10 years after starting on StarOffice, I still introduce myself in one sentence, 'I do training and educational materials for it's like Microsoft but free and, I think, superior in many ways.' Nobody looks at me weird for explaining what it is: 10 years after Sun started making StarOffice available. My letter to Santa Claus, perhaps my wish list for a win/win/win situation for Oracle, users, and of course me and other providers of products and services. On that note, let me make my laundry list for what I think is important for. (The certification program alone generates a decent chunk of change.) So you know that getting a bigger market share for would be a nice benefit to Oracle. You know the massive amounts of partner and corporate revenue that comes not just from selling the product but from associated services and add-on products. You know how huge, and pervasive, the use of Microsoft Office is. But if you keep interest or control over, please consider the following. You might be having meetings next week about spinning it off into a foundation. You might not be having meetings this week about. I'm sure there are many reasons for Oracle buying Sun. And now (without restarting or anything) when I choose in OpenOffice File > New > Presentation, that wedding template is right there in My Templates. I choose File > Templates > Save and name it, then click OK.Ħ. However, if I want it in that nice little catalog of templates that pops up when I create a new presentation.

Now, I can just use it, save it as a presentation, do whatever I want at this point. From OpenOffice, chose File > Open and opened the downloaded file.ĥ. Downloaded this one (a dear friend just got married to the man I set her up with - it seems an appropriate choice. Googled free Microsoft Office templates.ģ. You can get great free software, without many templates, then go out and get the templates separately, also for free.ī) You can use Microsoft Office format templates to your heart's content in OpenOffice.ġ. However, here's the thing.Ī) Templates aren't software. As you know, OpenOffice doesn't come with the dazzling depth or array of templates that Microsoft Office users get.

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