12 Nov 2008
3 entries

Category: openoffice.org

Recently I started using OpenOffice.org, the free MS Office alternative. It fixes a lot of the Office annoyances, but it introduces a lot of annoyances of its own.

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12 Nov 2008
openoffice.org

Assorted OpenOffice tips

OpenOffice, the shareware office application suite built in Java, is potentially very useful, but can be a pain in the neck. In this page I’ll collect quick tips and how-tos as I find them. More»

09 Nov 2008
OS X
openoffice.org

Using OpenOffice to batch convert file formats on OS X

In my increasingly more and more frustrating attempt at finding some use for OpenOffice, I tackled file formats, including batch file conversion. As you can expect for an application written in Java, it wasn’t easy. More»

08 Nov 2008
openoffice.org

Connecting to mySql from OpenOffice.org on OSX

I tried to have a play with the OpenOffice 3.0 db app to see how it would work on OSX with MAMP, as an alternative to phpMyAdmin. As expected with anything Java, that turned out to be a pain the backside, involving jars, missing drivers, mistery classpaths, and the usual badly documented Java hookery-pookery. Eventually I got there, and here’s how. More»

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