OpenOffice user Bruce Byfield summarizes possible pitfalls and prepartory measures for sharing OpenOffice files with Microsoft Office users. The free, open source OpenOffice is a great alternative to ...

Now OpenOffice has its first major update since 2011, Apache OpenOffice 4.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux. It promises hundreds of bug fixes, better compatibility with Microsoft Office documents, support ...

OpenOffice has updated its productivity suite to patch two flaws that could lead to arbitrary code execution. OpenOffice.org is commonly found on Linux netbooks and is Ubuntu's standard spreadsheet, ...

OpenOffice Calc is a helpful utility for converting your spreadsheet files to other formats, including tab-delimited CSV files. This export feature is an important one that is included with other ...

Most users interact with OpenOffice.org on the desktop. But what if you need to do a selective restore on the files that store custom gradients or colors? Troubleshoot why an extension won't install?

Apache's OpenOffice Writer is a versatile program, with one of its strengths being the ability to open and read document formats from other word processors, such as Microsoft Word and the .doc and ...

OpenOffice.org, the free, open source alternative to Microsoft Office has released a beta preview of version 3.0. Among the changes in the new version are support for the Open Document Format v1.2, ...

Among the updates in 3.0 include the ability to open Office 2007 files, according to Domain-b.com, however, some files, such as .docx, .xisx, and .pptx, can only be read. There’s also a new version ...

"Novell is cooperating with Microsoft and others on a project to create bidirectional, open-source translators for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft ...

Security experts have discovered TIFF-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in OpenOffice, which could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Linux, Windows or Apple Mac-based computers.