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 ...

Although Apache's OpenOffice is compatible with the rest of the Microsoft Office suite, it cannot convert Microsoft Publisher files. Zamzar, an online file conversion service, is a cost-free ...

To automatically open Word files in OpenOffice, change the default program to OpenOffice on either Windows 8 or Windows 7 workstations.

On Tuesday, rivals Microsoft and OpenOffice.org both released toolkits that support building applications for their competing document file formats and productivity suites. OpenOffice’s toolkit ...

Novell on Monday said its edition of OpenOffice will soon support the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML format.

Now and then, office-type documents need to be converted. The latex users have always been able to produce a variety of formats from the command line, but for the OpenOffice/LibreOffice users, manual ...

OpenDocument (Open Document Format for Office Applications) is the new default XML-based file format for the forthcoming open-source office suite OpenOffice.org 2.0.

In a press release today, Sun Microsystems announced it will deliver on demand network services to convert documents from native proprietary formats such as Microsoft Office into the Open Document ...

Ninthchamber asked the Office & Business Software forum why OpenOffice files don’t always open in Microsoft Office. The free OpenOffice suite is relatively compatible with Microsoft Office, but ...