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Sun has made ODF as the default file format of StarOffice 8. Our friends at CNet are definitely excited about Sun Microsystems StarOffice 8 which they call as a solid productivity suite that costs a fraction of the price of its main competitor, Microsoft Office 2003. StarOffice 8 has new mail-merge and database wizards, better import and export filters for Microsoft Office files, and an Adobe PDF-export tool that now supports hyperlinks, tables of contents, and other essentials. StarOffice 8 lacks a contacts manager, an e-mail program, and a photo editor. And while StarOffice runs on a variety of operating systems, including Linux, Solaris, and Windows, it eschews Macintosh--surprising, given the suite's cross-platform philosophy. But the package price of $100 on CD or $70 via download makes StarOffice 8 a good buy for both small and large businesses. Difference between Sun StarOffice 8 and OpenOffice 2 StarOffice Enterprise users get the Macro Migration and Document Analysis wiz...

Adobe are sending a free Creative Suite 2 DVD containing 30-day trial versions of Photoshop CS2, InDesign CS2, Illustrator® CS2, GoLive CS2 and Adobe Acrobat Professional with Adobe Bridge and Adobe Stock Photos. You need to fill a Adobe Creative Suite 2 evaluation DVD form to receive the Adobe Creative Suite 2 CD. Offer is limited to U.S. / Canada residents or those living in Australia / New Zealand .

Guide to slipstream Office 2003 SP2 into Microsoft Office 2003 CD Use this simple guide to create an Microsoft Office 2003 CD that has an integrated (slipstreamed) SP2 to avoid having to manually install the updates later. We do an administrative Office 2003 installation so that you don't have to enter product keys or other information while installing Office 2003. You will however need to activate the product. Before you slipstream Office 2003 and Service Pack 2 into one CD., you'll need the access to your Microsoft Office 2003 CD with product key, Microsoft Office 2003 SP2 - fullfile version Office2003SP2-kb887616-fullfile-enu.exe and some of your precious time. Here's an easy to follow step-by-step guide to Slipstream Office 2003 and SP2 : 1. Create three folders on you c: drive - c:\MSOffice2003 | c:\Office2003SP2 | c:\tempSP2 2. Now Insert the Office 2003 CD and type "x:\setup.exe /a" in the Run dialog [x is your cd-rom drive letter] 3. Enter the required...

Richard at ZDNet has compiled a list of web-based office software that are "web-incarnations" for every Microsoft Office product. Richard is confident that the time for the web-based office will come. When broadband is ubiquitous, web functionality is richer, issues of security and reliability have been put to rest, and most importantly of all - when Corporates are ready to make the jump. The most noticable among these web-office-apps is Writely - The Web Word Processor - Paul Pival says it's got a WYSIWYG editor, and multiple people can collaborate on the same document, which can be either public or private. Some of these web-based office apps are evolving along the lines of Microsoft Office Suite programs. • FCKeditor Microsoft Word like open source web app. • Num Sum - Microsoft Excel spreadsheets • called S5 - Microsoft Powerpoint presentations • Webnote - Microsoft OneNote 2003 • gOFFICE - online word processor and desktop publishing program. • thinkfre...

Google has added an extra "use search options" link beneath the Blog Search box that gives quick one-click access to the following advanced options: 1. Limit your search to one or more blogs that you specify. 2. Search posts published withing two dates. 3. Find reference to a particular URL (like Technorati Citations - Who links to this post ) The Advanced Search option lets you specify titles, authors, languages and safesearch to filter out adult sites, just like in Google Search. Related: Google responds to Mark Cuban's accusations