OpenOffice users should take note that the popular open source software received a software update this week, taking it to version 3.1 (more…)

It’s been available for download for a while, but I have not had the time to post that OpenOffice version 3 is out.

Many thetechangel.com customers use the software as a free alternative to Microsoft Office, and many, many improvements have been made in the new version, (more…)

For those who use the brilliant freebie software OpenOffice, it has been noticed over the years that the various updates, security fixes, and improvements do seem to have been missed out upon by many users.

Well, here is a how to tell guide if you want to get the most out of OpenOffice, and how to keep on top of the updates. There are two ways of telling which version you currently have installed:- (more…)

Over recent months, some users have been grumbling that they cannot open documents (Word, Excel etc) from other Office users. On closer inspection the sender of the document was using Office 2007, whilst the recipient was using MS Office 2003, XP…or even older. (more…)

For users who have and work on OpenOffice, there is an important update available as of this week. (more…)