OpenOffice.org Beta 3.0 Released

Happy Friday everyone!

Just wanted to give a shout out today to OpenOffice.org!  I just grabbed a copy of the new OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta released 5/7 onto my MAC PowerBook now that it supports MAC OS X Natively.  OpenOffice.org and the Office 2007 Import features – I’ve been waiting for this.  So far so good.  No issues to report BUT, I’ll keep everyone posted!  You can snag a copy of it here.

Update 12/18/2010 – Release Candidate 3.3 is now available – Click here for the download page.

Here’s a quick list of some of the new features of the site.

• 1 New Core Features
  • 1.1 Mac OS X Support
  • 1.2 ODF 1.2 support
  • 1.3 Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters
  • 1.4 Solver
  • 1.5 Chart Enhancements
  • 1.6 Improved Crop Feature in Draw and Impress
  • 1.7 Spreadsheet Collaboration Through Workbook Sharing
  • 1.8 1024 Columns Per Calc Sheet (Instead of 256)
  • 1.9 Display of Multiple Writer Pages While Editing
  • 1.10 Improved Notes Feature in Writer
  • 1.11 New, Fresh-Looking Icons
  • 1.12 Start Center
• 2 Core Features Introduced With Minor Releases Since OpenOffice.org 2.0
  • 2.1 PDF/A Support
  • 2.2 New Chart Component
  • 2.3 VBA Support
  • 2.4 Programmability Enhancements
  • 2.5 Transformation of CSV Data Inside Cells into Columns within Calc
  • 2.6 Language Selector in Writer Toolbar
  • 2.7 Maximum Page Size Enlarged for Draw (300cm x 300cm)
  • 2.8 Enhanced PDF Export
  • 2.9 Multiple Monitor Support in Impress
  • 2.10 Miscellaneous Features
• 3 Features Released as Extensions and Complimentary Tools
  • 3.1 OpenOffice.org Extension Repository
  • 3.2 Calendar and Email Client (Mozilla Thunderbird and Lightning)
  • 3.3 Presentation Minimizer Extension
  • 3.4 Report Builder Extension
  • 3.5 Wiki Publisher Extension
  • 3.6 Available Soon: PDF Import Extension
  • 3.7 Available Soon: Presenter Console Extension

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