OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org is the Open Source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice productivity suite.
| Tags | Office/Business Office Suites |
|---|---|
| Licenses | LGPL GPL |
| Operating Systems | Windows Windows Windows Windows POSIX Linux Solaris |
| Implementation | C++ |
Recent releases
- 08 May 2009 17:44
Changes: Anti-aliasing to improve the way it draws on-screen (lines, circles, etc). New locale data for Maltese (Malta) [mt-MT], Myanmar (Myanmar) [my-MM], Shuswap (Canada) [shs-CA], and Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea) [tpi-PG]. This release also adds new Arabic locales: Arabic (Chad) [ar-TD]; Arabic (Comoros) [ar-KM]; Arabic (Djibouti) [ar-DJ]; Arabic (Eritrea) [ar-ER]; Arabic (Israel) [ar-IL]; Arabic (Mauritania) [ar-MR]; Arabic (Palestine) [ar-PS]; Arabic (Somalia) [ar-SO]; and Arabic (Sudan) [ar-SD].
- 06 Feb 2009 22:12
Changes: Improvement for grammar checking and file locking fixes.
- 13 Jun 2007 00:12
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 01 Jun 2007 00:23
Changes: Text display quality was improved. PDF export now supports bookmarks. Integration with Windows Vista's GUI was improved. Various other bugfixes and new features were added.
- 17 Jan 2007 08:24
Changes: Multiple monitor support was added for Impress. Calc HTML export was improved. Access support for Base was enhanced. Even more languages are supported. Automatic notifications of updates are presented to the user.
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Recent commentsRe: 1.1.118 or 1.9.118 ?
> In the title of the news : 1.1.118, it's correct ?
> I think this is 1.9.118 or 1.9.m118
Thanks for catching this mistake. It has been
corrected.
1.1.118 or 1.9.118 ?
In the title of the news : 1.1.118, it's correct ?
I think this is 1.9.118 or 1.9.m118
usability problems 2
there are some more problems:
* i cannot report bugs anonymously, i have to register on the openoffice homepage
* the print preview uses the color of gtk text boxes as background instead of white but most people will use white paper to print on.
usability problems
i like openoffice very much but i do think there are still some problems.
1) on debian/linux with xinerama and anti-aliasing some labels are drawn on the wrong screen. this is the same bug that has been in gtk about a year ago.
2) there's no easy way to change the font/font-size openoffice uses for the menus. over here the default is much to big.
3) if a menu from the menubar is too big, it's drawn aside the menu (ie right of 'File' instead below it) and by this the access to other menu entries right of 'File' is blocked.
4) it seems openoffice doesn't care on which screen it opens menus and so it happens that half of the menu is on the 1st screen and the other half on the 2nd which is really disturbing.
5) some dialogs have a minimum size which is really a bad idea since you cannot know my resolution or font/font-size. so it happens that the options dialog is bigger than my screen and i cannot make it smaller (minimum width 1269 pixel).
Excellent project!
I hardly ever perform wordprocessing tasks, so I don't want to invest in the goliath MS office suite. I just used OpenOffice Writer 1.0 to create my resume and the application worked like a professional piece of software should. I am very impressed and am considering purchasing the StarOffice product. If you folks are ever in Austin, TX and are thirsty for a beer, I'll gladly buy you a case of cold Lonestar.
Appreciatively,
di11rod