FreePrintable.net: Open Office Templates and New Recommendation Letters

Published: Tue, 07/08/14

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Musical Edition

I am so jazzed! I just spent a few days at jazz camp playing music with an old friend, along with a bunch of well-regarded musicians. Yes, I am a man of many interests. But I didn't ignore the printables. This week, there are new printables at both of my sites relating to open-source word processing programs: OpenOfficeTemplates.com and LibreOfficeTemplates.net. Also, there are new sample letters up at LettersOfRecommendation.net, which is one of my first sites to feature letter templates.

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Open Office Templates

In the year since I launched OpenOfficeTemplates.com and LibreOfficeTemplates.net, both have become go-to sites for anyone who needs to print forms and templates, but doesn't own Microsoft Word. While many of the printables from my FreePrintable.net sites open just fine with any DOC-compatible program, sometimes the open-source solutions Open Office and Libre Office can be picky. That's why I've made available select certificates, resumes, family trees, and other popular printables intended to be opened specifically in the aforementioned programs' native .ODT and .ODS format.

There are 26 new templates at each site. The new additions include: three family tree variations, illustrated fax cover sheets, a flyer, several invoice templates, a password tracker, legal pleading paper, receipts, a time card, medical forms, and an assortment of checklists and to-do lists.

OpenOfficeTemplates.com and LibreOfficeTemplates.net each have nearly 100 printables ranging from school-related templates to medical forms to letterhead. Everything at both sites is absolutely free to download and print.

Recommendation Letters

Sure, YOU know you're great, but when it comes to getting a job, scholarship, leadership role, and so forth, at some point you're probably going to need a letter of recommendation. You're in luck, because I've just added 18 new letter templates to LettersOfRecommendation.net.

The site has both personal and professional recommendation letters, from job- and education-related letters to character references for adoption, parole, custody, immigration, renting, club membership, and more.

The new letters include sample letters of recommendation for such situations as: a gun permit, a restaurant review, child care services, camp counseling, student teaching, student loans, and coaching. New job-related letters address situations such as firing or layoff.

There are now 175 sample letters at LettersOfRecommendation.net, along with articles and tips on how to write a letter of recommendation, or how to ask one to write a letter on your behalf.

Thanks, those of you who have sent me ideas for new printables and even new sites. I have new things on the way for you soon. Happy printing!

Kudos

This week, I heard from Terry, who enjoys my printable calendars. Terry wrote: "I am happy that you have calendars for 2015 that we can use with Microsoft Word. That way I can put all my own information in all 12 months. Thanks again. I hope you keep having them that way." Yes! The 2014 and 2015 calendars are available in both DOC and PDF format, and that's how I plan to offer them at similar sites in the future.

Popular Printables

Now that it's summer, I thought I might see more "recreational" printables, such as coloring pages and games, among the 20 the most-downloaded items from all the FreePrintable.net sites. Nope! Calendars are still hot, as are business-related printables such as resumes, fax cover sheets, and contracts.

There are two check registers, both standard size and full-page, in the Top 20. There's also lined paper from PrintablePaper.net, plus one of the newer payment receipts I recently added to my receipt templates site.

A master grocery list is helping people organize their shopping list, and a checklist-style to-do list is also popular. Returning to the Top 20 this week is a printable budget template.

To see which printables are most popular at all the FreePrintable.net sites combined by day, week, or month, just visit: FreePrintable.net/popular/.