Things that I spent too much time figuring out again today with OpenOffice

  • Tools -> AutoCorrect .... - to turn off all those replacement tables which make your Unix commands in a presentation all go funny

  • OpenOffice "automatic colors" are anything but, as they don't realize you have a black background, and choose horrible defaults

  • To fix this do the following:

  • Options -> OpenOffice.org -> Appearance

  • Modify link color to something like yellow

  • Modify document background to black (so you can see when you edit)

  • Save as some other profile, as this will affect all documents, including text ones

Now my life with open office is a bit better. :)