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Sync OpenOffice.org Docs with Google Docs
Posted by Adam Pash at 8:00 AM on December 11, 2007
Windows/Mac/Linux: The OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs extension imports documents from Google Docs and Spreadsheets to OpenOffice.org and exports from OO.org to GDocs so you can work with your docs both online and off as you see fit. Whether you're primarily a Google Docs or OO.org fan, this desktop-to-web integration seems like an excellent way to take your docs with you whether you're online or off, and if nothing else is a quick and simple way to backup your local documents to the internet. The OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs extension is free, works anywhere you've installed OpenOffice.org (Windows, Mac, or Linux). Web site DocSyncer is looking to do similar things for your Microsoft Office docs, but right now it's in an invite-only beta. OO.org2GDocs is here right now.
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discoleo
Posted December 11, 2007 9:47 PM
There is a substantial overlap between this extension and a feature request on the OOo website, see issue 80909 (Automatic Backup Repository, http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=80909).
OriginalGabriel
Posted 4:08 PM 10/12/07
hmm, is it safe to assume this will work with star office as well?
OriginalGabriel
invid
Posted 5:20 PM 10/12/07
whew, i thought i was just seein doubles! (har har har)
Ill have to check this plugin out, thanks!
invid
madeinbrazil
Posted 5:05 PM 10/12/07
(sorry guys, Ajax didn't load the comment I had sent so I thought it hadn't been submitted.)
madeinbrazil
madeinbrazil
Posted 5:02 PM 10/12/07
For me it works well with OOo in Ubuntu. Pretty interesting plug-in indeed, wrote about it last week on my site.
madeinbrazil
madeinbrazil
Posted 4:58 PM 10/12/07
Works well, I've tested on Ubuntu and so far so good. Pretty neat plug-in, wrote about it on my site last week.
madeinbrazil
advancedovariancancersymptom.info
Posted 4:12 PM 10/12/07
The advantages are many that it has, is only necessary to know how to use the program. Definitively it helps us to organize to us
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xxdesmus
Posted 6:07 PM 10/12/07
DocSyncer is sorta nice, but it has all kinds of problems right now.
Too bad I can't make myself use OpenOffice.org...this looks promising.
xxdesmus
WebCudgel
Posted 8:07 PM 10/12/07
Unfortunately, it requires Java 6, thus making it unavailable to users on Mac OSX unless you are a member of the Apple Developer Connection, in which you can download the beta of Java 6 for OSX 10.4 (note that it is not available for Leopard). I'm not yet ready to delve into installing the beta on my system and screwing up OpenOffice altogether. So I guess I'll wait for Java 6 to be available and then give this a try.
WebCudgel
kbowen327
Posted 3:13 AM 11/12/07
why is anyone using Microsoft Word anymore? Although I have to keep a copy of Microsoft Excel for its linear programing capabilities, I would rather scrap the programs in favor of some open-source amazingness. And now that you can take OO stuff online seamlessly it becomes a shame that the Excel features aren't copied to OO exactly.
kbowen327
ugly
Posted 9:05 PM 11/12/07
This addresses the only reason I hadn't switched over to Google Docs completely. I knew Lifehacker would come in handy (again)
ugly
SBlade
Posted 6:49 PM 10/12/07
Very good, and I believe I might actually switch from Office 2007 to this, because ti seems OO has so much more. Just hoping they fix the memory leaks.
SBlade
tusseyd
Posted 1:27 AM 12/12/07
Any idea if this works with 1) StarOffice and 2) NeoOffice?
tusseyd
Kichigai Mentat
Posted 10:48 AM 12/12/07
@Tusseyd It'll work with anything that will write to ODF/ODT/ODS/ODP files, which include StarOffice and NeoOffice.
@Kbowen327: People use Word because everyone else uses Word. When my friend got a laptop for her mother, she was offered the options of OpenOffice.org or MS Office. She chose MS Office because she didn't feel like learning and using a whole new program so she could offer tech support for her mother. I (until very recently) used Word because OpenOffice.org/NeoOffice runs like crap on my Mac. My friends don't use OO.o because they're so used to using Word. They like OO.o, but Word is just easier to use. I'd use OO.o/NO if it ran better. I can live with the annoying menus, lack of some rather basic MS Office Functions (visible comments, approval/rejection of changes, to name a couple) if it didn't kill system performance (I do like to listen to music while I work...)
Kichigai Mentat
zastone
Posted 3:23 PM 14/12/07
Very useful tip! Was wondering how to make using Google Docs offline easier than exporting/importing constantly.
zastone
soulbandaid
Posted 11:23 AM 17/12/07
I too was amazed at the promise of this plug-in. Unfortunately I'm having trouble with it on XP. I've been uploading my documents repeatedly as I work on them, and instead of replacing the document since it has the same name, I have three copies of the same file in Google docs. Even worse all three of them are copies of the original one I uploaded without the changes I made to the document over time. This plug in shows promise, but make sure you back-up your documents to your hard drive.
soulbandaid