| OpenOffice.org debuts new version, enhanced functionality |
Sep. 30, 2003
OpenOffice.org has announced the immediate availability of the new version of its award-winning office suite, OpenOffice.org 1.1, for Linux and other operating systems. The suite offers word-processor, spreadsheet, presentation and various other components and provides users with a revolutionary
open, future-proof XML file format.
Enhancements and new features include:- native one-click PDF (Adobe Acrobat) export
- Macromedia Flash export for presentations and drawings
- faster load-time
- enhanced MS Office file compatibility, accessibility
support
- advanced look and feel.
The suite, in the true spirit of open source, is free for all to use, improve, modify, and redistribute to anyone in unlimited quantity.
"The release of Version 1.1 of OpenOffice.org is a major achievement for the OpenOffice.org community," said Curtis Sasaki, vice president of desktop solutions at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With the successful inaugural OpenOffice.org conference earlier in the year, the energy in the community drove many corporate and individual contributors to work together with Sun to create the most stable and powerful release of the OpenOffice.org application so far, which is the core of the new StarOffice 7 Office Suite."
The suite and source code can be downloaded here.
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