OpenOffice 3 almost ready for business
Open-source freeware alternative to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, has released the third release candidate of its next major-point upgrade for Windows and Mac. The full version of OpenOffice.org 3 is due next week, so it's extremely doubtful there will be any major changes from this point on.
While Sun Microsystems is making sure that all its T's are crossed and I's are dotted, OpenOffice 3 Release Candidate 3 offers quite a few new features, including much-needed support for Office 2007 file types, Microsoft Access database support, a multipage view in MS Word-analog Writer, nearly unlimited character support in sheet names, Google Doc-style collaborative editing of a single spreadsheet simultaneously, and a refreshed interface.
The full changelog can be read here.
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- by robby85 October 7, 2008 8:13 PM PDT
- I am glad they are adding support for the new docx, etc. files. I have Office 2007 and I think it is great, but I still use OpenOffice for a few things. Where else can you freely create pdf files. And its free, so I keep a copy on my PC just because. I am looking forward to version 3 and if they keep developing it, it can eventually seriously compete with MS Office. Unfortionately for Microsoft, it supports the new file format, which probably has a lot to do with MS changing to docx in the first place.
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