Like other OpenOffice.org applications, Calc has several dozen options in how it is formatted and operates. These options are available from Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org Calc. Thanks to ...

OpenOffice.org is a full-featured office suite. Designed to compete with software such as Microsoft Office and Corel's WordPerfect Office, it includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation ...

If you're coming fresh from Microsoft Excel, you might wonder where the Pivot tables are in OpenOffice.org Calc. The problem is, they're masquerading under the name of DataPilots. But, under any name, ...

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 ...

This enterprise-level open-source Microsoft Office alternative is powerful and highly compatible with Office-format files (through Office 2003), but it's marred by a dreary and complex interface.

OpenOffice is a very useful program that helps you organize your documents, create graphics and formulas, make multimedia presentations, calculations and easily convert your files into various formats ...

Give your Writer documents, Calc spreadsheets, and Impress presentations more impact by using the great add-ons for the productivity suite. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as ...

In last week's shootout, where I matched Microsoft Excel against OpenOffice.org Calc, OpenOffice.org came out on the short end of the stick in my benchmark tests. The tests not only showed Excel to ...

In my last blog, where I did a high-level technical evaluation of Microsoft Office 2003 and OpenOffice.org 2.0, I showed that OpenOffice was a memory and resource hog. Contrary to popular belief ...

In a blog entry posted yesterday, developer Kohei Yoshida expresses his frustration with Sun's excessively bureaucratic specification process and unwillingness to compromise and communicate with ...