How do you quickly create a spreadsheet where, for example, every other line has a background of a different color? Here are a couple of methods.
The first one is faster (and works even in controlled environments where you can’t install extensions) if you want white rows alternated with colored ones: define a cell style and apply it only to cells in even (or odd) rows. Here is the detailed procedure:
These are the comments I got when I wrote Wanted: Virtual Personal Email Servers:
(me:) Today this article was announced on LinuxToday and this is the first comment it got:
(Note: these are the comments appended to my original article, which I had to put in a separate page when I switched from Drupal to WordPress)
(update 2010/05/29: here’s another article about VPES legal, management and economics issues)
The way email is normally used today has several serious limits that I recently explained in another article. I also pointed out that one of the biggest obstacles to personal email management is lack of user demand for Virtual Personal Email Server (VPES) software and hosting packages. A VPES may run into any computer in your home or in some external datacenter, but that is another issue. Here I only want to look at the software side, that is to explain what are, in my opinion, the technical requirements and features of the perfect VPES. You are welcome to add your own in the comments and, if you’re a hosting provider already offering VPES, to add a link to your offer in the same way.
Articles on how to create OpenDocument invoices already exist but almost always they require you to start and use OpenOffice manually each time. Here, instead, I’ll show how to have your computer to do all your OpenDocument work for you.
Taking full control of your own email, that is running your own email server, is a must if you really care about privacy, security or maximum customization.