Software
Import and Edit PDFs with OpenOffice
One handy OpenOffice extension out there is Sun’s PDF Import Extension. Their description:
The PDF Import Extension allows modifying existing PDF files for which the original source files do not exist anymore. PDF documents are imported in Draw and Impress to preserve the layout and to allow basic editing. It is the perfect solution for changing [...]
Zotero 1.5 and OpenOffice 3.0: Getting it all to Work
Those of you who have upgrade to Zotero 1.5 (still in Beta) and/or OpenOffice 3.0 may have noticed some problems with integration. Zotero has a plugin for OpenOffice and MS Word that integrates your Bibliography with your documents, but the default plugin does not work with OpenOffice.
That problem has been fixed: download the new [...]
Some Extensions for OpenOffice.org
Here are a handful of handy extensions for the previously mentioned OpenOffice.org, a free suite of office products similar to Microsoft Office.
Free Office Software: OpenOffice 3.0 Released!
In honor of the release of OpenOffice 3.0 I thought I would make it my first post in the Don’t Pay for Software Series.
What is OpenOffice.org?
It is an office document suite, similar to (but better and free-er than) Microsoft Office or (for those of you who still use it) WordPerfect. Now don’t be nervous because [...]
Beyond PowerPoint
There are several web-based applications that allow you to create and distribute presentation documents, without the need of expensive software such as MS Office. Here is a helpful list to get you started.
Personally I use OpenOffice’s Impress. Prior to the upcoming 3.0 series, Impress was (in my opinion) OpenOffice’s weakest link. But OpenOffice.org 3.0 [...]
Don’t Pay for Software
I am still a little surprised that people are willing to shell out hundreds of dollars on computer software when there are often dozens of free alternatives available. Most of us use computers for pretty basic tasks: emailing friends, browsing the internet, editing photos, listening to music, writing letters, and maintaining blogs. All of these [...]
Microsoft’s Answer to Linux?
This post describes an interesting development over at Redmond.
The new trend among tech-nerds are low-end computers (recently dubbed “netbooks”). The specifications may be “soooo 2006,” but laptop builders can make them super small, super efficient (all-day battery life), and super slick. Pack it full of extras like bluetooth support, wireless internet, and solid-state drives [...]
Big Leaps with Zotero
I am repeatedly impressed by the work going on at Zotero. The latest feature: online access to your data. That’s right, the data that you have synced with Zotero’s servers can now be accessed anywhere in the world; all you need is a web browser.
And here’s the beauty of it: any browser will do, even [...]
RefTagger Now Supports Movable Type
Previously mentioned RefTagger now supports Movable Type, so if you use that platform, check out Logos’s recent how to.
Discourse Analysis Software from Logos
Good translations require a good understanding of how languages work. This requires more than just knowing a list of words and grammatical structures; it requires an understanding of why an author chooses this structure instead of that one. It requires an understanding of linguistic context, of the rules of discourse, of conventions of speech and [...]
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