http://protipoftheday.com/taxonomy/term/73/0 en http://protipoftheday.com/node/56 <p>OpenOffice.org is a decent replacement for Excel, but let's face it, it's kind of boring.</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/openoffice_calc_game1.png" /></div> <p>To spice things up a little bit, go to cell A1 and put in the value </p> <blockquote><p>=GAME("StarWars")</p></blockquote> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/openoffice_calc_game2.png" /></div> <p>Then hit Enter. You'll get this</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/openoffice_calc_game3.png" /></div> <p>Pick your ship, dismiss the message (or read it if you can read German)</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/openoffice_calc_game4.png" /></div> <p>Then try to shoot down the ships. You use the mouse to aim and fire.</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/openoffice_calc_game5.png" /></div> <p>Okay, so the game's not all that good, but it could probably kill a lunch break if you really stretched it out.</p> <p>Oh, and the game is cross-platform, too.</p> easter eggs linux mac openoffice pro tip Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0000 Will 56 at http://protipoftheday.com