Writers Tools for OpenOffice

This is the software publishers description:

Writer’s Tools is an all-around tool designed to help OpenOffice.org users to perform a wide range of tasks. It makes easier to backup documents, look up and translate words and phrases, manage text snippets, and keep tabs on document statistics. Writer's Tools is an OpenOffice.org extension that includes the following utilities:

Lookup Tool allows you to lookup the currently selected word in several online references, including Cambridge Dictionaries, WordNet, and Google Define.

Google Translate allows users to quickly translate selected text fragments between different languages using the Google Translate service.

Show on the Map allows you to select a city, a street name, or a postal code and map it using the Multimap service.

Email Backup can be used to quickly send a backup copy of the currently opened document to a specified email address.

Multi-format Backup macro saves the currently opened Writer document in the Word, RTF, and TXT formats. The backup files are stored in a separate folder with a date stamp. On Linux, the macro also archives the resulting folder using the tar utility.

Remote Backup allows you to quickly save a backup copy of the current document on a FTP server.

Wikify Word tool links the selected word in the current document to the created on the fly page. For example, if the word "Monkey" is selected, the macro automatically links it to the created Monkey.odt document.

Start/Stop Timer tool can be used to keep tabs on time spent on the currently opened document and save the time data (the document name, used time, and date) in the accompanying WriterDB database.

Word Hunt Game is a simple game, where you have to guess the word randomly picked by Writer.

Word of the Day tool picks and displays a random word and its definition from the from the accompanying WriterDB database. As a writer, you may often come across a new word or an interesting expression. The WriterDB database allows you to store your language findings in one place, while the Word of the Day tool helps you to keep them active in your memory.

Add to Basket tool designed to quickly add text snippets, links, and notes to the supplied database. You can also categorize and tag the added entries.

Writer Templates is a separate extension that contains an article and a book templates.

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