Documents, documents, documents. In here be section, you will encounter, read and enjoy articles on word processors, document processors, text editors, PDF software, online coversion tools, office suites, typesetting languages, tips and tricks on how to increase your productivity, separation of styles from content, and other guides, aimed both at home and business users. Among many available topics, there will also be some rather exotic ones, like using Microsoft Office in Linux or perhaps writing in LaTeX, plus many more.
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Sumatra PDF - Speed, elegance, efficiency
Updated December 10, 2023
The biggest blocker to LibreOffice adoption? LibreOffice.
Updated September 30, 2023
LibreOffice 7.3 review - Not a turning point
Updated April 11, 2022
How to convert (and flatten) PDF documents to images
Updated December 31, 2021
LibreOffice 7.2 review - A turning point?
Updated September 1, 2021
How to disable the smooth moving cursor in Office 2016
Updated April 28, 2021
LibreOffice 7.1 review - The Uncertainty Principle
Updated February 26, 2021
How to flatten PDF documents - Tutorial
Updated January 13, 2021
How to redact PDF files in Okular - Tutorial
Updated January 11, 2021
SoftMaker Office 2021 Pro - An okay day-to-day alternative
Updated October 14, 2020
LibreOffice 7.0 - Words are very unnecessary
Updated August 19, 2020
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 5.5.1 - Good but can be better
Updated May 23, 2020
OCRFeeder - Where images go to text
Updated March 30, 2020
Calibre - a high-caliber software for anything e-book
Updated March 23, 2020
FocusWriter - Text editor gone minimalistic
Updated March 9, 2020
How to customize Microsoft Office installations - Tutorial
Updated February 10, 2020
TeXstudio - A cushty yet nerdy LaTeX frontend
Updated October 9, 2019
LibreOffice 6.3 - Waiting for a miracle
Updated August 23, 2019
How to edit PDF forms in Linux - with LibreOffice
Updated July 1, 2019
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors review - A challenger appears
Updated June 24, 2019
How to view and convert KFX files in Calibre - Tutorial
Updated May 13, 2019
LibreOffice 6.2 – de oppresso liber officium
Updated February 28, 2019
Able2Extract Professional 14 review
Updated February 13, 2019
Google Docs - Long-term combat test
Updated February 4, 2019
A day in the office ... without Office
Updated January 23, 2019
Make LibreOffice more productive under Plasma
Updated January 6, 2019
How to install new LibreOffice icons themes
Updated January 4, 2019
AbiWord - A sleeping giant or a dying dinosaur?
Updated October 5, 2018
Microsoft Word & numbered lists
Updated September 5, 2018
LibreOffice styles - My style is the bomb didi bom di deng
Updated July 4, 2018
Manjaro + Microsoft Office Online - Yup, come over
Updated April 13, 2018
LibreOffice 6.0 - Goodness, Gracious, Great Fonts of Fire!
Updated February 28, 2018
Improve LibreOffice interface fonts in KDE
Updated February 7, 2018
Able2Extract PDF Converter 12 review
Updated December 2, 2017
Calligra Suite does not suit me
Updated September 18, 2017
Change document background color in MS Office Online
Updated May 15, 2017
Updated May 12, 2017
How to convert XPS to PDF - Guide
Updated April 19, 2017
Microsoft Office Online gets better - on Linux, too
Updated February 25, 2017
SoftMaker Office 2016 - Your alternative to LibreOffice?
Updated January 18, 2017
Able2Extract PDF Converter 11 review
Updated December 19, 2016
Open365 mail - You've got ... something?
Updated September 7, 2016
LibreOffice save error - How to fix
Updated September 2, 2016
Updated August 17, 2016
Updated May 21, 2016
Able2Extract PDF Converter 10 review
Updated March 4, 2016
Able2Extract PDF Converter 9 review
Updated September 28, 2015
LibreOffice extensions - Leclerc, we have a problem
Updated August 31, 2015
LibreOffice 5.0 review - Good stuff
Updated August 29, 2015
Updated May 30, 2015
Updated May 18, 2015
LibreOffice 4.4 review - Finally, it rocks
Updated February 16, 2015
LibreOffice Viewer for Android
Updated February 11, 2015
Cometdocs - Let the converted files rain down on me
Updated January 7, 2015
From Windows to Linux, Part 5: Mail clients
Updated October 31, 2014
Microsoft Office Online - on Linux!
Updated September 8, 2014
From Windows to Linux, Part 1: Office applications
Updated July 14, 2014
LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office, Part Deux
Updated March 14, 2014
Updated March 5, 2014
LibreOffice Impress remote control via Android
Updated August 19, 2013
Kingsoft Office review - Refreshing
Updated August 10, 2013
Linux office suite competition
Updated July 20, 2013
LibreOffice install & uninstall problems
Updated March 9, 2013
LibreOffice 4 review - Getting better but ...
Updated February 22, 2013
LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office in real life
Updated November 19, 2012
How to convert LaTeX documents to e-books
Updated May 18, 2012
LaTeX and LyX, more useful tricks
Updated May 4, 2012
PDF Readers for Linux - which one is the best?
Updated March 28, 2012
OpenOffice4Kids (OOo4Kids) - What has changed?
Updated November 4, 2011
LaTeX and LyX, tips and tricks
Updated April 4, 2011
What an office suite should look like
Updated February 4, 2011
Updated January 26, 2011
What to do if your Impress slideshows are slow?
Updated September 3, 2010
IBM Lotus Symphony - Weird but good
Updated August 20, 2010
Google Docs - Clouding with style
Updated August 16, 2010
Zoho Office Suite - In the Matrix
Updated July 8, 2010
Use MiKTeX to search, install and update LaTeX packages
Updated April 5, 2010
OpenOffice4Kids - Educating kids the right way
Updated February 24, 2010
PDF security - The other side of the coin
Updated February 15, 2010
Free online document conversion tools
Updated November 30, 2009
Updated November 21, 2009
How to merge PDF documents in Linux - Tutorial
Updated October 16, 2009
Go-oo - OpenOffice with a twist
Updated September 11, 2009
TiddlyWiki - A notebook, a blog, a wiki, a website - all in one
Updated August 19, 2009
KOffice - A powerful office suite
Updated August 14, 2009
Converting OpenOffice files to/from Microsoft Office files
Updated August 6, 2009
AbiWord - the underestimated word processor
Updated June 5, 2009
Kile - another successful LaTeX frontend
Updated May 23, 2009
Free PDF software that will make your life easier
Updated April 22, 2009
OpenOffice extensions - When good gets better!
Updated March 6, 2009
Updated January 17, 2009
LyX - A mighty document processor
Updated December 1, 2008
Updated October 20, 2008
LaTeX - The way documents are meant to be written
Updated January 19, 2008