I’ve waxed poetic about the joys of OpenOffice here before, but here’s a really neat trick. Create a “Word” document in OpenOffice Writer, then save it. Now, using an archive tool like WinZip, open it — unzip it just like it was a zip archive. You should find the following files:
These five files make up and style the complete content of the document. This functionality would be awfully valulable for organizations struggling with content management problems. Incidentally, Microsoft claims the same functionality for Office 11.
I'm on one of my "shiny object" tangents lately. The latest thing is non-Microsoft software. I don't know why, but I suddenly feel the need to be all counter-culture-ish and find alternatives to the standbys. I've been browsing with Mozilla all week, and I don't think I'll go back…