OpenOffice user Bruce Byfield summarizes possible pitfalls and prepartory measures for sharing OpenOffice files with Microsoft Office users. The free, open source OpenOffice is a great alternative to ...

Convert OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheets into a Microsoft Excel file to take advantage of Excel's built-in tools. OpenOffice.org spreadsheets default to a .xsc file extension, which certain versions ...

OpenOffice programs have always been able to open Microsoft Office files, and Microsoft Office has been able to do the same with OpenOffice files since a 2007 Service ...

Making the switch from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice can save you a lot of money on licensing fees, and it isn’t difficult &#151 most people get used to the changes quickly. But if you’ve been using ...

I have been using Microsoft Office as my go-to productivity suite ever since it was first released several decades ago. Even I now find myself using both Microsoft Office and OpenOffice, thanks to a ...

OpenDocument Presentations are the presentation files with the .odp extension created with Apache OpenOffice Impress application. Now, if you are one of those wondering how you can convert an ODP file ...

If you’re thinking about buying the latest version of Microsoft Office, it’s going to cost you $399 for each PC you own (or $239 if you qualify for an upgrade from an older version). If you need at ...

If you haven’t checked out the new Microsoft Subnet and Cisco Subnet focus areas on the Network World Web site yet, you should. Both offer interesting commentaries on their particular subjects. But I ...

I recently bought a used laptop. It came with a copy of OpenOffice, a free office suite from Sun Microsystems. I like the idea of using free software and of not having to use Microsoft Office, but I ...

Security experts have discovered TIFF-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in OpenOffice, which could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Linux, Windows or Apple Mac-based computers.