July 11, 2009
These days, the world has become a smaller place to live in. Quite often, there is a need to translate a document or email (or conversation) of yours or one you received a colleague into another language. Most free translation tools available for such translations are scarce, not quite accurate and generally have a price [...]
May 10, 2009
There are so many good software available these days – some free and some not free that you can use to create documents of all kinds. The downside? Each has its own format, some open formats and some not and you have to take care of which ones play well with which software. Every now [...]
March 15, 2009
Although there are many great open source office suites, Microsoft Word remains my number one choice. It belongs to the elite few applications I’m willing to pay for in the big world of software. However, nothing is perfect. And although imperfections create the uniqueness and beauty in most cases, we want software to be as [...]
March 9, 2009
The Wikimedia Foundation home page says – Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. With nearly 3 million articles in the English version alone Wikipedia along with its sister wikis is an Alibaba’s treasure trove of information. Now, Wikipedia gives us a chance to [...]
December 16, 2008
Have you ever received one of those files with the .docx extension and wondered what to do with it ? It can’t be viewed in older Word versions, so how can you open a docx file then? Well I have and the last time I couldn’t open a document, I was so frustrated I decided [...]
October 20, 2008
Like Firefox, OpenOffice also comes with extensions that you can use to improve its functionality. Here, we have tested all the extensions and sorted out those that are useful for everyday use. Some of them are for general use while some are only meant for Writer, Calc or Impress. (For those who haven’t heard about [...]
