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

OpenOffice.org Community Newsletter <http://www.openoffice.org>


        September 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:

Hunting issues is fun!
You hate ignoring issues?  Help us to get them fixed.
Join the QA project 
<http://qa.openoffice.org/ooQAReloaded/Docs/QA-Reloaded-Ho...>!

Would you like to see OpenOffice.org speak your language?
The Localization project <http://l10n.openoffice.org/> welcomes language 
contributors in the areas of translation, review and testing.

Don't be shy. 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...>* 



    OpenOffice.org Conference 2010 in Budapest

The 2010 OpenOffice.org Conference was taken place with great success 
from August 31st to September 3rd in Budapest.

Reports are available in following blogs :

    * Alexandro Colorado's Blog, Day 1
      <http://www.alexandrocolorado.com/wordpress/?p=803>, Day 2
      <http://www.alexandrocolorado.com/wordpress/?p=805>, Day 3
      <http://www.alexandrocolorado.com/wordpress/?p=812>
    * Danishka Navin
      <http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com/2010/09/oracle-veep-bac...>
    * Photos the the Group
      <http://tisztaszoftver.blog.hu/2010/09/03/ooocon2010_csopo...>,
      from KAMI
      <http://tisztaszoftver.blog.hu/2010/09/03/ooocon2010_csopo...>
      and Jesús Corrius
      <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcorrius/sets/72157624883185...>
    * Oracle Office Blog

<http://blogs.oracle.com/office/2010/09/live_from_the_open...>


    OpenOffice.org Celebrates 10^th Anniversary

The OpenOffice.org Community is turning ten years of age. Launching the 
celebration of a decade of open and free office productivity. Read more 
here 
<http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&...> and 
here 
<http://blogs.oracle.com/office/2010/09/celebrating_10_yea...> 
and a video of the firework <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKP97vL4zgw>.


    This month in the Community Council

    * Updated the meeting guidelines, change the name of our public
      session and add a note for a public reminder and provide an
      initial template for the reminder.
    * Cor Nouws is preparing a meeting which reflects the current
      Community situation.

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

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    Meet the Community

Stephanie Krishnan (discoveringooo.com)

Contributions: Tutorials, templates, maintaining a Tips & Tricks blog 
<http://www.discoveringooo.com>

I'm passionate about the way that open source software and its community 
can help small businesses and individuals with their productivity and 
lives. I am supporting the implementation and migration in Small & 
Medium Businesses.

Drop <mailto:dev@marketing.openoffice.org>us an email 
<mailto:dev@marketing.openoffice.org>, with abstract of not more than 50 
words if you want to have your effort dignified

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    Featured News

The H: odt2braille brings Braille to OpenOffice.org

The release of odt2braille by the Belgian university Katholieke 
Universiteit Leuven, has brought the ability to work with Braille to 
OpenOffice.org. The H article 
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/odt2braille-brings...>
and Peter Korn's Blog 
<http://blogs.sun.com/korn/entry/another_release_of_odt2br...>
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/odt2braille-brings...>

Linux Journal: OpenOffice.org: Oracle PDF Import Extension

The Oracle PDF Import Extension is one of the most popular OOo 
extensions ever created. For the last two years, it has been near the 
top of the list of most popular downloads on the OOo Extensions site. 
Read More » 
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/openofficeorg-sun-pdf...>

Zona-M: OOo Conference 2010: preparing the next ten years

The opening session was a cool moment, both for the location (the 
Hungarian Parliament) and for the content. We started in the very hall 
of the Parliament. Read More » <http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/node/23>

TechRepublic: OOo saves a company budget

This past week I was troubleshooting an issue a client had. This issue 
had been haunting the client for some time and no one could figure out 
what was going on. Here's the scenario. Read More » 
<http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1778>

ZDNet UK: Ten future features that will lift OOo

...But starting with version 3.3 --- due for release in the third 
quarter of 2010 this year --- many of those features will start to 
appear. So here are some of the improvements planned for OOo. Read More 
» 
<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-apps/2010/08/30/ten-f...> 


rd80: OpenOffice.org Review

I are a bit of a cheapskate and when I wanted more features than I get 
with the Works spreadsheet on the home computer, I decided to try the 
OpenOffice.org Productivity Suite. Read More » 
<http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/openoffice-review/436710>

IT World: OpenOffice.org: Still Waiting for Oracle

...Meeks acknowledges that Michael Bemmer indicated that Oracle will 
remain deeply committed to OOo in the keynote, but beyond those broad 
promises, there was little in the way of detail.
Read More » 
<http://www.itworld.com/open-source/119662/openofficeorg-s...>

GullFOSS: Print file format changes on Linux

The CUPS print system that is used on Linux and other Unix operating 
systems is switching its file format from PostScript to PDF. Read More » 
<http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/print_file_format_cha...>

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    Tips & Tricks

Linux Magazine: ?Add a Grammar Checker to OpenOffice.org using the After 
the Deadline Extension

The lack of a grammar checker is a pet peeve of many OOo users. [...] 
The After the Deadline (AtD) extension adds a grammar checking feature 
based on the open source language checking server developed and 
maintained by Automattic Read More » 
<http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Productivity-S...>

WorldLabel: Generating labels and business cards in OOo

Despite the fact that open source has specialty label-and-business-card 
programs like gLabels [..], most general office users are going to 
continue to create their documents in the word processor of the office 
suite they feel the most comfortable in, like OOo Writer. Read More » 
<http://blog.worldlabel.com/2010/generating-labels-and-bus...>

eHow How to Remove Hyperlinks in OpenOffice

OOo has the ability to insert hyperlinks within a document's text that, 
when clicked, will send a reader to a particular website. 
<http://www.ehow.com/how_6903850_remove-hyperlinks-openoff...>Read 
More » <http://www.ehow.com/how_6903850_remove-hyperlinks-openoff...>

ComputerActive: MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org

The MySQL database can then be accessed from the Open database option 
when Base starts. You will need to know the address of the database. 
Read More » 
<http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/...>

Solveig Haugland: Converting OOo documents to PDF or HTML, as a batch

You just choose File > Wizard > Web Page to open a whole new world of 
Web publishing, batch conversion to HTML and PDF, and automatic 
formatting. Read More » 
<http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2010/07/converting...>

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    OpenDocument (ODF)

OASIS Interoperability Demo

OASIS Interoperability Demo Features Eight Open Source and Commercial 
Implementations of OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2 on Desktop, Mobile 
Devices, and in the Cloud. Read More » 
<http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis-news-2010-09-02.php>

The Guardian: Councils 'could save at least £51m' with shift to ODF and 
open source

But even greater savings of up to £200m could follow rapidly if all 
staff adopted it, says Liam Maxwell at the Royal Borough of Windsor & 
Maidenhead; but first needs central government mandate.
Read More » 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/aug/26/loc...>

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        In this issue

    * Notes from the Council <#Council>
    * Meet the Community <#MeetCommunity>
    * Featured News <#Features>
    * Tips & Tricks <#Tips>
    * OpenDocument (ODF) <#ODF>


      Announcements

OpenOffice.org Bloggers

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

OOo Business & Administration Congress

The call for papers for the OOo Business & Administration Congress has 
been extended to October 1^st . Read More » <http://www.oookwv.de/cfp>

OpenOffice.org Hackfest 2010

The hackfest in Hamburg targets primarily developers, to have fun and 
work together on the source code. Read More » 
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Hackfest2010>


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