Bearfruit

“OpenOffice.org” what I love about OpenOffice.org: For writing long documents and document based upon content (vs. design), I love OpenOffice.org. I really love the “styles” feature as I’ve always advocated creating the document content and formatting afterwards.

What I wish OOo had is:
* MS Word’s outline mode. Maybe it exists, but I can’t seem to find it if is in there somewhere.
* MS Word’s grammar checker. I like to write according to very strict grammar rules. I love Word’s green underlines to remind me when I start to get too loose.
* MS Word’s auto shapes. OOo has these, so I’m not sure why I like Word’s better, but maybe it’s because of the drawing toolbar at the bottom of the window and it’s ability to show a preview of the shape. Admittedly I don’t use this feature too much in Word or OOo as most of my writing is the text for sales brochures or pamphlets and the visual work is done in another program. However, I have done some complete projects.

Also, if anyone knows how, I’d like to learn to create a table of contents using OOo. There’s a contact link in the nav bar titled “Tell me your thoughts” if you know how.