Denmark to implement ODF document standard
Good news that the Danish government has agreed to mandate the use of Open Document Format. Last Friday, after four years of deliberation, representatives of all parties in the Danish […]
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Norway 2010: Government websites must use open formats
An interesting story of Norway enforcing public sector websites to use open formats, such as PDF and ODF for documents, in order to lower the bar for accessibility. Taking effect […]
Read moreMunich adopts Open Document Format
I missed this previously, but Munich has finally switched over to exclusive use of ODF for documents, and PDF for non-editable documents. The city administration’s standard desktops now consist of […]
Read moreOffice 2007 and ODF support; are we surprised?
Microsoft’s “support” of Open Document Format (ISO 26300) is a joke. Seriously, is anyone surprised? Microsoft wants to maintain their stranglehold on the Office market worldwide. They don’t want anyone […]
Read moreODF in South America
It looks like the Ecuadorian Institute of Standardisation has just unanimously approved the use of ODF in the country. This comes after Brazil adopted ODF as their national standard last […]
Read moreOOo, to edit a PDF
Ever had a PDF that you needed to change a few items on? There’s an extension for OpenOffice.org 3.0 which enables the importing of a PDF document into Draw and […]
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