My first experiment with OpenCalais involved OpenOffice. I use OpenOffice intensively (as a direct replacement for the Microsoft Office line of shovelware), and although OpenOffice (like Office) has more than its fair share of annoyances, it also has some features that are just plain crazy-useful, such as support for Macros written in any of four languages (Python, Basic, beanshell, and JavaScript). The JavaScript binding is particularly useful, since it's implemented in Java and allows you to tap the power of the JRE. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Docbook2odf is a toolkit that automaticaly converts DocBook to OASIS OpenDocument (ODF, the ISO standardized format used for texts, spreadsheets and presentations). Conversion is based on a XSLT which makes it easy to convert DocBook->ODF, ODT, ODS and ODP as all these documents are XML based.
Also goal of docbook2odf is to generate well formatted documents in OpenDocument, ready to be used in instant, with actually considering current rules of the Corporate Identity of organizations. Final results should not be restricted to text like documents but also many other forms could be generated, like presentations, charts or forms with images and multimedia.
The result is provided in a one zipped ODF file (.odt/.odp/.ods) with all required content. There are group of utilities like docbook2odt, docbook2ods and docbook2odp as docbook2odf is actually universally converting to these respective formats.
Docbook2odf is open source. This means that the source codes is not only available for download free of charge, but developers have access to the source code and may modify it.
Die Opensource-DVD ist eine kostenlose Sammlung freier Windows-Software. Die neue Ausgabe der DVD enthält beispielsweise XMind, um Mindmaps zu erstellen. Neu hinzugekommen sind Moodle, mit dem sich Onlinekurse zusammenstellen lassen, und der Text- und HEX-Editor MadEdit. Mit Virtual Floppy Drive lassen sich unter Windows virtuelle Diskettenlaufwerke verwenden.
Insgesamt 91 Programme der Opensource-DVD wurden aktualisiert. Die Textverarbeitung Abiword ist jetzt in der Version 2.6.8 enthalten, der Browser Firefox in der Version 3.0.10. Außerdem wurde der VLC Media Player auf die Version 0.9.9 aktualisiert. Eine Auflistung aller Updates gibt es auf der Projektseite.
Das ISO-Image zum Brennen der Opensource-DVD ist mittlerweile auf 4,2 GByte angewachsen und steht zum kostenlosen Download bereit. Außerdem gibt es eine Bestellmöglichkeit. Die Kaufvariante enthält unter anderem eine Suchfunktion, diverse Videoanleitungen sowie Vorlagen für OpenOffice.org.
odt2pml exports a Writer document into a "Palm Markup Language" (PML) tagged plain text file, ready to be processed by DropBook for eReader. odt2pml is WYSIWYG, within PML limitations: format your Writer document as you like, and eReader will show it with nearly the same formatting. That includes character and paragraph styles, page breaks, chapter headings, footnotes, frames, images and direct formatting (bold, italic, subscript, ...). Tables are not supported.
Write it Right, Write it Better (WiR WiB) is a writing aid, an extension for OpenOffice.org. It is a plugin for WordNet® that provides online help by suggesting better options for a typed word and correct usage with examples. The extension works for both English as well as Hindi WordNet® and prompts synonym options to the user based on her locale settings. The purpose of this tool is to assist the users in writing impressively. It does not promote incomprehensible writing by using fancy words. The authors of the extension fully support simple writing styles and only want to encourage vocabulary enhancement by making this tool.