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 ...

A little-known German company called Star Division spent most of the 1990s developing StarOffice, a feature-rich software suite. StarOffice, while incomplete, offered better-than-average compatibility ...

Beta of the open source office suite brings a new Start Centre and some added features that provide a serious, free alternative to Microsoft Office If you think that you always get what you pay for, ...

Well it seems Microsoft is at it again with trying to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt against open source software. But wait, I thought they "loved" open source ...

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 ...

Microsoft Office apps like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. are loaded with features; but, practically getting used to all of them would take weeks of training. Then there’s one feature that most of us ...

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 ...

A deeper look at Microsoft's latest PR stunt reveals its fear of not capturing emerging economies such as Eastern Europe A recently released OpenOffice.org marketing video from Microsoft tries to ...

It’s rare to see anyone stick up for Microsoft’s ugly tactics, but it’s refreshing to see somebody trying to rally for Redmond — even if they are wrong. Fellow NetworkWorld blogger Alan Shimel asks ...

OpenOffice is configured to automatically use the fonts installed to Windows, which works out nicely if you use OpenOffice and Microsoft Office on the same computer. However, this usually isn't the ...

If you think that you always get what you pay for, the just-released beta of OpenOffice 3.0 should convince you otherwise. This free, open-source software suite provides most of what anyone could want ...