One such tool is LibreOffice, the open-source office suite. This free tool includes a powerful database feature that allows you to create databases and GUIs for interacting with your databases.

So I decided that I'd see just how involved it would be to write an application with Open Office's database program, known as Base. When I started, I'd never used Base before and even had to install ...

In my last article, Quick and Dirty with Open Office Base, I described my initial experiences with building a simple database application for my wife in Open Office Base, having had no prior ...

Open office layouts can suck--but they don't have to. In part two of our office design series, senior editor Anjali Mullany talks with workplace experts about how to turn your collaborative space ...