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Linux Journal: Calculating in OpenOffice.Org Text Documents

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 12, 2003

“OpenOffice.org is an open-source office suite. It can replace
other office suites and has excellent file interchange filters. It
runs on several operating systems, including Linux, Solaris,
Macintosh OS X and Windows.

“As an independent contractor, I have to bill customers in order
to eat. As I’d rather be hacking Linux, I have incentive to make
invoicing as simple and easy as possible. Sometimes customers are
late paying, and I have to age their account, that is, show which
parts of the invoice are 30, 60 and 90 or more days past
due…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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