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OSNews: Text Formatting with OpenOffice.org Writer

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 13, 2004

“Before I start, let me tell you the little story, how I got the
idea for writing this article. When I wrote my first article for
OSNews, one of the screenshots I included showed my diploma thesis.
I merely wanted to show that OpenOffice.org in Fedora Core 2
features native icons, nothing more.

“So, just because I wanted to show off a little, I loaded my
diploma thesis, which was then already 130 pages long and took the
screenie. I am a moron, I admit it… So, the funny thing was, when
that article went live, I got an email from a crazy german who told
me that I was not formatting my diploma correctly. He specified
various mistakes and, to my amazement, he was right on every single
issue he mentioned.

Complete
Story

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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