[ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org Newsletter - March 2010

OpenOffice.org Newsletter <www.openoffice.org>


        March 2010


    You can help the community, it is easy and fun!

There are dozens of opportunities to support the community and you do 
not have to be a developer to help out. Here are just two out of many 
examples:

Are you interested in marketing?
Go ahead and help the OpenOffice.org marketing project 
<http://marketing.openoffice.org>!
Help spread the word and, by the way, it looks good in your resume.

Do you like to write articles or short manuals?
The documentation project <http://documentation.openoffice.org/> is 
always looking for new and exciting articles.

Don't be shy and start volunteering today!

Find out how to contribute <http://contributing.openoffice.org/index.html>
*Do not miss the videos on Facebook* 
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/OpenOfficeorg-How-to-contri...>


    Notes from the Community projects

l10n: Basque language were tested and have passed QA

Next OOo 3.2.0 RC5 for Basque lang were tested and have passed QA and 
became a stable release. Read More » 
<http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=109333>


    This month in the Community Council

Notes from the Community Council Minutes

    * Clayton has send a first draft of the Community Council proposal
      to hire a Tech Writer
      <http://council.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discu...>
      to improve information for the first steps in OpenOffice.org
      development.
    * Talk to Marketing Project about OOoCon support for remote
      attendees

<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Counci...>.

The Community Council minutes are available here 
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Counci...>.


    Success Stories

*More than 500 Extensions in the Extension Repository
*

Extensions are powerful tools to extend the functionality in OO.o. There 
are extensions available which adds new dictionaries, templates and new 
features. How to install an OO.o Extension 
<http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/resources/us...>.
Link to the Extension Repository 
<http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/>.

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    Featured News

ITWorld: CeBIT 2010 Day Two: Down to Business

The Open Source Pavilion was seriously crowded, and not by the usual 
people hawking Linux distributions. Instead, applications and 
infrastructure vendors showed a wide array of operating system-agnostic 
applications focused on both mainstream applications (the tiny 
OpenOffice.org stand was crowded). Read More » 
<http://www.itworld.com/business/98662/cebit-2010-day-two-...>

PCWorld: 10 All-Time Greatest Free Downloads and Services

In our 15 years of choosing the best free stuff, we've spotlighted the 
superstars. Read More » 
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/189227/the_10_alltime_grea...>

eWeek: OO.o 3.2 Offers Modest Update, Better Startup Speed

the open-source OpenOffice.org productivity suite delivers a handful of 
file format compatibility enhancements alongside feature tweaks for the 
suite's Calc spreadsheet application and continued gains in startup 
speed for the suite as a whole. Read More » 
<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OpenOffice...>

Register: OpenOffice 3.2 - now with less Microsoft envy

Oracle has pledged to continue OO.o and plans to keep the entire Sun 
team on hand, running OO.o as an independent business unit. Read More » 
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/13/openoffice_review...>

Register: OpenOffice is the new David Hasselhoff

According to the study, over 20 per cent of Germans, Czechs, and Poles 
run OpenOffice or other open-source productivity suites, while the UK 
and US lag behind at a mere 9 per cent apiece. Read More » 
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/09/openoffice_is_big...>

Computerworld:What we know about Oracle Cloud Office, OO.o

Product announcements have raised questions Oracle and OpenOffice.org 
don't want to answer. Here's what we know.
Read More » 
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9151759/What_we_kn...> 


TechCrunch: 300,000,000 Downloads Later, OO.o Ships
Version 3.2

..simultaneously announced that the software has been downloaded an 
impressive 300 million times in total since its public debut in April 
2002. Read More » <http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/11/openoffice/>

GullFOSS: Netbeans plugin for editing VCLTesttool scripts

I have written a Netbeans plugin for editing test scripts for the 
VCLTesttool. Read More » 
<http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/netbeans_plugin_for_w...>

GullFOSS: Extension deployment

Currently, extensions programmers have no access to the deployment 
process of an extension. Read More » 
<http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/extension_deployment>

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    Tips & Tricks

UbuntuGeek: How To install OO.o 3.2 in Ubuntu

This tutorial will explain how to install latest version of OO.o in 
Ubuntu Read More » 
<http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3-2-i...>

Linux Journal: Quick and Dirty with Open Office Base

As with any database application, and even ones as simple as this one, 
it helps to draw a diagram of the objects that you intend to manage and 
the interrelationships between them. Read More » 
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/quick-and-dirty-open-...>

WorldLabel:  OpenOffice.org: The Need for Style

A style is a collection of formatting instructions that you set once and 
then apply as needed throughout a document. For instance, in Writer, you 
might create a title style for italicizing the names of all the books 
mentioned in your document. Read More » 
<http://blog.worldlabel.com/2010/openoffice-org-the-need-f...>

Solveig Haugland: Data type issues in spreadsheet-based mail merges in 
OO.o, or why your mail merge doesn't work with 3.2

Let's say you're putting together a mail merge listing the fees people 
in the county have to pay for getting their new cat license.
Read More » 
<http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2010/03/data-type-...>

Solveig Haugland: Formatting OpenOffice spreadsheet cells with DD/MM/YY

Let's say you want the day first, so that 12/1/10 is January 12th, not 
December 1st. You do this under Format > Cells. Read More » 
<http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2010/03/formatting...>

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    OpenDocument (ODF)

Mobiletor: Blackberry Internet Service 3.0 Documents leaked

..Seemingly, ODF documents will gain support for presentations, text, 
and speadsheets. In fact, long awaited handling of WM radio will now be 
endured in attachments. Read More » 
<http://www.mobiletor.com/2010/02/08/blackberry-internet-s...>

ZDNet Asia: Denmark adopts ODF and PDF/A

Central government bodies in Denmark will have to use open document 
formats, including the OpenDocument Format (ODF), from 2011, the Danish 
parliament has ruled. Read More » 
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,6206095...>

ComputerWorld: OOXML not suitable for Norwegian government, says study

Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the 
requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published 
by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI). 
Read More » 
<http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/ooxml-not-...>

GullFOSS: ODFDOM 0.8 - New Release of the ODF Java Library

In biggest feature aside of a more than a dozen patches for ODFDOM 0.8 
is the complete revised new ODF table API.
Read More » <http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/odfdom_0_8_the_new>

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        In this issue

    * Notes from the Projects <#CommunityProjects>
    * Notes from the Council <#Council>
    * Success Stories <#SuccessStory>
    * Featured News <#Features>
    * Tips & Tricks <#Tips>
    * OpenDocument (ODF) <#ODF>


      Announcements

OpenOffice.org Bloggers

The OpenOffice.org Planet has the widest collection of OO.o content with 
community members  blogging on a wide variety of helpful topics. Read 
More » <http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/blogs.html>

OOoCon in Sept. in Budapest

This OOoCon in the year of the
project's 10th birthday, will take place from Aug. 31st to Sept.
3rd in Budapest, Hungary.
Read More » 
<http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&...>


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