Bruce Byfield

Bruce Byfield

Bruce Byfield (born May 13, 1958) is a contributing editor for the SourceForgesites [http://www.linux.com Linux.com] , and the [http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/ IT Managers Journal] . Among othertopics, he reports on the Debian Project, the Free Software Foundation,licensing issues, and office applications. He also writes amonthly blog for the Linux Journal website, which tends to center on varying aspects of OpenOffice.org, the free software office suite. In addition to hisonline publications, he has published in such magazines as Linux Journal, Maximum Linux, and The New Internationalist. His blog, [http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com Off the Wall] , is a collection of short personal essays.

Before becoming a journalist, Byfield was marketing and communicationsdirector at Progeny Linux Systems, and product manager at StormixTechnologies. His book Witches of the Mind is considered the definitivework on the American fantasist Fritz Leiber. He also designs elearningcourses and is a marketing and communications consultant.

Byfield lives in Burnaby, Canada. In addition to free and open sourcesoftware, his interests include parrots, running, science fiction, andlistening to punk-folk music.

He is unrelated to the conservative journalist, publisher and editor Ted Byfield of Alberta [ [http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/about/ About « Off the Wall ] ] .

OpenOffice.org Articles in Linux Journal

Byfield list of articles for different OpenOffice.org components:

OpenOffice.org Calc

* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000154 Formatting Cells in OpenOffice.org Calc]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000132 Printing in OpenOffice.org Calc, Part 2: Print selection and printer options]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000128 Printing in OpenOffice.org Calc, Part 1: Page Styles]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000114 Manipulating lists in OpenOffice.org Calc]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000090 The Changing Face of Charts in OpenOffice.org]

OpenOffice.org Writer

* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000083 extended PDF: Professional PDF Controls for OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9053 Hide and Go Seek with Writer Content]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8989 Combining Documents with OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8911 That's Your Version: Version Control in OpenOffice.org]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8735 Master Document]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8688 Domesticating Autocorrect]

For a complete list you can visit his [http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ooo.html personal website] .

Books

* Witches of the Mind: A Critical Study of Fritz Leiber. West Warwick: Necronomicon Press. ISBN 0940884356.

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