Open Office 2007 files in Linux

Occasionally (or often), when one sends you Office 2007 files (docx, xlsx, pptx) and you are using OpenOffice, you wonder how to open it?  I can suggest, my tried and tested solution on OpenOffice, on Linux.

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Clipart for OpenOffice Draw

The closest  to Visio in Linux is OpenOffice Draw. This is, going by the convention that a diagram tool is an integral part of an office or productivity suite.

I have myself done two comprehensive SRS (System Requirement Specification) documents – about 50 pages in length and full of UI diagrams – using OpenOffice Draw. The connectors, the basic shapes and  numerous the export options (or file formats) are all indispensable. But what was missing was a clipart of common shapes and elements.

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