Strange Resolution…

One of the better tricks known to OpenOffice.org users is in fixing Word document corruptions. You open up the document in OpenOffice.org Writer and then save it and there’s a good chance that the problem will go away and you can use it in Word again.It’s bizarre. The one place that should be able to […]

OpenOffice.org - Start at the Bottom

Much of the talk in terms of raising usage of OpenOffice.org deployment are around getting government to use OpenOffice.org more. This effort is good, but I wonder whether groups like small businesses may be a better fit.
There are a number of problems with the government over small business.

Procedure/legislation based product selection. Government have to provide justification […]

Docvert: Web service to convert .doc to open standards

Matthew Cruickshank has released code for a web service to convert from .doc to either OpenDocument (used by OpenOffice.org) or HTML.
I can see this as useful for companies trying to move off .doc. If a mail arrives in .doc format, have the web server convert it directly to a .sxw for the user. If you […]