If you're coming fresh from Microsoft Excel, you might wonder where the Pivot tables are in OpenOffice.org Calc. The problem is, they're masquerading under the name of DataPilots. But, under any name, ...

A formula is a spreadsheet function entered in a cell, complete with its arguments. They're one of the two or three major applications that first spearheaded the acceptance of the personal computer in ...

OpenOffice.org is a full-featured office suite. Designed to compete with software such as Microsoft Office and Corel's WordPerfect Office, it includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation ...

OpenOffice.org Draw is a vector graphics package that resembles the drawing tools in Office. OpenOffice.org Base works with databases in its own XML-based format as well as MySQL, dBASE, older ...

The OpenOffice.org group updated its open-source suite of desktop applications on Monday, saying that its new release enhances the ability of users to create charts and other graphics from spreadsheet ...

This enterprise-level open-source Microsoft Office alternative is powerful and highly compatible with Office-format files (through Office 2003), but it's marred by a dreary and complex interface.

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 ...

OpenOffice.org is one of the leading competitors to the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity applications. Originally developed as StarOffice in the late 1990s, the suite had been managed ...

You can add fonts, templates, extensions, and other features to ease the adjustment to OpenOffice.org's suite of productivity applications. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as ...

In the kingdom of business productivity, Microsoft Office reigns supreme. Its dominating position atop the word processing, spreadsheet, and presentations heap seems virtually unassailable. Its file ...

Servers hosting the new version of OpenOffice.org have crashed, under the weight of demand for the latest version of the open source office productivity suite. (Credit: OpenOffice.org) OpenOffice 3.0 ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. This enterprise-level open-source Microsoft Office ...