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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  

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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 — Newsforge.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].

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


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