Character count in text can be an important number, especially when dealing with design and formatting for newsletters or product copy. It may be especially important to keep an eye on character count ...

OpenOffice.org's (OOo) word processor, called Writer, has an embedded calculating facility similar to a spreadsheet. This article shows how to use it by building an invoice template with account aging ...

Working with files in a range of formats is an age-old problem in the office, but more often than not, the open source suite of applications offered by OpenOffice can handle any file. One situation ...

One of the least understood features of OpenOffice.org is graphics text. People understand vaguely that it differs from regular text, but exactly how it differs or why anyone should care is mostly ...

Sarah Mitroff has worn many hats at CNET, including Senior Mobile Editor and Managing Editor of Health and Wellness. Currently, she is a freelance editor. Throughout her career, she's written about ...

The blog Writer for Writers describes how to e-mail yourself a backup copy of any active OpenOffice.org document. All you need is Email Backup, a new OpenOffice extension. Once it's installed, you ...