I have always thought OpenOffice was a great tool to use - but have been continually frustrated at it saving in the open office format by default, so after some searching and tinkering I found a way to make all the openoffice applications default save into their microsoft equivilent. The best resource I found was [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Applications'
Saving default as .doc in Openoffice
April 20th, 2008 by dcouper · No Comments
Tags: Applications
ReBlog - republish interesting posts from other blogs
April 11th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments
Sometimes I wish I could create a blog where I can republish interesting posts and articles I find on the net, with my comments and thoughts added to it. But I want to do it in a way that the credits for the post go to the owner.
With ReFeed and the ReBlog plugin for wordpress [...]
Tags: Applications · Technology · Tutorials / Training · quick & easy tips
Convert Microsoft PowerPoint to Adobe Flash for Free with iSpring
April 9th, 2008 by Bill Hutchison · No Comments
Sometimes creating Flash presentations can be a real pain in the bum, especially if you don’t actually own a copy of Adobe Flash.
iSpring Free, formerly FlashSpring, provides a way to create Flash movies for free directly Microsoft PowerPoint. Using iSpring Free allows you to keep all your visual parameters and animation effects, while making a [...]
Tags: Applications
Disappearing content panel in SugarCRM
April 7th, 2008 by dcouper · No Comments
We have just done a clean install of SugarCRM 5.0 on a linux server. Once the install was complete and all of the correct permissions set, we opened up Sugar and could not see any of the contact fields for editting or viewing.
We initially thought it would be permissioned based problem like we have had [...]
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Crayon Physics Deluxe - Draw your own solution
April 3rd, 2008 by Bill Hutchison · No Comments
This is one of the coolest games that I have seen for a long time, and lately I don’t have much time for games.
The game that you see in the video is called Crayon Physics Deluxe, and it is unfortunately not yet available. You can register your interest on their web-site though and be informed [...]
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SP1 Update for Vista
March 19th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments
Microsoft claims this Vista update will improve stability, security and performance. It also warns that the Update could cause some software to malfunction, including some security software like the anti-virus from BitDefender and Trend Micro. The other programmes that may be affected by this update are:
BitDefender AV
Fujitsu Shock Sensor
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 2008
Trend [...]
Tags: Applications · OS & Servers · Security · Technology

