StarOffice 8

StarOffice Extensions

Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to StarOffice. They allow you to add exactly the functionality you need, without any interruption in your day to day tasks.

Sun Weblog Publisher

The Sun Weblog Publisher allows you to quickly create, edit and publish weblog entries on many popular Blog servers. It is easy to use so that any user can start blogging right away! You can use the full functionality of StarOffice Writer such as spellchecking, key formatting tools like lists, tables, and pictures, and easy handling of hyperlinks to write articles for your blog. Then you can send the entire Writer document or just the current selection as a new entry to your blog. Everyone can create blog articles with pictures and text tables.

Take all the time you need, because no annoying browser time-outs can prevent you from focusing on your text. It is also possible to edit blog articles, that are already published on the web. Make your changes within Writer and send the text back to the blog server.

Regardless if you have several blogs on the same blog server or whether your blogs are hosted on different blog servers, Sun Weblog Publisher provides management for all your blogs in parallel.

Supports a number of blog platforms, including Roller, WordPress, Generic ATOM and Generic MetaWeblog.

Requires StarOffice 8 (Update 4 or higher) or OpenOffice.org (2.0.4 or higher).

OpenOffice.org/StarOffice eFax Extension

Send and receive faxes from within the StarOffice office suite.

eFax is an online fax service that eliminates the need for a fax machine, an extra fax line and all the associated expenses (paper, ink cartridges etc.). You can continue to use your existing fax number or obtain a new number for free. When someone faxes to your number, the fax is displayed in the eFax Messenger solution if it's installed on your computer or the fax is converted to a file and is emailed to you as an attachment. The extension integrates eFax into StarOffice and gives you a free 30-day trial.

If you already have an eFax account you can continue to use your current eFax number, or you can sign-up today to get a new local or toll-free eFax number for a FREE 30-day trial.

eFax is a service of J2global, for more information see the eFax web page.

Requires StarOffice 8 (Update 7 or higher) or OpenOffice.org (2.2 or higher).

Sun Report Builder

The Sun Report Builder adds a powerful database report editor to StarOffice Base. The Sun Report Builder is similar to a form designer, with visual tools that allow you to create reports by dragging and dropping database fields. There are three different header and footer types that provide you the flexibility you need to design smart and professional looking reports. You can even build multi-column reports with the Sun Report Builder.

You can create dynamic reports with the conditional formatting editor and the extensive sorting and grouping capabilities of the Sun Report Builder allow you to present your information clearly and logically.

The Sun Report Builder's Navigator feature allows you to easily manage all of the report elements.

The Sun Report Builder is an integrated part of StarOffice Base,so you can create database reports from HSQL, Oracle, or almost any other database type.

All reports can be exported into either PDF or OpenDocument formats, or you can send them as email attachment.

The Sun Report Builder is based on Pentaho Reporting Flow Engine from Pentaho BI.

Requires StarOffice 8 (Update 8 or higher) or OpenOffice.org (2.3 or higher).

Sun Presentation Minimizer

The Sun Presentation Minimizer is used to reduce the file size of the current presentation. Images will be compressed, and data that is no longer needed will be removed.

The Sun Presentation Minimizer can optimize the image quality size. Presentations designed for screen or projector do not require the same high quality as presentations designed for print.

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) objects are useful during the presentation design phase but they are up to twice the size of a regular image. The Sun Presentation Minimizer can replace these OLE objects with images without any quality loss.

In addition to reducing the file size, the Sun Presentation Minimizer can remove speaker notes and hidden slides so that you do not publish confidential information by mistake.

The wizard summarizes of all of the changes that will be made to your presentation, and gives you an estimate of the file size reduction.

Note! The Sun Presentation Minimizer also works on Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

Requires StarOffice 8 (Update 8 or higher) or OpenOffice.org (2.3 or higher).

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