Three German municipalities (Munich, Jena, Freiburg) and some Swiss authorities just put together €140,000 to fund improved OOXML support in openoffice/libreoffice. Improved OOXML support for LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Wouldn't it make sense to wait for the results before dropping openoffice?
This is also something I am wondering about. Things would be so much easier if windowmanagers would actually leave the Alt Key alone for all the applications that use Alt-Shortcuts. Using the window key for window management sounds like the natural coincidence to me.
This should not surprise anybody, for most Linux users Office 2007 and MSIE aren't high on the priorities list.
According to Codeweaver's Top Lists Internet Explorer 7 has 294 votes and $3866.44 pledges (rank 3 and 11). Microsoft Office 2007 has 219 votes and pledges of $9026.44 (rank 5 and 1) respectively. I would not call that minor.
the best kde based bleeding edge distro is still mandriva. Though you'll need the unstable (cooker) version. There probably will be a beta of the next release soon.
The one that comes with KDE4.1? http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2009.0_Beta_1
There is an alternative to shove money down microsofts throat: try if CrossOver Mac runs the application you need.
Version 7, that is expected within a few weeks, should support even more apps, because it is build on a recent wine.
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Three German municipalities (Munich, Jena, Freiburg) and some Swiss authorities just put together €140,000 to fund improved OOXML support in openoffice/libreoffice.
Improved OOXML support for LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Wouldn't it make sense to wait for the results before dropping openoffice?
Who remembers Live Search Books?
Try Anti-Aliasing Tuner.
Is there a reason other than Microsoft's damage done to ISO that ODF 1.2 with OpenFormula is still not released?
MakeMKV 1.4.0 for Linux is available
This is also something I am wondering about. Things would be so much easier if windowmanagers would actually leave the Alt Key alone for all the applications that use Alt-Shortcuts. Using the window key for window management sounds like the natural coincidence to me.
Neither Photoshop CS3 nor Internet Explorer 7 work using Crossover. Also it does not support all applications of Microsoft Office 2007.
This should not surprise anybody, for most Linux users Office 2007 and MSIE aren't high on the priorities list.
According to Codeweaver's Top Lists Internet Explorer 7 has 294 votes and $3866.44 pledges (rank 3 and 11). Microsoft Office 2007 has 219 votes and pledges of $9026.44 (rank 5 and 1) respectively. I would not call that minor.
Can Word and Oo.org embed LaTeX type inline?
OOoLatex is a set of macros designed to bring the power of LaTeX into OpenOffice.
heise.de tested IE7, IE8 Beta2, FF3.0.1, FF3.01 with Java+Flash and 12 recommend addons, Opera9.52, Safari3.1.2, Safari4 Developer Preview
the best kde based bleeding edge distro is still mandriva. Though you'll need the unstable (cooker) version. There probably will be a beta of the next release soon.
The one that comes with KDE4.1? http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2009.0_Beta_1
Are there any fixes? You could try to tweak your GPU-driver settings.
According to Google data (referenced here) IE still had a marketshare of 78% in June 2008.
What exactly is IBM's contribution to OpenOffice.org?
"OpenDocument currently lacks formula definitions for spreadsheets,"
OpenFormula exists for years.
Long live Cedega. Quote of Crossover Games announcement.
I am sure Hans Reiser would agree.
There is an alternative to shove money down microsofts throat: try if CrossOver Mac runs the application you need.
Version 7, that is expected within a few weeks, should support even more apps, because it is build on a recent wine.
Are there any ODT to Latex converters?
Writer2LaTeX
Or can Openoffice export in latex format?
Writer2LaTeX is integrated since OpenOffice.org 2.0.4.
Excuse my ignorance, but what reference units does the imperial system use?
Heise benchmarked with 64bit-Linux.
Heise benchmarked with 64bit-Linux.
Not to be confused with Textmaker which is not ported to OS X yet.
DIN says "yes" to Microsoft's Open XML document format (if you prefer English)
The image gets scaled in the Properties/Image panel: you can either choose "Scale To Frame Size" or "Free Scaling". The only thing missing is that with "Free Scaling" you can no longer scale with the mouse.