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Freitag Februar 15, 2008

Dutch "government ISV" adds ODF support
If I understood this Dutch article correctly, the Dutch ISV Centric, which seems to very active in the public sector, is adding ODF support to their applications. Apparently the adoption of ODF by the City of Heerenveen and the City of Groningen had some impact on the decision.
( Feb 15 2008, 12:39:40 PM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

PDF/A Support in OpenOffice.org
The first release candidate for OpenOffice.org 2.4 has just been release. One of the key new features is the built-in PDF/A export capability. The new Chart features are very cool as well! Please check if the release candidate is good enough for being promoted to a final version!
( Feb 15 2008, 10:20:25 AM CET ) Permalink

"Government offers computer software for €2"
"The scheme offers StarOffice 8 Sun Microsystems software, which includes StarWriter (word-processor), StarCalc (spreadsheet), StarImpress (digital presentation), StarDraw (for painting) and StarBase (database).

Students, teachers and disabled persons may register for the software by downloading the application forms from www.thesmartisland. gov.mt. These will be accepted until 11 April."

Found here. Also see "Government to help families buy new computers".
( Feb 15 2008, 08:17:34 AM CET ) Permalink

Table2Clipboard Firefox Extension
"Make copying tables from web pages to offline office apps easier with Table2Clipboard, a free Firefox extension. The low-key app simply adds a single item to the Edit and right-click context menus, "Copy whole table," that retains a table's formatting and makes it far easier to paste and manipulate in Microsoft Word or Excel, OpenOffice.org and other programs."
Found here.
( Feb 15 2008, 08:13:28 AM CET ) Permalink