August 25, 2010

Andreas Mantke

Compiling OOo vanilla on openSuSE 11.3

I updated my notebook (core 2, 2 GHz) short time ago from openSuSE 11.1-x64 to 11.3-x64. In the past I used this machine once in a while to build OpenOffice.org vanilla. But my last try was some month ago, because I was busy with other tasks. When I installed the openSuSE 11.3 on my box, I get every service for my daily use running first. After my return from our holiday trip I started work on the missing features of my new Linux. I reconstructed the build environment for OpenOffice.org with the...

by andreasma at August 25, 2010 07:37 PM

July 14, 2010

Florian Auer

Get your sleep button working again on KDE4

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T61 and I'm using Kubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS). I've been a KDE fan for years, but with QT4 there's one thing that really annoys me: The sleep button (hibernate/suspend-to-RAM) doesn't work out of the box.

Today I've found a solution which works very well:

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by floeschie at July 14, 2010 06:50 PM

July 06, 2010

Andreas Mantke

OOoPDFConverter: new options for OOo 3.3

The upcomming release of OpenOffice.org, version 3.3 contains two new options for the PDF export. This options are: AllowDuplicateFieldNames and EmbedStandardFonts. They are both from type boolean. The second option embed the fonts into the PDF file. The other option allow duplicated field names in forms. You can download this new version of OOoPDFConverter from the Sourceforge website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooopdfconverter/files/ or with this direct link. If you want to know something...

by andreasma at July 06, 2010 08:34 PM

June 20, 2010

Andreas Mantke

Dokumentation zum PDF-Export

Nachdem der PDF-Export von OpenOffice.org seit Version 2.4 weitere Verbesserungen erfahren hat, habe ich heute meine Dokumentation zu diesem Export auf die aktuelle stabile Version 3.2.1 von OpenOffice.org angepasst. Die Dokumentation steht unter der Public Document License und kann von den Seiten des deutschsprachigen Projektes unter folgender URL im Dateiformat PDF herunter geladen werden: http://de.openoffice.org/doc/howto_2_0/office/exportpdfformat.pdf. Für Dokumentationen rund um OpenOffice.org...

by andreasma at June 20, 2010 07:56 PM

OOoPDFConverter at LinuxTag 2010

I gave a presentation about OOoPDFConverter at the LinuxTag 2010 on last Saturday. The java application OOoPDFConverter creates PDF documents on the command line. It uses OpenOffice.org in a headless mode and is able to pass all available options to the PDF export filter of the office. You can get the slides of my presentation using this URL: http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/fileadmin/www.linuxtag.org/slides/Andreas_Mantke_-_Automatisches_Generieren_von_PDF_mit_OpenOffice_org.pdf. If you want to try...

by andreasma at June 20, 2010 07:41 PM

June 14, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Abschlussbericht: Aufbruchsstimmung auf dem LinuxTag 2010

Auf dem LinuxTag 2010 in Berlin kamen vom 9. bis 12. Juni insgesamt 11.748 Teilnehmer aus Community...

by presse@linuxtag.org at June 14, 2010 12:41 PM

June 11, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Freie Fahrt für Mautdaten

Das Projekt OpenStreetMap erhält auf dem LinuxTag eine Spende in Form von 2.800 Datensätzen für die...

June 11, 2010 09:16 AM

June 09, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Eröffnungsbericht: Branchenbarometer LinuxTag steht auf „Hoch“

Europas führender Treff für Linux und Open Source auf dem Berliner Messegelände eröffnet – 118...

by presse@linuxtag.org at June 09, 2010 09:07 AM

June 07, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Mobilität erfordert Offenheit

Exponate und Vorträge zum mobilen Internet rund um Android und MeeGo – Offener Tablet-Computer...

June 07, 2010 10:02 AM

June 04, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Unternehmensvertreter diskutieren Linux-Merger

Firmenübernahmen werfen die Frage auf, ob Open Source immer mehr zum Spielball großer Unternehmen...

by magnus@linuxtag.org at June 04, 2010 01:13 PM

June 03, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Highlights-Report: Neuheiten und Trends

Der Highlights-Report (zum Download) stellt – alphabetisch nach Teilnehmernamen geordnet –...

June 03, 2010 11:57 AM

Mit Open Source zum Mond

Zahl der Freien Projekten wächst auf über 70 +++ Themenschwerpunkte Datenschutz, Multimedia und...

June 03, 2010 09:19 AM

June 02, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Presse Service zum LinuxTag 2010

Der LinuxTag ist Europas führender Event für Linux und freie Software. Die viertägige Veranstaltung...

June 02, 2010 03:07 PM

May 31, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Der LinuxTag wächst: Neue Sponsoren, Aussteller und erweitertes Kongress-Angebot

Europas größte Veranstaltung für Linux und Open Source mit starkem Zuspruch

May 31, 2010 11:06 AM

May 28, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Highlights-Report: Neuheiten und Trends

Der LinuxTag ist der bedeutendste Treffpunkt rund um Linux und Open Source in Europa. Vom 9. bis...

May 28, 2010 11:26 AM

May 27, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Weiterbildung, Hacking und Zertifizierung

Hacking-Contest zeigt live Angriffe und AbwehrmaßnahmenMaßgebliche Entwickler halten Tutorien zu...

May 27, 2010 09:28 AM

May 22, 2010

Andreas Mantke

OOoPDFConverter: new version out

I released today a new version of OOoPDFConverter. This version contains two new options: "ExportLinksRelativeFsys" and "PDFViewSelection". You can download the new version from this site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooopdfconverter/files or with this direct link. For more information about the OOoPDFConverter - a java command line application, that uses OpenOffice.org to convert office files to pdf - have a look at the project homepage:http://ooopdfconverter.sourceforge.net

by andreasma at May 22, 2010 08:48 PM

May 20, 2010

Andreas Mantke

New version of OOoPDFConverter

I added two new options to the java command line program OOoPDFConverter: ExportBookmarksToPDFDestination, ConvertOOoTargetToPDFTarget. You can get the description of this options with the command java -jar OOoPDFConverter[Version].jar --help. The new version of the OOoPDFConverter is available on Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooopdfconverter/files/OOoPDFConverter_v09_2/OOoPDFConverter_09_2_20100520.jar/download. Download and enjoy the new version ;-)

by andreasma at May 20, 2010 07:02 PM

May 16, 2010

Andreas Mantke

OOoPDFConverter - New Options website

I worked on a new website about the options of the java application OOoPDFConverter. The site covers now the current options of OOoPDFConverter and describes the default value of all options. I think the information are in better shape now and the user could get every piece of information he need to use this application. You can find the new page here.

by andreasma at May 16, 2010 08:40 PM

May 15, 2010

Andreas Mantke

New version of OOoPDFConverter

I uploaded a new version of the java command line application OOoPDFConverter to the project page. This version covers the option to export selected pages of the original document. You can find a short explanation of this feature on the website of the project. Enjoy the new version of the application and share your experience with us ;-) You can download the new version using this direct link.

by andreasma at May 15, 2010 12:51 PM

May 10, 2010

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Neuer General Manager Open Source bei Microsoft James Utzschneider übernimmt Keynote Microsoft and Open Source

Das LinuxTag Programm-Kommitee gibt bekannt, dass anstelle von Bill Hilf nun James Utzschneider am...

May 10, 2010 03:57 PM

May 07, 2010

Andreas Mantke

OOoPDFConverter

OpenOffice.org is able to export office files to the PDF file format. I created with Andre a new java project on Sourceforge.net that uses OpenOffice.org in the headless mode from the command line to convert files to the PDF file format. Therefor it uses the UNO framework of OpenOffice.org You can create this PDF files with the options that are in OpenOffic.org available inside the PDF dialog, i.e. you can create PDF/A. Our java application is able to work multiple files in one go. Visit our little...

by andreasma at May 07, 2010 08:02 PM

LinuxTag-Newsfeed

Lizenz zum Sparen: Der Business- und Behördenkongress auf dem LinuxTag 2010 weist Wege aus den Fesseln unflexibler Softwareangebote

Am 9. und 10. Juni 2010 dreht sich beim 10-jährigen Jubiläum des Business und Behördenkongresses...

May 07, 2010 05:59 AM