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OpenOffice Base: Converting data and files from Access
Consider switching to OpenOffice's Base, an open source alternative to proprietary Microsoft Access. In this tip, an expert tells how to convert Access files to Base and discusses some helpful hints for working with Base. Tip
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Free chapters from "OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook"
OpenOffice expert Solveig Haugland gives out three free chapters on creating and formatting Writer tables, sorting and filtering in Calc and formatting master pages in Impress from her new book, "OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook." Tip
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Zimbra stalks Microsoft Office with open source, Web services
Zimbra CEO Satish Dhamaraj sees cracks in the Microsoft Office armor that his Ajax-based collaboration suite can exploit. Article
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Postgres slides in between Oracle, MySQL
As VoIP provider Vonage's customer base grew, so too did its databases. They didn't warrant more Oracle instances, but ran just fine on PostgresSQL-based EnterpriseDB. Article
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Chapter 3 of "Deploying OpenLDAP"
Chapter 3 of "Deploying OpenLDAP" discusses the basics of environment setup and tools required to successfully run an OpenLDAP server Tip
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Chapter 8, The Dating Game
Chapter 8 -- The dating game -- of "Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach" provides over a dozen functions for manipulating and formatting dates. Tip
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Electronic signatures in OpenOffice
How to create electronic signatures in OpenOffice 2.0. Ask the Expert
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Converting Access files to OpenOffice
An office suite expert describes how to convert Access files to OpenOffice for a one-time use. Ask the Expert
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Triggers and mutating table errors in MySQL
Discover what can trigger mutating table errors MySQL and learn about the differences between statement and row triggers. Tip
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IE security vs. Firefox
Find out why one expert will still choose Firefox over Internet Explorer every time. Ask the Expert