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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]].
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For news reports on major deployments of the productivity suite inside governments, universities and other large instituitions and organizations, please see [[Major OpenOffice.org Deployments]].  
  
==2006==
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'''''Feel free to contribute''''' links to the press articles on the productivity suite in this page.
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== Apache OpenOffice ==
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* Apache OpenOffice press coverage is being tracked in the [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Apache+OpenOffice+Social+Promotion+Kit Apache CWiki]
  
* OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging]
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== 2008-2011 ==
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* missing
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==2007==
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* Comparative Review of Word Processors, by Zaine Ridling — [http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/WordProcs/ DonationCoder.com]
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** an exhaustive and in-depth review on many word processor software available in both proprietary<br>and open source sectors, OpenOffice.org included
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** the whole article with all JPG screenshots consume around 8 MB of bandwidth, modem users be warned
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==2006==
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* 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]
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* OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 - Don't Blink, by D.C. Parris — [http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/71233/index.html Lxer Feature]
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* OpenOffice goes Premium, by Jeremy Reimer — [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060830-7627.html Ars Technica]
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* OOoBasic crash course: Creating a lookup macro, by Dmitri Popov — [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/2120245 Linux.com]
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* The state of OpenOffice.org, by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/02/1625228 Newsforge.com]
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* OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/2136202 Newsforge.com]
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* Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1744245 Newsforge.com]
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* Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — [http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5139606687.html Linux-Watch]
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* Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/199255 Newsforge.com]
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* 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]  
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
 
* '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]
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* '[[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]
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
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* 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]
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
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* WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — [http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/51201 Linux.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]
 
* 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]
  
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* 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
 
* 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]
 
* OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1146815,00.html SearchOpenSource.com]
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* 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]  
 
* 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]
 
* NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — [http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220 Newsforge staff]
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* [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://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
 
* [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/]<br>and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1888] extension database.
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*:''Note:'' The [[Firefox ODFReader extension]] since then was further developed by Alex Hudson[http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/odfreader/]<br>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].
 
* [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].
  
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* [http://openoffice.blogs.com/ OpenOffice.org Blog] by Solveig Haugland:  
 
* [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)''
 
** Especially author's articles in [http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/techtarget_articles/index.html SearchOpenSource.com] ''(All archived)''
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* [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
 
* [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  
 
* 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]
 
* Result for "OpenOffice.org" in the social bookmarking portal: [http://del.icio.us/search/?all=OpenOffice.org del.icio.us]
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* Technorati.com
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* [http://openofficeorgfoo.blogspot.com/ OpenOffice.org Foo: News, Features, Tips]
  
  
 
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For news reports on major deployments of the productivity suite 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 the productivity suite in this page.

Apache OpenOffice

  • Apache OpenOffice press coverage is being tracked in the Apache CWiki

2008-2011

  • missing

2007

  • Comparative Review of Word Processors, by Zaine Ridling — 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 — Linux.com
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 - Don't Blink, by D.C. Parris — Lxer Feature
  • OpenOffice goes Premium, by Jeremy Reimer — Ars Technica
  • OOoBasic crash course: Creating a lookup macro, by Dmitri Popov — Linux.com
  • The state of OpenOffice.org, by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier — Newsforge.com
  • OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • Creating professional documentation with Linux tools, by Scott Nesbitt — Newsforge.com
  • Coming soon: ODF for MS Office, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — Linux-Watch
  • Why technical writers aren't using FOSS, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance, by Tom Sanders — vnunet.com
  • The mystery of the missing mail merge, by Solveig Haugland — SearchOpenSource.com
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 Includes More KDE Features, by Jan Holesovsky — KDE.News
  • Finding hidden treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — SearchOpenSource.com
  • 'Is OpenOffice.org really ten years behind MS Office?', by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — DesktopLinux.com
  • 'StarOffice 8: Office Killer?', by Martin C. Brown — LinuxPlanet
  • OpenOffice.org Writer, Does More Than Just Word Processing, by Kevin Shockey — TUX, Issue number 11: March 2006
  • How-to: Working wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard, by Solveig Haugland — SearchOpenSource.com
  • Desktop publishing with (OpenOffice.org) Writer and Scribus, by Dmitri Popov — Linux.com
  • Step-by-step how-to: OpenOffice 2.0's new mail merge tools, by Solveig Haugland — Part 1 and Part 2, SearchOpenSource.com
  • How to get reports on OpenOffice 2.0 Base, by Solveig Haugland — Part 1 and Part 2, SearchOpenSource.com
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan, by Solveig L. Haugland — TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006
  • OpenOffice.org Base, by Kevin Shockey — TUX, Issue number 10: February 2006
  • Hacking OpenOffice.org dictionaries, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • OpenOffice 2.0 - The latest OpenOffice comes with new file formats and many new features, by Michael Bona — Linux Magazine, Issue 63: February 2006
  • Publishing with OOo Writer and DokuWiki, by Dmitri Popov — Newsforge.com
  • WorldLabel.com release reflects growing use of OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — Linux.com
  • Connecting to existing databases in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — SearchOpenSource.com

2005

  • "Is there life without Microsoft Office?" by Allison Linn — MSNBC.com
  • OpenOffice 2.0 tips: Creating database forms, by Solveig Haugland — Part 1 and Part 2, SearchOpenSource.com
  • OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the right views, by Solveig Haugland — SearchOpenSource.com
  • How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, by Solveig Haugland — Part 1 and Part 2, SearchOpenSource.com
  • OpenOffice tip: Everything about envelopes, by Solveig Haugland — SearchOpenSource.com
  • Four great OpenOffice.org macros, by Dmitri Popov — Newsforge.com
  • Interview with Michael Meeks: a GNOME hacker working on OpenOffice.org speed — Linux Format Interview archive
  • NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos (in Macromedia Flash format) — Newsforge staff
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0 Review, by Jem Matzan — The Jem Report
  • Toolbars in OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Solveig Haugland — Part 1 and Part 2, SearchOpenSource.com
  • MadPenguin interview series over the launch of OpenOffice.org 2.0, by Christian Einfeldt
    • Part 1: Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!
    • Part 2: Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML
    • Part 3: OpenOffice.org 2.0: An Office Suite With No Horizons
  • Follow the expert: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 presentation, by Solveig Haugland — SearchOpenSource.com
  • An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic, by Mark Alexander Bain — Newsforge.com
  • Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — Part 1 and Part 2, Linux Journal
  • Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org, by Dmitri Popov — Newsforge.com
  • FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • FOSS spreadsheet hands-on comparison, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com

2004

  • Building a map application with Calc, by Dmitri Popov — Newsforge.com
  • Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean Weber — WindowsDevCenter.com
  • Getting the most from OpenOffice.org Writer fields, by Jean WeberNewsforge.com
  • Excerpt from the book OpenOffice.org Macros Explained, by Andrew Pitonyak
    • Getting started with OpenOffice.org macro — Newsforge.com
    • OpenOffice.org's integrated development environment — Newsforge.com
  • Review: Using OpenOffice.org, by Peter H. Salus — Unix Review
  • OpenOffice.org is four years old today; community manager Louis Suarez-Potts talks about the changes, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer, by Bruce Byfield — Newsforge.com
  • Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer, by Jean WeberWindowsDevCenter.com
  • Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer, by Christian Paratschek — OSNews.com
  • Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org, by Bruce Byfield — Linux Journal

Blogs on OpenOffice.org

  • Preparing the (Office) 2007 battles — Charles-H.Schulz, with information on bug report statistics, Intel sending engineers to help optimize OpenOffice.org, etc.
  • 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[1]
    and is now hosted at the official Mozilla Update[2] extension database.
  • 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[3].

Other sources for news on OpenOffice.org

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 page. Your input is truly appreciated.--Wily Yuen Feb 14, 2006


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