Star Microsoft Axes Works, Introduces Office 2010 Starter with Ads
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Oct 2009 22:04 UTC
Microsoft Are you familiar with Microsoft Works? It's sort of a My First Office Suite kind of thing which includes support for Microsoft Word and Excel documents. It is usually not sold separately, but instead comes pre-installed on new OEM machines. Well, Microsoft has announced today that it will kill Microsoft Works, and replace it with Microsoft Office 2010 Starter - an ad-supported version of Office 2010.
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RE[3]: aaarrrgh!!!!
by gustl on Sun 11th Oct 2009 17:51 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: aaarrrgh!!!!"
gustl
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2006-01-19

One missing features of OOo:

clipping graphics using the mouse. (Can now be done in presenter, but NOT in writer.)

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RE[4]: aaarrrgh!!!!
by lemur2 on Tue 13th Oct 2009 00:59 in reply to "RE[3]: aaarrrgh!!!!"
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2007-02-17

One missing features of OOo: clipping graphics using the mouse. (Can now be done in presenter, but NOT in writer.)


http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/featurelistbeta.html#Improved_C...

Use openoffice draw to make the graphic (including raster graphics). There is a "crop picture" icon on the graphics toolbar, so that it can easily be cropped. One can even add annotations etc to the original graphic. Having got it how you want it, then copy and paste it into writer.

There is no equivalent of draw in most Microsoft Office installations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OOo_Draw_Screenshot.png
http://why.openoffice.org/images/draw-big.png

Draw anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan. Draw gives you the tools to communicate with graphics and diagrams. Manipulate objects, rotate in two or three dimensions; use sophisticated rendering to create photorealistic images. Smart connectors make short work of flowcharts, organisation charts, network diagrams, etc. Styles - a common OpenOffice.org feature - help you control your work easily and precisely in Draw.


Some installations of Microsoft Office do however include Visio at significant extra expense.

If you need some help using OpenOffice correctly, here is a good resource:

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/draw-2009/

Here is some help specifically on cropping, which you seem to have had trouble with:

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/10/normal-graphic-cropp...


Note that, if you really, really don't want to use draw to prepare graphics, then the current 2009 version of writer allows you to crop the picture directly in writer:

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/writer-2009/

As explained in the above link, the trick is to "Right-click on the graphic and choose Picture". Then go to the "Crop" tab.

Edited 2009-10-13 01:13 UTC

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