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O3Spaces is an open-source solution that integrates easily to multiple users who are using Open Office providing a common workspace like Microsoft Office Share Point. With an interface very like Web 2.0, O3Spaces documentary works as a manager that lets you share documents, perform version control over them, have a common calendar and exchanging comments and views among members of a working group.In addition to Open Office, it is also compatible with Microsoft Office and Star Office.
There are professional versions for payment, but can be used for free version for the community.The Community Edition enables teams and work groups of up to 10 people to collaborate and share their documents.[source]
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Disclaimer: The original hack is by Mydigitallife and presented here is for informational purpose only.
Note that to use Microsoft Office 2007 beyond 60 days trial period, you need to purchase a valid license for it, available from Amazon or most computer retail store.
For this hack you have the Office 2007 60 days evaluation CD and are able to install it without entering product key. Remember that it will work in reduced mode without a product key. This hack is for those who don’t wish to register a Windows Live ID to get the trial key or lost the key. The trick bypass the activation of Office 2007 60 days trial, and making the “trial” word disappear from the Office title at the top and suppress activation and trial expiry prompt.
To use this hack you need to install Office 2007 without a product key. If you previously installed it with a product key do the following before the hack.

• Close all Microsoft Office applications.
• Open Register Editor: Start - Run, type “regedit” and press Enter.
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration

Note that inside the registry key, there should be another sub key that resembles the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\
Registration\{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\
Registration\{91120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE

• If there is more than one registry entries or sub keys that reference Microsoft 12.0 registration, open up each sub key, and then identify the product by the Product Name value data until you locate the sub key for the product which you want to remove the existing product license key.

For example:
Product Name=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
Product Name=Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007

• Once found the correct registry sub key, delete the following values:
  DigitalProductID
  ProductID
• Close Registry Editor.

Now follow the simple steps to activate Office 2007 without entering product key

• Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\
• Right click on Proof.XML file and open it with Note pad
• Scroll down to the bottom of the Proof.XML to locate the following lines: <Feature Id=”SetupXmlFiles” Cost=”1248″>
  <OptionRef Id=”AlwaysInstalled”/>
  </Feature>
  
• Change the AlwaysInsalled to neverInstalled so that the line looks like following:<OptionRef Id=”neverInstalled”/>
• Save the Proof.xml file.

You can now launch Microsoft Office 2007 application such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and etc without prompting for activation.

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Microsoft has developed an all new file formats for its 2007 Office program in order to satisfy corporate customers, improve interoperability with different programs and transport data. The new ‘.docx’ file has more security over its previous .doc format.

However, the problem is that, most of us are still using old Microsoft Office and Open Office and is difficult to read files saved in .docx file format. To solve this problem Microsoft has released compatibility pack for its Office 97 – 2003 users that allows opening and reading file saved as .docx format.

Here is some software and online solution to read Office 2007 files in Office 97-2003 and Open Office.

Microsoft Compatibility Pack - Microsoft has introduced a compatibility pack which will concert the new .docx format in to a compatible format and let you read documents in Office 97 – 2003.

Download it from here.

Open Office - To read and edit .docx file in Open Office you can use Open XML/ODF Translator.
Download it from here

Online Solution - If you want an online solution to convert and read .docx file format, visit Docx converter

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Collagr is an online tool that allows you to create a collage of images from Flickr or Photobucket. You only need to paste the URL of the user account to create it and also options like size of the image; background color, etc are available to set.

Track – go2web20

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IBM has released a free office suite - Lotus Symphony - a free software tools for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. IBM Lotus Symphony is available for both Windows and Linux platforms. Support for Apple Macintosh planned for the future.

Lotus Symphony is based on the Open Document Format (ODF) standard which helps provide interoperability and flexibility. You can import, edit and save a variety of file formats including Microsoft Office files. You can even export your documents to PDF.

There are three main applications in Lotus Symphony - Lotus Symphony Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations. All these applications are for creating, editing, and sharing word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. It designed to handle the majority of tasks that end users perform, and supports the ODF giving organizations the ability to access, use, and maintain their documents over the long term without concern about end of life uncertainties or ongoing software licensing and royalty fees.

Download a free copy of Lotus Symphony

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Zoho have good features, for example, Zoho writer is an online word processor with collaboration features - can save and export files to many formats, including Word doc files, Rich Text Format (RTF), text files, PDF, HTML, the Open Office SXW extension and Open Document’s ODT format. Like Google Docs, Zoho Writer can publish items directly to blog.

Zoho Notebook, another feature, allows users to create, aggregate and collaborate on multiple types of content online and integrates with all of the other Zoho applications, so users can do their word processing within the notebook page framework. Zoho offers free and premium packages of its services.

Visit Zoho for more details

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>>Ajax Write is a word processor that can read and write Microsoft Word and other standard document formats. It is designed to look like Microsoft Word, making it easy for anyone to start using it without needing to learn a new program

>> Ajax Presents is a presentation editor that lets you read, edit and save Microsoft Power Point files (.ppt) as well as Open Standard Presentation files (.odp).

>>Ajax Sketch is a drawing tool that provides a familiar environment for diagramming, creating flow charts, free hand drawing and more. You can perform functions such as resize, rotate, change background or pen colors.

>>AjaxXLS Viewer is a web-based spreadsheet viewer compatible with Microsoft Excel and Open Office allows ajaxXLS to preserve all your common cell formatting categories such as text styles, decimals, currencies, dates, and times as well as formulas.

All services are free and required registration with them and they also offer 1GB of storage space.

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Short Cut keys always help us to speed up work. It significantly improves productivity, especially with Microsoft Office. Here are some important short cut keys for MS word.

Ctrl + Shift + A ---------------------------All caps

Ctrl + B or Ctrl+ Shift + B --------------Bold

Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert ----------------- Copy

Ctrl + Shift + C --------------------------- Copy Format

Ctrl + Delete --------------------------- Delete Word

Ctrl + Backspace ------------------------- Delete back Word

Ctrl + Shift + H --------------------------- Hidden

Ctrl + F8 ----------------------------------- Doc Size

Ctrl + F10 ----------------------------------Doc Maximize

Ctrl + F5 ----------------------------------- Doc Restore

Ctrl + F7 ------------------------------------Doc Move

Ctrl + Shift + ------------------------------ Grow Font

CTRL+RIGHT --------------------------- Word Right

Ctrl + 3 or Ctrl + F11 -------------------- Lock Fields

Ctrl + K ------------------------------------ Hyperlink

Ctrl + M------------------------------------ Indent

Ctrl + I or Ctrl + Shift + I ----------------Italic

Ctrl + J ------------------------------------- Justify Para

Ctrl + L------------------------------------- Left Para

Ctrl + Z ------------------------------------ Undo

Ctrl + Left--------------------------------- Word Left

Ctrl + Shift + Left ------------------------ Word Left Extension

Alt + Ctrl + M ---------------------------- Annotation

Alt + Ctrl + K----------------------------- Auto Format

Alt + Ctrl + V or F3 --------------------- Auto Text

Alt + F3 ----------------------------------- Create Auto Text

Alt + Shift + R --------------------------- Header Footer Link

Alt + Ctrl + L ---------------------------- List Num Field

Alt + Shift + D--------------------------- Date Field

Alt + Shift + F7-------------------------- Dictionary

Alt + Shift + F9 ------------------------- Do Field Click

Alt + Ctrl + O---------------------------- Outline

Alt + Left -------------------------------- Web Go Back

Alt + Right ------------------------------ Web Go Forward

Alt + Shift + L ------------------------- Outline Show First Line

Alt +Shift + Left ----------------------- Outline Promote

Alt + Shift + Right--------------------- Outline Demote

Alt + Shift + = ------------------------- Outline Expand

Alt + Shift + Down-------------------- Outline Move Down

Alt + Shift + Up ----------------------- Outline Move Up

Alt + Shift + or Alt + Shift + Num - Outline Collapse

Shift + Up------------------------------- Line Up Extend

Shift + F2------------------------------- Copy Text

F1 --------------------------------------- Help

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Corel has introduced WordPerfect Lightning, a free online distribution for WordPerfect Office.

Corel WordPerfect Lightning is a free word processing and note taking software that enables end-users and partners to link the benefits of online tools accessed over the Internet.

Word perfect Lightning has rich features of a desktop productivity application.

It consists of four components: the navigator, the viewer, lightning notes, and the connector.

The Navigator is a central storehouse for the assembly and organization of content. The Viewer is an all-in-one document reading tool for the fast and simple viewing of documents in Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, or Corel WordPerfect file formats.

Lightning Notes is a lightweight word processor and note taking utility that acts as a universal container for ideas, information and images.

Download Word Perfect Lightning

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