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OpenOffice.org is a high quality, free and open-source alternativ to Microsoft Office Suite. It runs on Windows, Mac and on Linux distro's like Ubuntu. Here are some tips to make Open Office faster.

After installing Ubuntu or after connecting a new monitor, you may wish to change the screen resolution. Ready how to do it.

Use another desktop background in Ubuntu by choosing another wallpaper or a solid color.

Display the document title in the header or in the footer of an OpenOffice.org Writer document.

Put one of the GNOME panels in Ubuntu in another place.

In Ubuntu Hardy Heron, you can no longer install fonts by copying them in the fonts:/// directory. If you try this, you'll receive an error warning 'Could not display:"fonts:///". Nautilus cannot handle fonts: locations.' Here is a solution.

Put a docked toolbar in an other place. A docked toolbar is a toolbar that has a fixed position. This howto describes how to change that position.

Let's make a Salty Dog. This cocktail contains vodka or gin and grapefruit juice. It is usually served in a glass with a salted rim. There is also a version without the salted rim that is called the Greyhound cocktail.

This howto describes how you can easily find music files on the internet with Google.

If the language of Firefox is not the language that the rest of your Ubuntu computer uses, you can change the language of Firefox this way.

Shake a Brandy Alexander! A Brandy Alexander is a sweet cocktail based on brandy. The Brandy Alexander cocktail resembles the Panama cocktail. It became popular during the early 20th century. An earlier version of this cocktail was based on gin and was called simply called "Alexander".

Rotate text in one or more cells in OpenOffice.org Calc.

Sometimes when you install new packages, you get the annoying message "Media change: please insert the disc labeled ‘Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)’ in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter". Get rid of it!

Insert text, tables, graphics, special characters and other items by using a key combination.

Restart page numbering in an OpenOffice.org Writer document so that two parts of your document count their page numbers separately, e.g. when an Annex is numbered differently than the main document, or when the page numbering starts at 1 after the title page.

Clean your Ubuntu desktop and stop icons linking to mounted volumes and partitions from being displayed on your desktop.

Gedit is Ubuntu's default text editor. If you like to edit program code, it is great to add the option "Open with gedit" to the right-click menu of Ubuntu's file browser Nautilus.

Shut down your computer when you are in the GRUB menu. If you accidentally hit the restart button when you wanted to close Ubuntu, you will enter the GRUB menu. It is not needed to load Ubuntu before you can shut down, simply shut down from GRUB's command line.

Hey, I did not invent this name! Orgasm is a cocktail made of Cointreau, Irish cream and Grand Marnier. Let's build this great, layered cocktail.

In the past, the command prompt was the operating system. You can still use the command prompt to resolve a number of issues that cannot be handled in Windows. Read how to get to a MS-DOS command prompt in Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista.

Contrary to Microsoft Windows, you never need to buy a new license to change the language of your Ubuntu installation. Just follow this simple procedure the change the language of Ubuntu.

Let's make an Alexander (cocktail). This is a gin cocktail which contains chocolate liqueur (crème de cacao) and Cream. The Alexander cocktail is the ancestor of the popular Brandy Alexander cocktail.

Most people who start with Ubuntu Linux start with a dual boot system on which they keep MS Windows in one partition and install Ubuntu on the second partition. If you are still getting used to Ubuntu, you may wish to make MS Windows the first option in GRUB, so that MS Windows starts automatically if you don't choose to start with Ubuntu.

Are you bored with your computer name in Ubuntu? Read how to change the name of your computer.

Undo your changes to an OpenOffice.org document. Redo them again. Or repeat your changes.

Change the page margins of an OpenOffice.org Writer document.

This only works if you have a laptop: increase the brightness of your screen.

If you can't connect to the internet or if your internet connection is slow, you can use Ubuntu Repositories on DVD. You may also use a DVD repository to install some proprietary software.

A floating toolbar is a toolbar that only appears when the context requires this. For example, if you put your cursor in a bullet list, the Bullets and Numbering toolbar appears. This howto describes how to dock a floating toolbar, so that it gets a fixed position among the toolbars in top of your screen.

Another cocktail with a name that some consider inappropriate. Understandably, although "Sex on the beach" is the official name of this cocktail made of vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice and cranberry juice, some prefer to call it "Fun on the Beach". Anyway, here is the recipe!