Category: Software you should try
Tutorial: Extract original images from MS-Word .DOC using OpenOffice.org
| November 4, 2007 | Posted by cdriga under OPEN SOURCE WORLD, OpenOffice.org, Software you should try |
This tutorial shows you how to extract the uncompressed images from a Microsoft Word Document using OpenOffice.org free office suite. You can even extract embedded cliparts (like WMF files) or other vector based graphics embedded in the document, in their original format. This tutorial is inspired by How to extract the images from a .doc…
Live data in your OpenOffice.org Impress slideshow presentations
| October 31, 2007 | Posted by cdriga under OpenOffice.org, Software you should try |
Are you presenting in conferences graphical charts and figures which continuously change and you have no time to update the slides? All you need is your OpenOffice.org Impress presentation and an active Internet connection to show your audience the live figures your team or your server assembles for you back at home. The data is…
Microsoft is telling you that your Windows XP worths nothing.
| October 21, 2007 | Posted by cdriga under OPEN SOURCE WORLD, Software you should try |
Microsoft has listed 100 reasons to upgrade to Windows Vista and to leave Windows XP behind. Thanks Microsoft for the list. While reading the list, a Linux user will mark all those reasons and a few more others as “I already have that in my Linux installation“. …and after marking them all, he/she will add:…
DesktopLinux.com: 13 reasons why Linux should be on your desktop
| October 18, 2007 | Posted by cdriga under OPEN SOURCE WORLD, Software you should try |
Kim Brebach enumerates in an article in DesktopLinux.com 13 reasons why Linux should be on your desktop, I would add: even if you still have Windows installed. The reasons in short: Cost Resources Performance No bloatware Security Dual booting Installation Reinstalling the OS Keeping track of software Updating software More security No need to defrag…
Non Windows worlds – Linux stories part 1
| October 17, 2007 | Posted by cdriga under OPEN SOURCE WORLD, Software you should try |
6 years ago, I was already tired of viruses, blank screens, blue screens, malware, spyware, the need to reinstall the operating system from time to time and all sorts of other Windows goodies which for a user born in the Microsoft era consume a lot of his daily time. I decided to investigate if there…
Scribus: Desktop publishing software at no licensing cost – part 1
| October 12, 2007 | Posted by cdriga under Software you should try |
Years ago, while publishing a magazine for my school, I tried various applications for desktop publishing and complex documents editing. At that time there was PageMaker, Publisher, and a few others. At some point I also tried QuarkXPress, all of them having ups and downs either for a newbie or for a professional to tell…
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