The 5th place winner, Mapcharts (Calc template), out of the shear complexity and innovation of the template. 2nd place winner, a perpetual calender in Calc made advanced use of formulas and is a great template for all users. The implementation of the Bibliography and use of it was excellent. The entry not only included drawing elements and hyperlink organization, but also a CD, and a use of lists, bullets and colors that is exceptional. The winning template, a Thesis template for Writer designed by Matthias Ansorg - the overall detail, comprehensiveness, complexity, presentation, and use of different elements and functions. It is obvious that has come of age and is more than just a free alternative to MS Office but is an extremely worthy competitor' said Russell Ossendryver The winning templates and many others breaks a myth that cannot do advanced editing functions like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel. 'Some of the templates show just how advanced and flexible 's Opendocument Format is as both a Word and Spreadsheet ODF processor.

The contest resulted in some superior and innovative work. We are very pleased that some very useful templates were submitted for the community to share' said Russell Ossendryver, Managing Director of 'It was a great honor sponsoring a competition for the largest Open Source Project. congratulates all the winners and the community for participating and making this a successful contest. Brazil, Italy, India and Poland have also announced that ODF will be the standard of their counties along with Belguim, Maylasia and others. Since the competition was announced in October, the ODF standard has been officially published by the International Standards Organization under the name ISO/IEC 26300:2006. We sponsored this competition because popularity is rising rapidly and it's Opendocument Format is becoming a widely excepted standard. As a member of the, is dedicated to the ODF standard and Free Open Software. Inc, Garrison, NY, USA, a manufacturer and leading online supplier of laser and inkjet computer printer labels sponsored the 2006 Documentation Project Template and Clipart Competition.

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