By default all text in the freeware OpenOffice word processor is horizontal. However, some might require document designs with alternative text directions, such as diagonal and vertical. You can change the OpenOffice text directio...
The previous articles in this three-part series covered setting up database tables and adding forms for them with OpenOffice Base. However, you can still add more to it such as database reports which give a more specific overview ...
In part one of our guide on how to setup OpenOffice Base database, we covered how you can set up the tables for a software database. Of course, you can input software records directly into those database tables; but it’s bet...
The freeware OpenOffice spreadsheet application, which you add to your Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, Mac OS X or Linux software library from this website, is one with a variety of formatting options. Among them is a conditional fo...
Those who add software to their PC or Mac willy-nilly might lose track of some of the software they have installed. Would it not be great to have a database which you can open to find the location of all your installed software? T...
Line numbering is a great option for documents in which you need to reference specific sections. Then you can cross-reference the document with the line numbers. The multiplatform, freeware OpenOffice word processor includes line ...
OpenOffice is the freeware office suite that includes word processor, spreadsheet and database applications. OpenOffice’s word processor has plenty of options such as its Text to Table option. With this option you can covert...
Macros are snippets of code that record any options or formatting applied to a document. When you play the macros back, they apply the recorded sequence of selected options and formatting to any OpenOffice document. As such, they ...
OpenOffice is a great freeware, multiplatform software suite that includes spreadsheet, word processor and database packages; and it supports a variety of file formats such as MS Office suite documents. As such, why not add an Ope...
Transposing spreadsheet tables is an option which rearranges tables with columns to those with rows. As such, when a table with column headings is transposed it is changed to a table with rows. This can be quite handy when the mai...
The freeware OpenOffice office software suite is a flexible package. You can add new extensions and alternative keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) to it, in addition to the built-in ones. The shortcuts can be added to standard OpenOffic...
