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| status: PUBLISHED |
| published: true |
| title: 'Apache OpenOffice Weekly News #3' |
| author: |
| display_name: Rob Weir |
| login: robweir |
| email: robweir@apache.org |
| author_login: robweir |
| author_email: robweir@apache.org |
| id: 76ac939d-443f-4cf2-b507-b44000b35751 |
| date: '2014-05-05 12:24:54 -0400' |
| categories: |
| - General |
| tags: [] |
| comments: [] |
| permalink: OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_weekly_news_3 |
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| <p>Translations: (<a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40509513">de</a>)</p> |
| <h2> Major Discussions</h2> |
| <p>Juergen, our Release Manager, <a href="http://markmail.org/message/gnxjqtqyxxlzo3he">announced the release of Apache OpenOffice 4.1</a>.</p> |
| <p>The winPenPack team updated their <a href="http://markmail.org/message/oikdeetzc4ntlcgx">portable version, x-ApacheOpenOffice 4.1</a>.</p> |
| <p>Marcello has updated the unofficial Debian repository for Apache OpenOffice. It now "<a href="http://markmail.org/message/l6qn4gcakcfrr7qf">provides the version 4.1 of Apache OpenOffice with all available languages</a>."</p> |
| <h2 id="OpenOfficeWeeklyNews(collectdraftshere)-OpenOfficeintheNews">OpenOffice in the News</h2> |
| <p>"<a href="https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/the_apache_openoffice_project_announce">The Apache OpenOffice project announce the release of Apache OpenOffice 4.1</a>" in the official <b>Apache OpenOffice Blog</b>. <br /> |
| "Improvements to graphics, charts, forms, text annotations and<br /> |
| accessibility feature in this 23rd release of the 14-year old<br /> |
| community-run open source project."</p> |
| <p>"<a href="http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/384226,apache-openoffice-41-improves-support-for-visually-impaired-users.aspx">Apache OpenOffice 4.1 improves support for visually impaired users</a>" is the headline of an article by Nick Peers in <b>PC & Tech Authority</b> (Australia).</p> |
| <p>"<a href="https://www.socialbizug.org/blogs/Kramer/entry/apache_open_office?lang=en_us">Apache OpenOffice – Why 100 Million Downloads Matter</a>" by Kramer Reeves in <b>Social Biz User Group</b>.</p> |
| <p>"<a href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/news/updated-openoffice-good-news-administrations">Updated OpenOffice 'good news for administrations'</a>" by Gijs Hellenius on the European Commission's <b>JoinUp</b> website.</p> |
| <p><a href="http://download.cnet.com/Apache-OpenOffice/3000-18483_4-10209910.html">"Apache OpenOffice for Mac</a>" a new review (4 1/2 stars) on <b>CNet Download.com</b> by Ben Markton. "Bottom Line: Apache OpenOffice is a very good free, accessible alternative to expensive<br /> |
| office software. It is loaded with tools; downloads and installs<br /> |
| quickly; and handles all the basic functions you could need from an<br /> |
| office suite."</p> |
| <div style="text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">"<a href="http://pplware.sapo.pt/windows/software/apache-openoffice-4-1-a-mega-suite-office/">Apache OpenOffice 4.1, a mega suite office</a>" in <b>pplware</b> (Portuguese)</div> |
| <h2 id="OpenOfficeWeeklyNews(collectdraftshere)-MorefromApacheCon">More from ApacheCon</h2> |
| <p>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAv6Iyryz3c">Apache OpenOffice by the Numbers</a>" is a reprise of the Lightning Talk by Andrew Rist and Rob Weir at ApacheCon in Denver.</p> |
| <h2 id="OpenOfficeWeeklyNews(collectdraftshere)-UseCases,QuestionsandAnswers">Use Cases, Questions and Answers</h2> |
| <p>We<br /> |
| received another report on the users mailing list from someone who had<br /> |
| downloaded what he thought was OpenOffice, but instead got a bunch of<br /> |
| malware. That wasn't us, obviously. Apache OpenOffice does not bundle<br /> |
| any other programs in its package. Absolutely none. Our downloads are<br /> |
| carefully scanned for viruses and are accompanied by digital signatures<br /> |
| and cryptographic hashes to allow users to verify their integrity.</p> |
| <p>However,<br /> |
| there are third parties that sometimes take OpenOffice and bundle it<br /> |
| with objectionable and intrusive applications. In some cases they put<br /> |
| up fake websites, or purchase advertisements in search engine search<br /> |
| results, to lure people to their website.</p> |
| <p>It is unfortunate that<br /> |
| such sites often come top of the hit list on search engines;<br /> |
| inexperienced users download from them and their computers become<br /> |
| infected with adware/viruses/trojans. When we know the exact URL of any<br /> |
| such sites we do our best to have these removed or flagged, but it is an<br /> |
| uphill battle.</p> |
| <p>We recommend to download only from<a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download"> www.openoffice.org/download</a><br /> |
| which will redirect to SourceForge, whose secure content distribution<br /> |
| network we use. A download from there will usually start within five<br /> |
| seconds.</p> |
| <p>Typically an OpenOffice download is about 145 MB; we do<br /> |
| not use downloader applications, so any site offering a much smaller<br /> |
| download should immediately be suspect. If in any doubt about a download<br /> |
| it is best to check its integrity using MD5Sum; details are given at <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html">http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html</a></p> |
| <p>OpenOffice is a complex and powerful software. If you have difficulties, our User Forums at <a href="https://forum.openoffice.org/">https://forum.openoffice.org/</a> in several languages will do their best to help.</p> |
| <h2 id="OpenOfficeWeeklyNews(collectdraftshere)-Communitydevelopment">Community development</h2> |
| <p>Three new translation teams have been established: Catalan, Valencian AVL, Valencian RACV. If you want to help with these, or any other translation, you can find <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/translate.html">more information on our website</a>.</p> |
| <p>The<br /> |
| Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache OpenOffice has asked Tal<br /> |
| Daniel to become a committer and we are pleased to announce that Tal has<br /> |
| accepted and taken the ID "tal".</p></p> |
