LibreOffice, a freeware office suite, isn’t the most obvious software to play audio and video with. However, the office suite does include options to play both video and audio in documents. The update version 4.4. also suppo...
If you need to save documents in multiple file formats, check out MultiSave. That’s an extension you can add to OpenOffice to save documents in multiple file formats with. With it you can save a document as a OpenOffice, Mic...
OpenOffice has a Find tool with which you can search for text in documents with. However, you can add a better tool to the office suite. Alternative dialog Find & Replace is a Writer extension that substantially beefs up the F...
Tabs are something you can find in most browsers, but most office suites don’t include them. However, tabs would be a great addition to office software. You can add tabs to OpenOffice with the Tabbed Windows Extension. To ad...
A kaleidoscope is a cylinder that generates colorful patterns. You can add kaleidoscope patterns to your OpenOffice Draw documents with the Kaleidoscope extension. That extension draws patterns with selected objects that are compa...
Do you have a OpenOffice document that needs translating? If so, you can translate it with the Writer’s Tools extension. That’s an extension which includes a multitude of extra options, among which is a Google Translat...
OpenOffice Calc includes numerous data validity options. With those you can add lists of values to cells. When you click on the cell, you can then select a value from a drop-down list. To add a list of values to a cell in Calc, se...
An index is a great addition to documents. Indexes provide a reference to specific keywords within a document. You can add indexes to OpenOffice Writer documents with the Indexes and Tables option. First, add entries in your docum...
OpenOffice is a freeware office suite that includes presentation, word processor, spreadsheet and database applications. With OpenOffice templates you can quickly set up a variety of documents, but only a small number are included...
Outline indicators are handy for Calc spreadsheets with lots of data in them. An outline indicator is a tool with which you can collapse or expand rows of data. So with outline indicators you can temporarily remove rows from sprea...
OpenOffice is a flexible office suite. You can add extra options to the suite with extensions. Among those extensions is Text Effects, which adds a few extra text effect options to Writer. First, head over to the extension’s...
If you have set up a large spreadsheet with OpenOffice calc, check out the Navigator tool. That gives you a quicker way to navigate documents. With the tool you can jump straight to specific cell references and other things in the...
Calc is the spreadsheet application included with the freeware OpenOffice. When you enter lots of text in a Calc cell, it goes beyond the cell’s borders. Sure, you can resize the cell’s column width so that it fits the...
If you set up a OpenOffice spreadsheet with a variety of sheets, the Consolidate option might come in handy. That’s an option with which you can set up functions for data across multiple sheets. With that you can copy data f...
Opera Mail was once a part of the Opera browser, but has been removed from it. Now Opera Mail is available as a desktop email client that you can add to Windows, Linux or Mac OS. With Opera Mail you can open your email from Gmail,...
