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Re: recommending open-source sw and OpenOffice.org WAS (no subject)
Subject:Re: recommending open-source sw and OpenOffice.org WAS (no subject) From:"Barry Campbell" <barry -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:53:50 -0400
Gratuitous self-link:
The Knowledge Worker Free/Open Source Toolbox lists lots of freeware
and/or open-source tools that would be of use to technical writers.
It can be found here:
As noted, OpenOffice 2.02 is a very powerful and useful program; the
Toolbox lists many alternatives to the more familiar commercial
software that tech writers use every day.
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