If you took my advice (and you always do, right?) and dumped Microsoft Office in favor of OpenOffice 3.0, here's a cool way to juice it up: The Writer's Tools extension for OpenOffice ...

Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): The Writer's Tools extension adds a useful new menu to the popular, open source office suite OpenOffice.org that ...

In addition, Writer's Tools also includes a Notes feature, which functions similarly. OpenOffice.org already has a note tool, of course, but, in its current incarnation, it is difficult to read (that ...

However, it's easy to fix this and ensure that Writer saves by default in the DOC format used in Word 97-XP. Just choose 'Tools | Options | Load/Save | General'.

How to Change OpenOffice to 1-Inch Spacing. The Writer component of OpenOffice gives you full control over the style and layout of your text. You can adjust spacing, indents, fonts and similar ...

Some of the most useful OpenOffice.org add-ons are those that extend or change the functionality of Writer. In no particular order, below are some of the Writer add-ons that are most useful. Like all ...