text_combined: erwin tenhumberg fqxmqtuvkxnytztsuncom openofficeorg newsletter volume 05 issue 08 022008 please send news clippings xrhmarketingopenofficeorg contents 1 announcements openofficeorg annual conference voting opens seasons sponsored opensource work openofficeorg staroffice cebit 2008 developers guide wiki 2 success stories 26000 linux boxes education philippines openofficeorg usage india dutch government isv adds odf support government offers computer software 2 euro users demand support openofficeorg 3 featured news openofficeorg cnet tv openofficeorg runs olpc new startcenter replaces startmodule openofficeorg fosdem 2008 top openofficeorg extensions 4 tips tricks impressive eye candy 3d opengl transitions pdfa support openofficeorg table2clipboard firefox extension links usage mysql openofficeorg solveig talks sumif function openofficeorg 30 cooperation redflag 2000 framework team intermediate openofficeorg api plugin netbeans 6 builtin svg import 5 odf news introducing document freedom day want help openofficeorg find hot contribute see list httpcontributingopenofficeorgindexhtml httpwikiservicesopenofficeorgwikitodosindexhtml announcements openofficeorg annual conference voting opens registered member openofficeorg community january 1st 2008 entitled vote please read details venue carefully decide would like attend ooocon 2008 made choice please cast vote full details please visit httpmarketingopenofficeorgooocon2008cfl voting closes midnight utc february 29th winner announced shortly afterwards votes verified httpwwwopenofficeorgservletsreadmsglistannouncemsgno352 seasons sponsored opensource work starting winter 20072008 participating community innovation awards program sponsored sun please review official rules openofficeorg submit proposal starts feel like spring google announced start preparations google summer codetm 2008 httpblogssuncomgullfossentryseasons_with_sponsored_open_source openofficeorg staroffice cebit 2008 ill attend years cebit 2008 trade fair hannover germany march 4th march 9th like visit openofficeorg booth please come business solutions park hall 5 e57 trade fair event cebit 2008 planned openofficeorg deutschland ev following exhibitors openofficeorg deutschland ev scai o³spaces mobility office solutions ag last least sun microsystems azul coffee duden linuxhotel supporting activities httpblogssuncomgullfossentryopenoffice_org_and_staroffice_at developers guide wiki openofficeorg developers guide available online openofficeorg wiki main purpose moving guide wiki maintenance reasons hope get contributions also hope get localized version guide reach usersdevelopers world httpblogssuncomgullfossentrydeveloper_s_guide_is_now success stories 26000 linux boxes education philippines understood spanish article correctly government philippines already deployed 13000 linux computers education add another 10000 boxes ubuntu software preloaded say explicitly guess boxes run openofficeorg well httpblogssuncomdancerentry26_000_linux_boxes_in openofficeorg usage india coming open source desktop desktop linux remains kludgy openofficeorg fine various estimates put anything 10 20 market think usage higher india least many large organizations put bulk users openoffice restricting microsoft office handful people interact outside world httpwwwexpresscomputeronlinecom20080211edit01shtml dutch government isv adds odf support understood dutch article correctly dutch isv centric seems active public sector adding odf support applications apparently adoption odf city heerenveen city groningen impact decision httpblogssuncomdancerentrydutch_government_isv_adds_odf government offers computer software 2 euro scheme offers staroffice 8 sun microsystems software includes starwriter wordprocessor starcalc spreadsheet starimpress digital presentation stardraw painting starbase database students teachers disabled persons may register software downloading application forms wwwthesmartisland govmt accepted 11 april httpwwwindependentcommtnewsaspnewsitemid64786 httpwwwtimesofmaltacomarticlesview20080214localgovernmenttohelpfamiliesbuynewcomputers users demand support openofficeorg came across following announcement clearly shows strong momentum around openofficeorg ie user demand driving vendor support openofficeorg qualitylogic wwwqualitylogiccom provider leadingedge qa qc test tools services imaging telecom industries released test files first several planned applications found openofficeorg 2 test files available writer draw impress development additional applications planned qualitylogic developing test files popular windows applications 20 years files used printer companies ensure compatibility printers applications customers use software companies whose applications convert one file format another also used fortune 1000 government education healthcare companies help make printer software purchasing decisions popularity openofficeorg office suite created need within companies sophisticated test files similar qualitylogic developed windows applications httpblogssuncomdancerentryusers_demand_support_for_openoffice featured news openofficeorg cnet tv openofficeorg mentioned top download 2007 cnet tv video really cool httpwwwcnettvcom97421_5332195html openofficeorg runs olpc great news j david eisenberg successfully tested openofficeorg olpc httplistsoasisopenorgarchivesodfadoption200802msg00002html new startcenter replaces startmodule hectic week discussion implementation rewriting new initial window start openofficeorg without document brought large window large defines size document replace battleship gray call platforms dont see window often system integration usually leave application window writer impress calc instead mac however called startmodule norm rather exception put long planned overhaul startmodule motion first plan use dialog replacing startmodule however would lead questions modality startup exit behavior due modal event loop similar issues end decided improve existing startmodule instead turning new startcenter startcenter contains host labeled buttons natively themed available course allow user create new document open existing one also shows menu entries additional features like recent file list still available httpblogssuncomgullfossentrynew_startcenter_replaces_startmodule openofficeorg fosdem 2008 like jurgen schmidt luis suarez potts agreed conclusion fosdem simple fosdem place openofficeorg developers strongly invite people join next year fosdem2009 openofficeorg project must preent answer questions last least mainly two sort people attend students dont know well project high level skills profesional code represent majority httpericbachardfreefrnews200802somewordsaboutfosdem2008html sad thing never time actually attend talks sessions wanted go instead met many wanted meet otherwise helped sophie g leon stand thanks set manned booth day saturday sophias case sunday gave hundreds brochures frank p stella created jürgen printed probably hundred tshirts could given away many times number sure devroom aw building obvious main building food mozilla httpooospeakblogspotcom200802fosdem2008html top openofficeorg extensions recent pagination paradtp dtp tool paragraphs oowriter writers tools opencards free flashcard learning extension impress merge spreadsheet rows match keys drawingtags writer palm ereader export macro alternative dialog find replace writer basicaddonbuilder extensions packager ooo templates sean popular professional template pack english sun report builder efax staroffice openofficeorg oxygenoffice extras gallery writers tools highest rated sun report builder sun presentation minimizer efax staroffice openofficeorg professional template pack italian professional template pack german httpextensionsservicesopenofficeorg tips tricks impressive eye candy 3d opengl transitions powerpoints old pushdown transition done 15 years service time retire sleepy faces meetings agree openofficeorg impress 24 answer form ten 3d openglrendered transitions flipping tiles outside turning cube revolving circles turning helix inside turning cube fall turn around iris turn rochade httpwwwoooninjacom200802eyecandy3dopengltransitionsimpresshtml pdfa support openofficeorg first release candidate openofficeorg 24 release one key new features builtin pdfa export capability new chart features cool well please check release candidate good enough promoted final version httpblogssuncomdancerentrypdf_a_support_in_openoffice table2clipboard firefox extension make copying tables web pages offline office apps easier table2clipboard free firefox extension lowkey app simply adds single item edit rightclick context menus copy whole table retains tables formatting makes far easier paste manipulate microsoft word excel openofficeorg programs httpwwwlifehackercomautips20080215copy_tables_and_keep_their_formatting_with_table2clipboard2html links usage mysql openofficeorg found far mysql meets openofficeorg connect openofficeorg mysql database specific problems connect mysql base connect mysql openofficeorg respect potentially using mysql alternative microsoft access people might find following links useful migrating microsoft sql server access mysql access mysql migrating microsoft access application mysql using activegrid studio building java desktop database application connecting mysql database netbeans ide connecting gui java db database netbeans ide creating simple web application netbeans ide using mysql dbforms ms access php mysql httpblogssuncomdancerentrylinks_about_the_usage_of solveig talks sumif function want add items one particular category since want know much youre spending music festivals much climbing related purchases etc items entered like really well categorized youd like play spreadsheet rightclick link choose save computer httpopenofficeblogscomopenoffice200802anicelittlechtml openofficeorg 30 cooperation redflag 2000 framework team today want give new overview features enhancements working cooperation redflag 2000 framework team enhanced change icon dialog enable user import images easily currently users scale images two supported icon sizes 16x16 small icons 26x26 pixel large icons import images although solution enables users use tool set scale images sets high hurdle others sometimes users want import images use quick possible new import images implementation automatically scales images preserving aspect ratio next picture gives impression new scaling implementation works httpblogssuncomgullfossentryopenoffice_org_3_0_and intermediate openofficeorg api plugin netbeans 6 still one little issue real error definitely nice plugin works completely functional many requests decided provide intermediate version 111 apiopenofficeorg httpblogssuncomgullfossentryintermediate_openoffice_org_api_plugin builtin svg import two weeks ago privilege work fun project using company time novell hackweek teamed friend colleague fridrich finally get ooo longdeserved builtin svg import fact votedfor feature whole project httpblogthebehrensnet20080228builtinsvgimport odf news introducing document freedom day document freedom day dfd global day document liberation grassroots action promotion free document formats open standards general dfd initiated supported group organisations companies including limited free software foundation europe odf alliance openforum europe ibm red hat sun microsystems inc 26 march 2008 document freedom day provide global rallying point document liberation open standards literally give teams around world chance hoist flag dfd starter pack containing flag tshirt leaflets stickers preparation planned sent first weeks march first 100 teams sign sixteen teams already signed preparation phase dfd prior release sign team proud support global effort encourage open inclusive information exchange said marino marcich managing director opendocument format alliance document freedom means creating exchanging preserving electronic documents without buy software particular vendor httpdocumentfreedomorgnews20080220 newsletter archive past issues openofficeorg newsletter found archive announce mailing list httpwwwopenofficeorgservletssummarizelistlistnameannounce contact information regarding newsletter xrhmarketingopenofficeorg unsubscribe email fijoknrarfkwlijwfijopenofficeorg additional commands email ypcqyhropijbopenofficeorg wed 06 aug 2008 024603 0100 oooannounce openofficeorg newsletter volume 05 issue 08 022008