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Open source application suite that includes Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw and Math

OpenOffice is an open source office application suite. It consists of the following programs:

  • Writer - Word processor similar to WordPerfect and Microsoft Word
  • Calc - Allows users to create and edit spreadsheets
  • Impress - Presentation program along the likes of PowerPoint and Keynote
  • Base - Database management system
  • Draw - Vector graphics editor akin to Visio and CorelDRAW
  • Math - Program to create and edit mathematical formulae similar to Microsoft's Equation Editor

History

OpenOffice.org, which has been discontinued, was an open-source version of the earlier StarOffice, which Sun Microsystems acquired for internal use. After acquiring Sun, Oracle Corporation continued developing OpenOffice.org, but on a much reduced scale. The majority of outside OpenOffice.org developers left the project to form The Document Foundation. TDF released the fork LibreOffice, which most Linux distributions soon moved to. Oracle donated the project to the Apache Foundation, which still develops the project under the name Apache OpenOffice.

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Copying partial cell to another cell in OpenOffice Calc

Cell A1 says 0001 John Smith Cell A2 says 0002 Bill Snyder I want to basically split this, so one column just shows the numbers (0001, 0002, etc.) and then another column just shows the name. The first part is easy. Using the function "=LEFT(A1;4)"…
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How to disable OpenOffice spell checking?

I have constant headaches disabling OpenOffice spell checking. There are several instructions on Internet, but I feel like each one depends on which OpenOffice application and which version you are using. One of the instructions seems to be very…
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How to show full document path in Open Office title bar?

How can I automatically show the FULL PATH of the currently loaded document (not just only the file name) in the title bar of Apache Open Office 4, e.g. OO-Writer?
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What are 'Uno Packages'?

I found several 'uno_packages' folders on my PC. Searching the web, I find several mentions of uno packages, but I can't find a definition or description.
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How do I insert a newline within a long formula using OpenOffice.org Math?

I've the following formula: (x^6+x^4+x^2+x+1)(x^7+x+1) = x^13+x^11+x^9+x^8+x^7+ x^7+x^5+x^3+x^3+x^2+x+ x^6+x^4+x^2+x+1 = x^13+x^11+x^9+x^8+2x^7+x^6+x^5+x^4+2x^3+2x^2+2x+1 Putting this in OpenOffice.org Math causes every line be concatenated, which…
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OpenOffice - alternative paragraphs (two PDFs, one source)

I use OpenOffice to produce a document in PDF format. This document is occasionally revised and reissued. I now need to produce a variant of this document with a small number of paragraphs replaced by other paragraphs. I would prefer to avoid…
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OpenOffice migration: supported Office document formats?

We're considering a number of migration options for OpenOffice at the moment. Can anyone confirm if OpenOffice is capable of opening and converting all of the following Office file formats? doc (97-2003) docx (2007-) ppt pptx xls xlsx
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OpenOffice "line" for asterisks...how to delete the !#$ thing?

Silly question maybe but I'm tired of looking through the options to get rid of it. In open office, if I add a few **** in a line and hit enter, a bar appears. It seems that I can't turn it off, and I can't seem to delete it without deleting lines…
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How to make a 3 column chart with dividers using openoffice

I'm interested in making a chart someone like the photo above using open office. Any idea how to go about this?
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how can i insert plain words into a open math equation?

Question: How do i use keywords in open math equations as the words not the symbols they represent? Info: I'm trying to write up a proof in open Math, it goes well until I try to say something like "Let A and B be sets" and end up with "Let A ^ B…
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Rule based highlighting in open office

I use notepad for some rule based highlighting of text... but I need more control/formatting. So I moved to open office... rather than search and replace, which requires repeated use ever time I change/add text... is there any way to apply rule…
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Set default font and layout for OpenOffice

How do I set OpenOffice's default font and layout? I have a font that I want it to use when I create a new document. In addition, I want new documents to appear as Web Layout. I'm running OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 on OS X.
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To apply Monaco -font to all header_1s in a master document in OO

This question is based on this thread. I would like to apply Monaco -font to all header_1s in a master document in Open Office 3. I have tried to change the Header 1 in Styles and Formatting unsuccessfully: I change the font to Monace and click ok,…
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In OpenOffice.org Writer, how do I print page numbers?

I would like to print a document with page numbers at the bottom. What is the easiest way to do this in OpenOffice.org Writer?
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How to put text in the middle in OpenOffice?

How can we vertically set a text to the middle of an empty page in OpenOffice 4.1?
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