://ooo.nicubunu.ro/ Nicu's OpenOffice.org pages]
* [http://hooboo.free.fr/index.php La Mouette et OpenOffice.org]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/graphics/ OpenOffice.org Marketing Materials]

===Other Resources and Support Materials===

====General====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/ OOoDocs]
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43716 SourceForge.net: Project: OOoDocs: File List]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html OpenOffice.org's Page of Third Party Documentation]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.kaaredyret.dk/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Links by Kaaredyret.dk]
* [http://www.kargs.net/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Resource Page by Steve Karg]
* [http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/ Tutorials for OpenOffice]
* [http://www.edafe.org/openoffice/index.html edafe.org: openoffice.org (esp. pointed toward win users)]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/O.html Links: OpenSource - OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice-support.net/ Tutorials, Manuals, HowTo's and more]
* [http://ooo.chbs.dk/links/ OpenOffice.org Links]
* [http://www.ooo-portal.de/ Das deutsche OpenOffice.org Portal]
* [http://ooo.ximian.com/hackers-guide.html Unofficial OpenOffice Hacker's Guide]
* [http://ooolib.sourceforge.net/ OpenOffice.org Utility Library]
* [http://ooqstart.sourceforge.net/ Open Office QuickStarter applet]
* [http://del.icio.us/tag/openoffice del.icio.us/tag/openoffice]
* [http://www.spreadopenoffice.org/ Spread OpenOffice.org]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]

====Books====

* OpenOffice.org 2.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013148205X OpenOffice.org 2.x Resource Kit]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672328089 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows All in One]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/177729 Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/180466 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1593270720 Hacking Openoffice.org: Tips, Tricks, and Untold Secrets]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131879928 Point & Click OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.conciseconceptsinc.com/ A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.cafepress.com/getopenoffice OpenOffice.org and StarOffice Workbooks]
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/ ClueSheets] - Quick Reference Cards for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org

* OpenOffice.org 1.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131407457 OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit]
*** [http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/OpenOfficeUpdate.pdf Special Supplement to Changes in OpenOffice.org 1.1] (free PDF download)
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764542222 OpenOffice.org For Dummies]
** [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/ OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/ooo501.htm OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672326183 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org All in One]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/tinyooo.htm The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.hod-ami.co.il/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=hodami&category%5Fname=Home+and+Office&product%5Fid=59407 עיבוד תמלילים עם OpenOffice 1.x] ([http://www.hod-ami.co.il/images/bookdemo/59407.pdf Sample Chapter])

* StarOffice books, mostly suitable to OpenOffice.org users
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789728338/ref=pd_sim_books_5/104-9698914-9518356%3fv=glance&s=books Special Edition Using StarOffice 6.0]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130384739/qid=1038357106/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/103-6157785-3887854%3fv=glance&s=books&n=507846 StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite Companion]

* Linux and OpenOffice.org related books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886411867 Linux in the Workplace]
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131488724 Point & Click Linux]

* XML, OpenOffice.org Macros and Programming
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm OpenOffice.org Macros Explained]
** [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OASIS OpenDocument Essentials]

====E Learning====

* [http://training.bytebot.net/ ByteBot.net Training Materials]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2978835938.html Free online OpenOffice.org support program]
* [http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/opensource.shtml ItrainOnline: Resources for Trainers: MMTK: Open Source Software]

====Compatible Applications====

* [http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/ Content Management Framework (CMF)]
* [http://peccatte.karefil.com/software/Catalogue/CatalogueENG.htm Files Metadata Miner Software]
* [http://gramps.sourceforge.net/ Gramps]
* [http://www.icoya.com/ icoya]
* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla]
* [http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php NeoOffice/J]
* [http://www.opengroupware.org/ OpenGroupware.org]
* [http://plone.org/ Plone]
* [http://www.bezirksreiter.de/PyOpenOffice.htm PyOpenOffice]
* [http://www.scholarsaid.com/ Scholar's Aid]
* [http://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/ Writer2LaTeX]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ XmlDiff]
* [http://zope.org/ Zope]

==Web Site==

===Search===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ Search Bar in Upper Right Corner]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/search.html OOo Site Search using Google]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Mail List Archives]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archive]
* [http://search.gmane.org/ Gmane Newsgroup Search Page]

===Documentation===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/servlets/HelpTOC OpenOffice.org's Web Site Help TOC]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/documentation.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Overview - Links, Information, Resources]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users Browse the Users List]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]
* [http://development.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.htm Developer's Guide]
* [http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html Python-UNO bridge]

===Issue Tracker===

* [http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html OpenOffice.org's Bugs and Issues Info]
* [http://qa.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's QA Project]
* [http://www.kegel.com/openoffice/triage.html OpenOffice.org Issues by Dan Kegel]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Query Page for Existing Issue Reports]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]

===Community===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Marketing Project]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html A list of folks who have filed OOo copyright assignments]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html A list fo folks who have contributed to OOo]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists: Browse, Search or Subscribe]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net#openoffice.org

===Projects===

* [http://projects.openoffice.org/index.html Project Descriptions, Leaders, and Links to Project Pages]

===Native Languages===

* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/all_supported_languages.html l10n - All Supported Languages]
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/languages.html Localization Contact Table]
* [http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ Native Language Confederation]

=== Third Party Sites ===

* [http://oooauthors.org/ OOoAuthors] for community contributions   on [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/ User Guide] and [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/faqfolder_view FAQ] authoring
* [http://www.digitaldistribution.com/about/lessons/ OpenOffice.org 2.0 lessons in Flash format]
* [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 OpenOffice.org training videos in Flash]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras: Extras for OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/ Taming OpenOffice.org]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Tips, Tricks and Ideas]
* [http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ OpenOffice.org Knowledgebase]
* [http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ What is OpenOffice.org?]
* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia-Plugin]
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/ooo/ GNOME/OpenOffice.org]
* [http://kde.openoffice.org/ KDE Integration Project]

===Developer support===

* [http://development.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://planet.go-oo.org/ Planet OpenOffice.org - Developer News]
* [http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/doku.php OpenOffice.org Extensions Wiki]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO automation (in C++)]

Autopackage distribution

2006-04-22T05:08:55Z

Zero0w: /* OpenOffice.org in autopackage format discussion */

[[Wikipedia:Autopackage|Autopackage]] is a new package management system intended to be usable across multiple Linux distributions. Unlike traditional package formats such as [[Wikipedia:RPM_Package_Manager|RPM]] and [[Wikipedia:Deb (file_format)|DEB]], autopackage checks for the presence of dependencies ''on the actual system files'', rather than querying a database of package information.

This reduces compatibility issues with different package naming conventions, relaxes package version dependency and allows users to install the application without worrying about what package format is being used on their Linux distributions.

The '''Linux version of OpenOffice.org''' released [http://www.openoffice.org/ by the Offical OOo homepage], as a third-party binary (when viewed from the point of view of Linux vendors) for download with frequent updates, highly matches the software delivery requirement being served and addressed by autopackage.

By providing OpenOffice.org in autopackage format, it will go a long way to simplify the Linux installation process without end users needing to consult [http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html the OpenOffice.org 2.x Setup guide] (for setup procedures on various Linux distros out there).

It will also provide the foundation for incremental update mechanism similiar to the auto-updater implemented in Firefox 1.5.

== OpenOffice.org in autopackage format discussion ==

=== Issue reported ===
* [http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46333 Issue 46333]: Native Linux install package using autopackage
* [http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58158 Issue 58158]: Small Patch Update system[http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=132194], is now practical to implement under Linux using autopackage

=== Preparation phrase ===

# Find out the dependency information
# Prepare the autopackage script
# Repackage the official binary in autopackage format
# Testing and feedback

Optional (to do later)
* Check the compilation environment
* Compiling a different build if necessary

== Autopackage information for users and developers ==

To see how easy it is to install software in autopackage format, check out this how-to page:
* [http://www.autopackage.org/docs/howto-install/ Install Linux autopackages in 4 easy steps]

=== General information ===

* [http://www.autopackage.org/ Autopackage Official page]
* [http://www.autopackage.org/faq.html Autopackage FAQ]

=== Developer documenation ===

* [http://www.autopackage.org/docs.html Packagers Documentation] With quickstart, tutorials, packager guides, API documentation and many other resources
* [http://www.autopackage.org/download-tools.html Developer Tools]
* [http://plan99.net/autopackage/ Autopackage Wiki]
* [http://planet.autopackage.org/ Planet Autopackge]: Developers' blog

== Related articles ==

* [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10155 Autopackage 1.0, the now and the next]
* [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/22/2021228 Autopackage: Toward a universal package manager for the desktop]
* [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=97504 Ubuntu Forum]: 35 pages long (wow!) discussion of the autopackage format and its integration with Ubuntu Dapper Drake

[[Category:User Experience]]
[[Category:Development]]

OOoHelpOutline

2006-04-21T12:53:53Z

Zero0w: /* Math / Formula Editor */

'''Welcome to the outline of existing OpenOffice.org user resources!'''

The OOo Help Outline has recently moved to OpenOffice.org's Wiki to help open its accessibility as much as possible to the OpenOffice.org community, so that all may help to keep it current and reliable.

See also [[Press coverage on OpenOffice.org]] for various articles, reviews and tips related to OpenOffice.org.

==Product==

===Overview===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/product/ OpenOffice.org Product Description]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/sitemap.html OpenOffice.org's Site Map]
** [http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite - Guide to New Features]

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Support Area]
**List of links to free community support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.

* [http://openoffice.start4all.com/ openoffice.org.start4all.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org at Wikipedia] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org Category])
* [http://www.oooforum.org/links.phtml OpenOffice.org Links]

Related Products
* [http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.html StarOffice Office Suite]
* [http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice Portable OpenOffice.org]

===FAQs===

* [http://user-faq.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org User FAQ Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Project FAQs]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html OpenOffice.org's General FAQs]
* [http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html The OpenOffice.org UnOfficial FAQs by Colin Charles]
* [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/ OOoAuthors.org FAQ Compilation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html Font Troubleshooting Guide]

Also from this Wiki:
* [[Font-FAQ]] (in progress)
* [[Bibliographic Hints and Tips]]
* [[VBA|MS Office VBA Macros]]

===Downloads===

* [http://download.openoffice.org/#latest OpenOffice.org Download Central]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0.1]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.1.5]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.1] (use this for Windows 95)

===Installation===

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html OpenOffice.org's Setup Guides for 1.x and 2.x]
** Good stuff: version 2.x of the Setup Guide provides extensive instructions for installation on ''many'' Linux distros and UNIXes (in addition to Windows):
*** Linux: RPM-based distro, Debian-based distro, Gentoo, Slackware
*** UNIX: Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X
** Another install guide for Debian: [http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/oo2install.shtml Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian]
** [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33125 Adding interface language to existing OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html OOo's Instructions for Installing and Setting Up OpenOffice.org 1.1.x]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's Download Central]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=1 OpenOffice.org Forum: Setup and Configuration]
* [http://www.hypermax.net.au/~settantta/ooo/default.html Alex Fisher's OpenOffice.org Introduction]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/build_faq.html Build FAQs for OpenOffice.org]

* Dictionaries: Please see [[OOoHelpOutline#Dictionaries|the Dictionaries sub-section]] for further information.
* Java issues
** [http://java.com/java/download/index.jsp Java.sun.com] - Download the [[Wikipedia:JRE|Java Runtime]] for use with OpenOffice.org (required by Base and Wizards)
** See also [[Java and OpenOffice.org]] for more information

* Linux/BSD issues
** [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM SCIM IME and OpenOffice.org]: Workaround for the gcc ABI incompatibility issue under Linux/BSD.
** [http://www.bluethingy.com/linux/rh8menu.html Editing GNOME2 Menus] for Linux/BSD users

* Mac issues: for Mac users, please see
** [[FAQ Openoffice.org and NeoOffice|FAQ:OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice]] and
** [[OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X Development pages]]

===OpenOffice.org Applications===

====Calc====

* [http://sc.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/spreadsheet/index.html Spreadsheet FAQ Index Page]
* [http://sc.openoffice.org/addin_howto.html How to add-in in OpenOffice.org Calc]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.richhillsoftware.com/ OpenOffice Calc Tips]
* [http://www.nostabo.net/openoffice.php OpenOffice.org Calc Tutorials and Resources]
* [http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/openofficecalc/ OpenOffice Calc Tutorials and Tips]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/D.html#SpreadSheet Links: Develop (targets SpreadSheet section)]
* [http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=430837 Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You in OpenOffice.org]

====Writer====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/index.html Word Processor FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ooodocs/writer_guide_en_1.0.1.zip?download OpenOffice.org Writer Guide] - for OOo 1.0.1
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/writer/index.htm Taming OpenOffice.org on Writer]
* [http://www.onlineconnections.com.au/public/openoffice/brochureprinting.html Producing a Brochure or Booklet by Kelvin]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooovidtutors.sf.net/ Ooovidtutors - OpenOffice.org video tutorials by mimooh]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide]
* [http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34 Page Numbering in OpenOffice.org (a tutorial)]

====Draw====

* OOoAuthors: [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0400MG-DrawGuide.pdf OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/drawing_graphics/index.html Drawing FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* Two-page PDF sample reference card for
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/SO8DrawCS.pdf StarOffice Draw 8.0]
** [http://www.cuesheets.com/OO2DrawCS.pdf OpenOffice.org Draw 2.0]

====Impress====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/presentation/index.html Presentation FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=4 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* TUX Magazine: [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000179 Creating a Slide Show from OOo's Built-in Templates]

====Math / Formula Editor====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html Formula Command Reference and How-to]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/formula/index.html Math FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=6 OpenOffice.org Forum Math discussion]

''OOoAuthors''
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0111GS-GettingStartedWithMath.pdf Getting Started with Math] (PDF)
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0216WG-MathObjects.pdf Math Objects: The Equation Editor] (PDF)
*: same as "Getting Started with Math" but also includes reference tables.

''Third-party add-ons for OpenOffice.org Math''
*[http://www.dmaths.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=9 Dmaths] (with [http://www.dmaths.com/dmaths/userguide/user_guide_en.html user guide]) - a Math enhancement package for OpenOffice.org licensed under GPL
*[http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ OOoLateX] - a set of OpenOffice.org macros designed to integrate LaTeX equations
** Check out the [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=36 LaTeX or OpenOffice.org Math] discussion at OOoForum for more detail.

====HTML====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]

====Base and Database ====

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Base OpenOffice.org Base information and links at Wikipedia]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Database Access Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=10 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/database/ Andrew Pitonyak's OOo Base macro document]
* [http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/OOoMySQL.pdf OpenOffice.org 1.0, ODBC, and MySQL 'How-tos' by John McCreesh]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/howto/index.html OpenOffice.org Database How-Tos]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/index.html OpenOffice.org Database Tips 'n' Tricks]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodbase.html Creating Flatfile Databases with OOo and SO 6 by Garry Knight]
* [http://ericzander.com/Publications/OO_MySQL_Tutorial/index.htm OO_MySQL_Tutorial by Eric Zander] (OOo 1.x)
* [http://kienlein.com/pages/oo.html EDV - Systeme Kienlein]
* [http://openoffice.homelinux.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=4&MMN_position=5:3 Documenation for Database and JRE]

===Advanced Features and Topics===

====Macros====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://scripting.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Scripting Home Page]
* [http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/ OpenOffice.org Extensions Wiki]
* [http://www.ooomacros.org/ OOoMacros]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=9 Macro and API OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=11 OpenOffice.org Code Snippets Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php Andrew Pitonyak's Macro Information]
* [http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html Andrew Brown's OpenOffice.org Macro Page]
* [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ Iannz OpenOffice.org Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=4818 How to use OOo with Python on Windows]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7802 OOo Off the Wall: Macros and Add-ons]
* [http://disemia.com/software/openoffice/ dis-Emi-A Software: OpenOffice]
* [http://home.nikocity.de/sysentw/FAQ/SO-FAQ_English_Version/so-faq_english_version.html SO-FAQ]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO/C++ programming (SXW and HTML formats)]

====Styles====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Look for "Introduction to Styles" under the Writer Guides]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=685429&listName=users Setting Up to Write Text Vertically]

====Templates====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/index.html User/Templates]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]

====XML====

* [http://xml.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org XML File Format]
* [http://www.w3.org/XML/ Extensible Markup Language (XML)]
* [http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/shudson310 Scotty's Engineering Log]
* [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/press.php OASIS Open Office XML Format TC]
* [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OpenOffice.org XML Essentials]
* [http://www.zvon.org/ ZVON.org - The Guide to the XML Galaxy]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ Logilab.org - XmlDiff]

==== Format Conversion ====

* For [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument|OpenDocument]] converters, please see the [[Wikipedia:List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument#Programmatic_support.2C_filters.2C_converters|List of applications supporting OpenDocument]] at Wikipedia.
* [[Firefox ODFReader extension]], still under heavy development
* [http://xml.openoffice.org/filters.html File Format Filters and Transformation]
* [http://andreas.web-graphics.com/quickguide-sxw-xhtml/ Converting OpenOffice.org documents to XHTML strict with Writer2LaTeX, by Andreas Bovens]
* [http://www.indesko.com/en/downloads/ooo2dbk ooo2dbk]: Generating DocBook XML from OpenOffice.org 1.x documents
** [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/oo2docbook.html OOo to DocBook guide] from LDP
* [http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=ooodokuwiki Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki]

====Dictionaries====

* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia]: Connect OpenOffice.org to Wikipedia for dictionary and information lookup
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://ooodi.sourceforge.net/ OOodi - OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer for Unix]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]

====Clip Art====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/gallery/index.html Gallery]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://www.openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art Library]
* [http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/public/public_domain.htm Images in the Public Domain]
* [http://earth.prohosting.com/anvils/aboutMe/intro.html OOo Xfig Clipart and Network Icons for OOoDraw by Edward Chan]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/ OpenOffice.org Art Project]
* [http://www.kfacts.com/oooart/ OOoArt]
* [http://ooo.nicubunu.ro/ Nicu's OpenOffice.org pages]
* [http://hooboo.free.fr/index.php La Mouette et OpenOffice.org]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/graphics/ OpenOffice.org Marketing Materials]

===Other Resources and Support Materials===

====General====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/ OOoDocs]
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43716 SourceForge.net: Project: OOoDocs: File List]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html OpenOffice.org's Page of Third Party Documentation]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.kaaredyret.dk/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Links by Kaaredyret.dk]
* [http://www.kargs.net/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Resource Page by Steve Karg]
* [http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/ Tutorials for OpenOffice]
* [http://www.edafe.org/openoffice/index.html edafe.org: openoffice.org (esp. pointed toward win users)]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/O.html Links: OpenSource - OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice-support.net/ Tutorials, Manuals, HowTo's and more]
* [http://ooo.chbs.dk/links/ OpenOffice.org Links]
* [http://www.ooo-portal.de/ Das deutsche OpenOffice.org Portal]
* [http://ooo.ximian.com/hackers-guide.html Unofficial OpenOffice Hacker's Guide]
* [http://ooolib.sourceforge.net/ OpenOffice.org Utility Library]
* [http://ooqstart.sourceforge.net/ Open Office QuickStarter applet]
* [http://del.icio.us/tag/openoffice del.icio.us/tag/openoffice]
* [http://www.spreadopenoffice.org/ Spread OpenOffice.org]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]

====Books====

* OpenOffice.org 2.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013148205X OpenOffice.org 2.x Resource Kit]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672328089 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows All in One]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/177729 Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/180466 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1593270720 Hacking Openoffice.org: Tips, Tricks, and Untold Secrets]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131879928 Point & Click OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.conciseconceptsinc.com/ A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.cafepress.com/getopenoffice OpenOffice.org and StarOffice Workbooks]
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/ ClueSheets] - Quick Reference Cards for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org

* OpenOffice.org 1.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131407457 OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit]
*** [http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/OpenOfficeUpdate.pdf Special Supplement to Changes in OpenOffice.org 1.1] (free PDF download)
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764542222 OpenOffice.org For Dummies]
** [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/ OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/ooo501.htm OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672326183 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org All in One]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/tinyooo.htm The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.hod-ami.co.il/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=hodami&category%5Fname=Home+and+Office&product%5Fid=59407 עיבוד תמלילים עם OpenOffice 1.x] ([http://www.hod-ami.co.il/images/bookdemo/59407.pdf Sample Chapter])

* StarOffice books, mostly suitable to OpenOffice.org users
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789728338/ref=pd_sim_books_5/104-9698914-9518356%3fv=glance&s=books Special Edition Using StarOffice 6.0]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130384739/qid=1038357106/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/103-6157785-3887854%3fv=glance&s=books&n=507846 StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite Companion]

* Linux and OpenOffice.org related books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886411867 Linux in the Workplace]
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131488724 Point & Click Linux]

* XML, OpenOffice.org Macros and Programming
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm OpenOffice.org Macros Explained]
** [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OASIS OpenDocument Essentials]

====E Learning====

* [http://training.bytebot.net/ ByteBot.net Training Materials]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2978835938.html Free online OpenOffice.org support program]
* [http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/opensource.shtml ItrainOnline: Resources for Trainers: MMTK: Open Source Software]

====Compatible Applications====

* [http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/ Content Management Framework (CMF)]
* [http://peccatte.karefil.com/software/Catalogue/CatalogueENG.htm Files Metadata Miner Software]
* [http://gramps.sourceforge.net/ Gramps]
* [http://www.icoya.com/ icoya]
* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla]
* [http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php NeoOffice/J]
* [http://www.opengroupware.org/ OpenGroupware.org]
* [http://plone.org/ Plone]
* [http://www.bezirksreiter.de/PyOpenOffice.htm PyOpenOffice]
* [http://www.scholarsaid.com/ Scholar's Aid]
* [http://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/ Writer2LaTeX]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ XmlDiff]
* [http://zope.org/ Zope]

==Web Site==

===Search===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ Search Bar in Upper Right Corner]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/search.html OOo Site Search using Google]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Mail List Archives]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archive]
* [http://search.gmane.org/ Gmane Newsgroup Search Page]

===Documentation===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/servlets/HelpTOC OpenOffice.org's Web Site Help TOC]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/documentation.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Overview - Links, Information, Resources]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users Browse the Users List]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]
* [http://development.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.htm Developer's Guide]
* [http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html Python-UNO bridge]

===Issue Tracker===

* [http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html OpenOffice.org's Bugs and Issues Info]
* [http://qa.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's QA Project]
* [http://www.kegel.com/openoffice/triage.html OpenOffice.org Issues by Dan Kegel]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Query Page for Existing Issue Reports]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]

===Community===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Marketing Project]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html A list of folks who have filed OOo copyright assignments]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html A list fo folks who have contributed to OOo]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists: Browse, Search or Subscribe]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net#openoffice.org

===Projects===

* [http://projects.openoffice.org/index.html Project Descriptions, Leaders, and Links to Project Pages]

===Native Languages===

* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/all_supported_languages.html l10n - All Supported Languages]
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/languages.html Localization Contact Table]
* [http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ Native Language Confederation]

OOoHelpOutline

2006-04-21T12:52:17Z

Zero0w: /* Draw */

'''Welcome to the outline of existing OpenOffice.org user resources!'''

The OOo Help Outline has recently moved to OpenOffice.org's Wiki to help open its accessibility as much as possible to the OpenOffice.org community, so that all may help to keep it current and reliable.

See also [[Press coverage on OpenOffice.org]] for various articles, reviews and tips related to OpenOffice.org.

==Product==

===Overview===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/product/ OpenOffice.org Product Description]
** [http://www.openoffice.org/sitemap.html OpenOffice.org's Site Map]
** [http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite - Guide to New Features]

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Support Area]
**List of links to free community support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.

* [http://openoffice.start4all.com/ openoffice.org.start4all.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org at Wikipedia] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org Category])
* [http://www.oooforum.org/links.phtml OpenOffice.org Links]

Related Products
* [http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.html StarOffice Office Suite]
* [http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice Portable OpenOffice.org]

===FAQs===

* [http://user-faq.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org User FAQ Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Project FAQs]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html OpenOffice.org's General FAQs]
* [http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html The OpenOffice.org UnOfficial FAQs by Colin Charles]
* [http://oooauthors.org/en/FAQs/ OOoAuthors.org FAQ Compilation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html Font Troubleshooting Guide]

Also from this Wiki:
* [[Font-FAQ]] (in progress)
* [[Bibliographic Hints and Tips]]
* [[VBA|MS Office VBA Macros]]

===Downloads===

* [http://download.openoffice.org/#latest OpenOffice.org Download Central]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0.1]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.1.5]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.1] (use this for Windows 95)

===Installation===

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html OpenOffice.org's Setup Guides for 1.x and 2.x]
** Good stuff: version 2.x of the Setup Guide provides extensive instructions for installation on ''many'' Linux distros and UNIXes (in addition to Windows):
*** Linux: RPM-based distro, Debian-based distro, Gentoo, Slackware
*** UNIX: Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X
** Another install guide for Debian: [http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/oo2install.shtml Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian]
** [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33125 Adding interface language to existing OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html OOo's Instructions for Installing and Setting Up OpenOffice.org 1.1.x]
* [http://download.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's Download Central]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=1 OpenOffice.org Forum: Setup and Configuration]
* [http://www.hypermax.net.au/~settantta/ooo/default.html Alex Fisher's OpenOffice.org Introduction]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/build_faq.html Build FAQs for OpenOffice.org]

* Dictionaries: Please see [[OOoHelpOutline#Dictionaries|the Dictionaries sub-section]] for further information.
* Java issues
** [http://java.com/java/download/index.jsp Java.sun.com] - Download the [[Wikipedia:JRE|Java Runtime]] for use with OpenOffice.org (required by Base and Wizards)
** See also [[Java and OpenOffice.org]] for more information

* Linux/BSD issues
** [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM SCIM IME and OpenOffice.org]: Workaround for the gcc ABI incompatibility issue under Linux/BSD.
** [http://www.bluethingy.com/linux/rh8menu.html Editing GNOME2 Menus] for Linux/BSD users

* Mac issues: for Mac users, please see
** [[FAQ Openoffice.org and NeoOffice|FAQ:OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice]] and
** [[OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X Development pages]]

===OpenOffice.org Applications===

====Calc====

* [http://sc.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/spreadsheet/index.html Spreadsheet FAQ Index Page]
* [http://sc.openoffice.org/addin_howto.html How to add-in in OpenOffice.org Calc]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.richhillsoftware.com/ OpenOffice Calc Tips]
* [http://www.nostabo.net/openoffice.php OpenOffice.org Calc Tutorials and Resources]
* [http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/openofficecalc/ OpenOffice Calc Tutorials and Tips]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/D.html#SpreadSheet Links: Develop (targets SpreadSheet section)]
* [http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=430837 Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You in OpenOffice.org]

====Writer====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Graphics applications – Charts]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/index.html Word Processor FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ooodocs/writer_guide_en_1.0.1.zip?download OpenOffice.org Writer Guide] - for OOo 1.0.1
* [http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/writer/index.htm Taming OpenOffice.org on Writer]
* [http://www.onlineconnections.com.au/public/openoffice/brochureprinting.html Producing a Brochure or Booklet by Kelvin]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooovidtutors.sf.net/ Ooovidtutors - OpenOffice.org video tutorials by mimooh]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide]
* [http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34 Page Numbering in OpenOffice.org (a tutorial)]

====Draw====

* OOoAuthors: [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0400MG-DrawGuide.pdf OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw Guide]
* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/drawing_graphics/index.html Drawing FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* Two-page PDF sample reference card for
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/SO8DrawCS.pdf StarOffice Draw 8.0]
** [http://www.cuesheets.com/OO2DrawCS.pdf OpenOffice.org Draw 2.0]

====Impress====

* [http://graphics.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Graphics Applications Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/presentation/index.html Presentation FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=4 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* TUX Magazine: [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000179 Creating a Slide Show from OOo's Built-in Templates]

====Math / Formula Editor====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html Formula Command Reference and How-to]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/formula/index.html Math FAQ Index Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=6 OpenOffice.org Forum Math discussion]

OOoAuthors
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0111GS-GettingStartedWithMath.pdf Getting Started with Math] (PDF)
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0216WG-MathObjects.pdf Math Objects: The Equation Editor] (PDF)   same as "Getting Started with Math" but also includes reference tables.

Third-party add-ons for OpenOffice.org Math
*[http://www.dmaths.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=9 Dmaths] (with [http://www.dmaths.com/dmaths/userguide/user_guide_en.html user guide]) - a Math enhancement package for OpenOffice.org licensed under GPL
*[http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ OOoLateX] - a set of OpenOffice.org macros designed to integrate LaTeX equations
** Check out the [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=36 LaTeX or OpenOffice.org Math] discussion at OOoForum for more detail.

====HTML====

* [http://sw.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Word Processing Project]

====Base and Database ====

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Base OpenOffice.org Base information and links at Wikipedia]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Database Access Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=10 OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/database/ Andrew Pitonyak's OOo Base macro document]
* [http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/OOoMySQL.pdf OpenOffice.org 1.0, ODBC, and MySQL 'How-tos' by John McCreesh]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/howto/index.html OpenOffice.org Database How-Tos]
* [http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/index.html OpenOffice.org Database Tips 'n' Tricks]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodbase.html Creating Flatfile Databases with OOo and SO 6 by Garry Knight]
* [http://ericzander.com/Publications/OO_MySQL_Tutorial/index.htm OO_MySQL_Tutorial by Eric Zander] (OOo 1.x)
* [http://kienlein.com/pages/oo.html EDV - Systeme Kienlein]
* [http://openoffice.homelinux.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=4&MMN_position=5:3 Documenation for Database and JRE]

===Advanced Features and Topics===

====Macros====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html OpenOffice.org's How-To Documents]
* [http://scripting.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Scripting Home Page]
* [http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/ OpenOffice.org Extensions Wiki]
* [http://www.ooomacros.org/ OOoMacros]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=9 Macro and API OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewforum.phtml?f=11 OpenOffice.org Code Snippets Forum]
* [http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php Andrew Pitonyak's Macro Information]
* [http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html Andrew Brown's OpenOffice.org Macro Page]
* [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ Iannz OpenOffice.org Page]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=4818 How to use OOo with Python on Windows]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7802 OOo Off the Wall: Macros and Add-ons]
* [http://disemia.com/software/openoffice/ dis-Emi-A Software: OpenOffice]
* [http://home.nikocity.de/sysentw/FAQ/SO-FAQ_English_Version/so-faq_english_version.html SO-FAQ]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moutou/index.html#OOoDoclink UNO/C++ programming (SXW and HTML formats)]

====Styles====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Look for "Introduction to Styles" under the Writer Guides]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=685429&listName=users Setting Up to Write Text Vertically]

====Templates====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/index.html User/Templates]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/modules.php%3fop=modload&name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Templates and Macros from OOoDocs.org]

====XML====

* [http://xml.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org XML File Format]
* [http://www.w3.org/XML/ Extensible Markup Language (XML)]
* [http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/shudson310 Scotty's Engineering Log]
* [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/press.php OASIS Open Office XML Format TC]
* [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OpenOffice.org XML Essentials]
* [http://www.zvon.org/ ZVON.org - The Guide to the XML Galaxy]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ Logilab.org - XmlDiff]

==== Format Conversion ====

* For [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument|OpenDocument]] converters, please see the [[Wikipedia:List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument#Programmatic_support.2C_filters.2C_converters|List of applications supporting OpenDocument]] at Wikipedia.
* [[Firefox ODFReader extension]], still under heavy development
* [http://xml.openoffice.org/filters.html File Format Filters and Transformation]
* [http://andreas.web-graphics.com/quickguide-sxw-xhtml/ Converting OpenOffice.org documents to XHTML strict with Writer2LaTeX, by Andreas Bovens]
* [http://www.indesko.com/en/downloads/ooo2dbk ooo2dbk]: Generating DocBook XML from OpenOffice.org 1.x documents
** [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/oo2docbook.html OOo to DocBook guide] from LDP
* [http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=ooodokuwiki Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki]

====Dictionaries====

* [http://oooconv.free.fr/wikipedia/wikipedia_en.html OOoWikipedia]: Connect OpenOffice.org to Wikipedia for dictionary and information lookup
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://ooodi.sourceforge.net/ OOodi - OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer for Unix]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]

====Clip Art====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/gallery/index.html Gallery]
* [http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ OOExtras]
* [http://www.openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art Library]
* [http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/public/public_domain.htm Images in the Public Domain]
* [http://earth.prohosting.com/anvils/aboutMe/intro.html OOo Xfig Clipart and Network Icons for OOoDraw by Edward Chan]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/ OpenOffice.org Art Project]
* [http://www.kfacts.com/oooart/ OOoArt]
* [http://ooo.nicubunu.ro/ Nicu's OpenOffice.org pages]
* [http://hooboo.free.fr/index.php La Mouette et OpenOffice.org]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/graphics/ OpenOffice.org Marketing Materials]

===Other Resources and Support Materials===

====General====

* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html OpenOffice.org User Guide]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/ OOoDocs]
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43716 SourceForge.net: Project: OOoDocs: File List]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html OpenOffice.org's Page of Third Party Documentation]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://www.oooforum.org/ OpenOffice.org Forum]
* [http://www.kaaredyret.dk/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Links by Kaaredyret.dk]
* [http://www.kargs.net/openoffice.html OpenOffice.org Resource Page by Steve Karg]
* [http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/ Tutorials for OpenOffice]
* [http://www.edafe.org/openoffice/index.html edafe.org: openoffice.org (esp. pointed toward win users)]
* [http://www.erack.de/bookmarks/O.html Links: OpenSource - OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.openoffice-support.net/ Tutorials, Manuals, HowTo's and more]
* [http://ooo.chbs.dk/links/ OpenOffice.org Links]
* [http://www.ooo-portal.de/ Das deutsche OpenOffice.org Portal]
* [http://ooo.ximian.com/hackers-guide.html Unofficial OpenOffice Hacker's Guide]
* [http://ooolib.sourceforge.net/ OpenOffice.org Utility Library]
* [http://ooqstart.sourceforge.net/ Open Office QuickStarter applet]
* [http://del.icio.us/tag/openoffice del.icio.us/tag/openoffice]
* [http://www.spreadopenoffice.org/ Spread OpenOffice.org]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]

====Books====

* OpenOffice.org 2.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013148205X OpenOffice.org 2.x Resource Kit]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672328089 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows All in One]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/177729 Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.lulu.com/content/180466 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Guide]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1593270720 Hacking Openoffice.org: Tips, Tricks, and Untold Secrets]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131879928 Point & Click OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.conciseconceptsinc.com/ A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2.0]
** [http://www.cafepress.com/getopenoffice OpenOffice.org and StarOffice Workbooks]
** [http://www.cluesheets.com/ ClueSheets] - Quick Reference Cards for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org

* OpenOffice.org 1.x books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131407457 OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit]
*** [http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/OpenOfficeUpdate.pdf Special Supplement to Changes in OpenOffice.org 1.1] (free PDF download)
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764542222 OpenOffice.org For Dummies]
** [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/ OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/ooo501.htm OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672326183 Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org All in One]
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/tinyooo.htm The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.hod-ami.co.il/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=hodami&category%5Fname=Home+and+Office&product%5Fid=59407 עיבוד תמלילים עם OpenOffice 1.x] ([http://www.hod-ami.co.il/images/bookdemo/59407.pdf Sample Chapter])

* StarOffice books, mostly suitable to OpenOffice.org users
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789728338/ref=pd_sim_books_5/104-9698914-9518356%3fv=glance&s=books Special Edition Using StarOffice 6.0]
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130384739/qid=1038357106/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/103-6157785-3887854%3fv=glance&s=books&n=507846 StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite Companion]

* Linux and OpenOffice.org related books
** [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886411867 Linux in the Workplace]
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131488724 Point & Click Linux]

* XML, OpenOffice.org Macros and Programming
** [http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm OpenOffice.org Macros Explained]
** [http://books.evc-cit.info/ OASIS OpenDocument Essentials]

====E Learning====

* [http://training.bytebot.net/ ByteBot.net Training Materials]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2978835938.html Free online OpenOffice.org support program]
* [http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/opensource.shtml ItrainOnline: Resources for Trainers: MMTK: Open Source Software]

====Compatible Applications====

* [http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/ Content Management Framework (CMF)]
* [http://peccatte.karefil.com/software/Catalogue/CatalogueENG.htm Files Metadata Miner Software]
* [http://gramps.sourceforge.net/ Gramps]
* [http://www.icoya.com/ icoya]
* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla]
* [http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php NeoOffice/J]
* [http://www.opengroupware.org/ OpenGroupware.org]
* [http://plone.org/ Plone]
* [http://www.bezirksreiter.de/PyOpenOffice.htm PyOpenOffice]
* [http://www.scholarsaid.com/ Scholar's Aid]
* [http://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/ Writer2LaTeX]
* [http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ XmlDiff]
* [http://zope.org/ Zope]

==Web Site==

===Search===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ Search Bar in Upper Right Corner]
* [http://support.openoffice.org/search.html OOo Site Search using Google]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Mail List Archives]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archive]
* [http://search.gmane.org/ Gmane Newsgroup Search Page]

===Documentation===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/servlets/HelpTOC OpenOffice.org's Web Site Help TOC]
* [http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Documentation Project]
* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/documentation.html OpenOffice.org Documentation Overview - Links, Information, Resources]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users Browse the Users List]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]
* [http://development.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org for Developers]
* [http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.htm Developer's Guide]
* [http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html Python-UNO bridge]

===Issue Tracker===

* [http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html OpenOffice.org's Bugs and Issues Info]
* [http://qa.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org's QA Project]
* [http://www.kegel.com/openoffice/triage.html OpenOffice.org Issues by Dan Kegel]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Query Page for Existing Issue Reports]
* [http://darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/quickbugs.html Simplified Bug Finder by Andrew Brown]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users Search the Users List Archives]

===Community===

* [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org's Home Page]
* [http://marketing.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice.org Marketing Project]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html A list of folks who have filed OOo copyright assignments]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html A list fo folks who have contributed to OOo]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html OpenOffice.org's Mail Lists: Browse, Search or Subscribe]
* [http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/query.cgi Issue Tracker Query Page]
* IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net#openoffice.org

===Projects===

* [http://projects.openoffice.org/index.html Project Descriptions, Leaders, and Links to Project Pages]

===Native Languages===

* [http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html Spelling, Hyphenation, and Thesaurus Dictionaries: Download / Installation]
* [http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/dictinstall/index.html OpenOffice.org Dictionary Installer] (older tool for older versions of OOo)
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/all_supported_languages.html l10n - All Supported Languages]
* [http://l10n.openoffice.org/languages.html Localization Contact Table]
* [http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ Native Language Confederation]

Press coverage on OpenOffice.org

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For news report on major deployment of OpenOffice.org inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].

'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on OpenOffice.org in this page.

==2006==

* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging vnunet.com]
* The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1173108,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — [http://dot.kde.org/1142179297/ KDE.News]
* Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1171394,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8171250759.html DesktopLinux.com]
* 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6194/1/ LinuxPlanet]
* OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000183 TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006]
* How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1169832,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219 Linux.com]
* Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167989,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167994,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167894,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1167896,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — [http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000178 TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006]
* Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/2022227 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006]
* Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1511255 Newsforge.com]
* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1654239 Newsforge.com]
* Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1162261,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]

==2005==
* "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10539037/ MSNBC.com]
* OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151013,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1151015,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1149900,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148271,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1148277,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18 Linux Format Interview archive]
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/176/41/ The Jem Report]
* Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135474,00.html Part 1] and [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1135488,00.html Part 2], SearchOpenSource.com

* '''MadPenguin interview series''' over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5297 Part 1]: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5304 Part 2]: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
** [http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=5370 Part 3]: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons

* '''Improving OpenOffice.org''': articles by Jono Bacon at [http://www.oreillynet.com Oreilly Network]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7834 Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8136 Mozillarization of OpenOffice.org]
** [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8266 All hail the speed demons] — covering hackers' effort on improving OOo performance

* Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1131010,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
* An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1840248 Newsforge.com]
* Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8550 Part 1] and [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8608 Part 2], Linux Journal
* Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/152212 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/2038242 Newsforge.com]
* Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1834257 Newsforge.com]
* OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/14/2137222 Newsforge.com]
* FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/1538249 Newsforge.com]

==2004==
* Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1622209 Newsforge.com]
* Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1544200 Newsforge.com]
* Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/write_letterhead.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Excerpt from the book ''OpenOffice.org Macros Explained'', by Andrew Pitonyak
** Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1450239 Newsforge.com]
** OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/14/1452253 Newsforge.com]
* Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9455/ur0412i/ Unix Review]
* OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1323239 Newsforge.com]
* Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207 Newsforge.com]
* Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1899 Jean Weber] — [http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/24/openofficewriter.html WindowsDevCenter.com]
* Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8225 OSNews.com]
* Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7158 Linux Journal]

== Blogs on OpenOffice.org ==
* [http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/preparing_the_2007_battles Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles] — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html ODF in Firefox] — Gervase Markham, a new extension for reading ODF document inside Firefox
*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/] and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1888] extension database.
* [http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html Google Supports OpenOffice, But Not (Yet) ODF] — Stephen O'Grady, Google has started to support reading *.SXW (OpenOffice.org 1.x file format) by converting it to HTML and hence viewable by most web browsers out there. Similar support is also provided for G-Mail users to view SXW document attachment[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en].

== Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org ==

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: '''Some suggestions''' 
:: In order to create a ''one-stop central location'' for finding news, articles and reviews on OpenOffice.org, I recommend that links to relevant articles on OpenOffice.org from the following news source (and possibly other source) to be archived and re-posted on this Wiki page. What do you think? Feel free to speak up your mind in the [[Talk:Press_coverage_on_OpenOffice.org|Talk page]]. Your input is truly appreciated.--[[User:Zero0w|Wily Yuen]] Feb 14, 2006
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* Newsforge: [http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=93 Office Software newsfeed]
* LinuxJournal: [http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/800902/track OOo Off the Wall column] (also [http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/resources/ooo_off_the_wall listed in OOoAuthors]) by [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/journal.html Bruce Byfield]
* Some articles and blogs on XML and OpenOffice.org from [http://www.oreillynet.com/ Oreilly Network]
* [http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/ The OpenOffice.org Newsletter]
* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
* [http://www.openoffice.org/product/reviews.html Product Reviews] and [http://www.openoffice.org/product/studies.html Case Studies] section from the official page
* OOoForum.org: [http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=13217 OpenOffice.org in the news], with many members contributing news links
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]

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