| KDE releases bugfix version of KOffice (v1.4.2) |
Oct. 11, 2005
 The KDE Project has released a bugfix update to KOffice, v1.4.2. Support for the OASIS OpenDocument format, recently adopted by Massachusetts, has been greatly improved, especially in KWord, KSpread, and KPresenter. Karbon, a vector-based drawing program, has also seen considerable recent development, the team said.
"With good support for the OpenDocument format, we can offer users a lightweight and integrated alternative to OpenOffice," core developer David Faure said. "KOffice also sports a number of unique features, such as being able to open and edit PDFs in KWord."
KOffice provides a variety of filters to interoperate with other popular office suites, such as OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office.
This release features bugfixes only -- no new features have been added. However, it contains numerous fixes. KDE highlighted the following:- Improved OASIS OpenDocument support -- Support for the OpenDocument format has been greatly improved, especially in KWord, KSpread and KPresenter. In particular, care has been taken to ensure better interoperability with the new release candidate of Open Office 2.0.
- Improvement in Karbon, the vector application -- Karbon has seen a flurry of development lately, and many fixes have gone into it. See all the details in the list of changes linked below.
Applications currently included in the KOffice 1.4.2 suite are:- KWord frame-based word processor
- KSPread spreadsheet application
- KPresenter presentation program
- Kivio Visio-style flowcharting application
- Karbon14 vector drawing application
- Kugar report generator
- KChart graph and chart drawing tool
- KFormula formula editor
. . . plus, the new additions, Krita (image manipulation application) and Kexi (data management application).
More information on KOffice 1.4.2, including where to get it and how it improves on KOffice 1.4, are available at www.koffice.org.
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