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
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