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| <h1>OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite<br>Guide to New Features</h1> |
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| <p>Last Updated: 6 February 2005</p> |
| <!--Original authors: Sophie Gautier and Elizabeth Matthias Editors: Valden Longhurst, |
| Ron Ness. This document was created from FinalEdit.sxw dated 17 Jan 2005.--> |
| |
| <p>This feature guide is a list of new features in |
| OpenOffice.org 2.0 as compared to OpenOffice.org 1.1.</p> |
| |
| <p>The guide was compiled by Sophie Gautier and Elizabeth Matthias |
| with input from many proofreaders, with final copy editing conducted |
| by Valden Longhurst and Ron Ness.</p> |
| |
| <p>OpenOffice.org Writer (<a href="http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/22319/OOo_2.0_feature_guide.odt">.odt</a> and <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/22320/OOo_2.0_feature_guide.sxw">.sxw</a>), and <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/22322/OOo_2.0_feature_guide.pdf">PDF</a> versions of the guide are available for printing, |
| offline viewing or translation. Please send any comments or feedback for inclusion in future editions of the features guide to the OpenOffice.org Marketing Project |
| <a href="mailto:marketing@openoffice.apache.org">email list</a>, or append to issue |
| <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=28741">28741</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>-- Jacqueline</p> |
| |
| <h2>Table of Contents</h2> |
| |
| <p><a href="#enduser">General Features</a><br> |
| <a href="#interoperability">Interoperability with Microsoft Office and Other Products</a><br> |
| <a href="#installation">Installation and Configuration</a><br> |
| <a href="#database">Database</a><br> |
| <a href="#asian">Asian Language Features</a><br> |
| <a href="#developers">Developer-Specific Features</a><br> |
| <a href="#internet">Web/Internet</a></p> |
| |
| <p>The background colors in the following tables indicate the |
| respective OpenOffice.org modules and the yellow stars highlight the |
| particularly useful features.</p> |
| |
| <table width="50%" border="1" bordercolor="#000000"cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> |
| <tr> |
| <th><p>Cell Color</p></th> |
| <th><p>OpenOffice.org Module</p></th> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"><p></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"><p></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=top> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffccff"><p></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Draw</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"><p></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Impress</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"><p></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Forms</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"><p></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"><p></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>All (or modules other than those listed above)</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <a name="enduser" id="enduser"></a> |
| <h1>General Features</h1> |
| |
| <table width="100%" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding= |
| " 4" cellspacing="1"> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="40%" /> |
| <col width="36%" /> |
| |
| <thead> |
| <tr valign="top"> |
| <th> |
| <p>New Feature</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Modules Affected</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Benefit</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>How to Access</p> |
| </th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| |
| <tbody> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Word count |
| in selections</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/wordcount/Enhanced_Wordcount.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Now you can |
| count both words and characters in the currently selected text |
| and compare it against the whole document. This new menu item |
| makes it quick and easy. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Select the |
| text in which you want to count the words and choose <strong>Tools</strong> |
| - <strong>Word Count</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Nested |
| tables |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/tables/table_in_table.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>This allows |
| much more flexibility by allowing you to insert a second table |
| into a primary table's cell. |
| </p> |
| <p>This |
| feature also improves the document import / export of Microsoft |
| (R) Word documents, which may contain nested tables. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Place your |
| cursor in the desired cell of a table, choose <strong>Table</strong> |
| - <strong>Insert</strong> - <strong>Table.</strong> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Bullets and |
| numbering in table cells |
| </p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=20188">20188</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>This allows |
| you to format several cells with either bullets or numbers with a |
| single mouse click. |
| </p> |
| <p>Furthermore, |
| numbering and bullet functionality is now available within table |
| cells when multiple cells are selected. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Select one |
| or more cells in a table, click the <strong>Numbering On/Off</strong> |
| or the <strong>Bullets On/Off</strong> button on the Formatting |
| toolbar.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Hidden text |
| attributes addition |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/hidden_text/hidden_text.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>This |
| 'Hidden Text' character attribute can be applied to hide various |
| text within your document. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Format</strong> - <strong>Character</strong> - <strong>Font |
| Effects</strong> - <strong>Hidden</strong>.</p> |
| <p>You can |
| choose <strong>View</strong> - <strong>Nonprinting Characters</strong> |
| to toggle the display of hidden text, provided <strong>Tools</strong> |
| - <strong>Options</strong> - <strong>OpenOffice.org Writer</strong> |
| - <strong>Formatting Aids</strong> - <strong>Display of Hidden |
| text</strong> is set.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Shortcut |
| for <strong>Edit</strong> - <strong>Paste Special</strong> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>You can now |
| use the keyboard to perform this action also found under the menu<strong> |
| Edit</strong> - <strong>Paste Special</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Press |
| Shift+Ctrl+V.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Default tab |
| stop position changed in <em>Illustration Index, Index of Tables, |
| and Table of Objects </em> |
| </p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3961">3961</a> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>This |
| feature makes the behavior consistent with the behavior of tab |
| stops in a <em>Tables of Contents</em>. The tab stop is now |
| aligned right and uses the '.' (dot) as a fill character. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Better |
| object positioning with 'Follow text flow' option |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/compatibility/follow_text_flow_for_to_frame_anchored.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>The |
| functionality for positioning various objects (such as frames) in |
| Writer text has been enhanced. The new option 'Follow text flow' |
| has been introduced for Writer frames. |
| </p> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>In the |
| format dialog for Writer frames on the tab page 'Type' in area |
| 'Position' :</p> |
| <p>If option |
| 'Follow text flow' is activated, the Writer frame has to follow |
| the text flow and can only be positioned inside its anchor.</p> |
| <p>If option |
| 'Follow text flow' is deactivated the Writer frame doesn't follow |
| the text flow, but can now be positioned on the complete page |
| with the anchor.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Vertical |
| alignment of 'Line of text' addition |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/compatibility/vertical_alignment_to_text_line.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>To enable |
| better conversion of Writer documents to Microsoft (R) Word |
| format and vice versa, vertical alignment at line has been |
| introduced for Writer frames which are anchored to characters.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>In the |
| format dialog for Writer frames on the tab page 'Type' in area |
| 'Position', the selection list for the vertical alignments is |
| extended by the entry 'Line of Text' for Writer frames that are |
| anchored to a character. The possible positions already exist.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Vertical |
| text direction in tables addition |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/compatibility/tables_vertical_text_direction.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>You can now |
| specify a different text flow direction for each cell of a table. |
| By default, the text flow within a table follows the same |
| direction as the page it is in.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Select one |
| or more cells in a table then choose <strong>Table</strong> - |
| <strong>Table Properties</strong> - <strong>Text Flow</strong> - |
| <strong>Text Direction</strong> to set the text direction you |
| require.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Enhanced |
| selection for text and tables</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/selection_enhancement/Text-table_selection_enhancement.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>You can |
| select whole sentences or paragraphs quickly and easily with left |
| mouse-clicks. (Multiple selections using the CTRL key are also |
| possible using this technique.)</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Triple-click |
| the left mouse button anywhere in a sentence to select the whole |
| sentence (not the line as in OpenOffice.org 1.0); quadruple-click |
| to select the paragraph. (Double-clicking on a word still selects |
| the word as in OpenOffice.org 1.0).</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Table |
| number recognition default changes |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Number |
| recognition in tables is now switched off by default so numbers |
| you enter will not be changed automatically. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>To turn the |
| number recognition back on, choose <strong>Tools</strong> - |
| <strong>Options</strong> - <strong>OpenOffice.org Writer</strong> |
| - <strong>Table</strong> .</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Mail Merge |
| feature changed</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/mail_merge/mailmerge_specification.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>New users |
| are assisted by a Merge Wizard. Advanced users will get a Toolbar |
| from which the most needed functions for creating a Merge are |
| accessible. The new Merge will be much more flexible in managing |
| and editing databases and allows saving into one single file.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Under <strong>Tools</strong> |
| menu, choose <strong>Mail Merge Wizard . . . .</strong></p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Bibliography |
| has a <strong>Tools - Customize</strong> menu entry</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/menus/MenuStructure.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Users can |
| customize the Bibliography Menu and Short Keys.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - Bibliography Database - Tools – Customize</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Paragraph |
| Spacing on Table Borders</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/tables/Consider_Paragraph_Spacing_on_Table_Borders.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p> |
| OpenOffice.org 2.0 now considers spacing and indent set for left |
| / right and for above / below paragraphs when calculating the |
| entire spacing to a table's border. Those two sorts of spacing |
| (paragraph and table) are now being added instead of only |
| considering the distance to the border set in the table's |
| properties. This new feature improves the Microsoft |
| interoperability and is also set as default for new created |
| Writer documents to improve the export to Microsoft Word format.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Accelerator |
| Key to move paragraphs</p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=26485">26485</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Now, not |
| only does Ctrl+Alt+Key Up/Down move a paragraph up/down but Ctrl |
| + Key Up/Down does the same.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Press <strong>Ctrl |
| + Key Up/Down</strong> to move a paragraph.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Change in context menu in read only documents</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>The context menu in 'read only' documents in |
| Writer and Writer/Web now has a 'Copy' entry to copy selected |
| content to the clipboard.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Select the part of the text to be copied, |
| right click on the selected text and select 'copy' on context |
| menu.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Property |
| 'Manual line break' change |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Forms</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>For text |
| input form controls, the property 'Manual line break' has been |
| removed from the property browser. Instead, the functionality is |
| now controlled by the 'Horizontal scrollbar' property.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Property |
| 'Scale' addition |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Forms</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>The |
| property 'Scale', which was previously available for image |
| controls in the Basic dialog editor only, is now also available |
| for image controls and image buttons in forms.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>The |
| semantics are the same: When set to '<font color="#008000"><b>Yes</b></font>' |
| (the default), the image is scaled to fit the entire control, |
| when set to '<font color="#ff0000"><b>No</b></font>', it's |
| centered in the control. There are no file format changes or |
| compatibility issues (it will even work if you export such |
| controls to StarOffice 5.2 format and open it in SO 5.x), as the |
| property was always present, but not offered on the previous UI.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Scrollbar |
| form control embedding |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/forms/scrollbar_form_control.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Forms</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>The new |
| scrollbar form control can be embedded in all OpenOffice.org |
| documents which support a form layer.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>There is an |
| icon on the 'Form Functions' toolbar, denoting a scrollbar |
| control. The icon is positioned to the left of the 'Button' icon.</p> |
| <p></a> |
| In the form navigator, the scrollbar controls are indicated with |
| the following icon: |
| <img src="form_vertical.gif" alt="form navigator vertical scrollbar" width=17 height=17 border=0></p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Spin button |
| form control embedding |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/forms/spinbutton_form_control.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Forms</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>The new |
| spin button form control can be embedded in all OpenOffice.org |
| documents which support a form layer.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p></a> |
| An icon |
| <img src="form_spin.png" alt="form button spin control icon" align=BOTTOM width=16 height=16 border=0> |
| which can be used to create a spin button is placed in the form |
| functions toolbar, in the first row, left of the 'Button' icon.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Property |
| browser enhancements |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/forms/prop_browser_enhancements.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Forms</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>The |
| property browser for modifying various aspects of form and dialog |
| controls, as well as logical forms is now easier to use. For |
| example, <em>Horizontal scroll bar</em> and <em>Vertical scroll |
| bar</em> will be merged into a <em>Scrollbars</em> property, |
| which is a list box containing all 4 combinations, namely <u>None</u>, |
| <u>Horizontal</u>, <u>Vertical</u>, <u>Both</u> (Applies to: <u>Text |
| Box</u><u>).</u></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Properties |
| of navigation bar form control improved</p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/forms/navigation_bar.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>Forms</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p>The way |
| properties of the navigation bar form control are displayed in |
| the property browser has been improved. Plus, a new icon has been |
| added to the form functions toolbar. It can be used to create |
| navigation bar form controls in an OpenOffice.org application |
| supporting a form layer.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffcc99"> |
| <p></a> |
| The 'Navigation Bar' icon is on the right of the upper row of the |
| toolbar. |
| <img src="form_nav.gif" alt="navigation bar icon" width=16 height=16 border=0></p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Keyboard |
| select / deselect all sheets capability |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>When |
| multiple sheets in a spreadsheet are selected, it is now possible |
| to deselect them using the keyboard.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>To select |
| multiple sheets with keyboard, use the shortcuts |
| CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE(UP/DOWN). The same shortcuts will deselect all |
| sheets,that are selected.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Scenario |
| protection addition |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/ScenarioProtection.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Now you can |
| protect scenarios. Scenarios allow you to create a set of grouped |
| data which may change depending on what item or scenario you |
| choose from the drop-down list.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Enhanced |
| header/footer dialog |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/headerfooter.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Choose from |
| a predefined set of headers and footers. This feature also |
| increases compatibility with Microsoft (R) Excel header and |
| footer handling.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>To create a |
| header or footer, first choose <strong>OK</strong> on the Edit |
| Screen and then <strong>OK</strong> on the Header/Footer screen.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Page fields |
| in DataPilot enhancement |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/pagefields.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>A field |
| used as a page field in a DataPilot table can also be used as a |
| data item in the same table.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>The |
| DataPilot dialog's 'Layout' section has a new orientation area |
| 'Page' - in addition to the existing 'Column', 'Row' and 'Data' |
| areas.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Additional |
| field options in DataPilot |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/fieldoptions.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>To increase |
| flexibility and interoperability with Microsoft (R) Office, the |
| DataPilot has been extended to allow more settings for each |
| field.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>A '<strong>More |
| >></strong>' button has been added in the Data Value dialog |
| to allow for the selection, in each data field, of a type of |
| display from a drop down list.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Additional |
| table options in the DataPilot |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/tableoptions.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Two new |
| options for DataPilot tables control the 'Filter' button cell, |
| and the interaction to show or hide details. The 'show details' |
| function is able to add fields to a DataPilot table (sometimes |
| known as 'drill down').</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>The two |
| check boxes are accessible from the <strong>More</strong> |
| section.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Enhanced |
| number recognition</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/ease-of-use/enhance_number_recognition.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>There is |
| new handling of reformatting when numbers are entered into cells |
| with a different number format. The behavior is more |
| understandable for Calc users as well as users migrating from |
| Excel or other spreadsheet applications.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc will |
| only apply a new format type to an already formatted cell in case |
| the recognized input value's format type is incompatible with the |
| existing format type *<strong>and</strong> * the existing format |
| type is one of the default formats of category 'Number', 'Date', |
| 'Time' or 'Boolean'.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>New menu |
| entry 'Sheet from File' in <strong>Insert</strong> menu |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>You can |
| easily insert a 'Sheet from file' from the <strong>Insert</strong> |
| menu.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>From the |
| <strong>Insert</strong> menu, choose 'Sheet from file.' The <strong>File |
| - Open</strong> dialog will appear. Choose a file. The <strong>Insert |
| - Sheet</strong> dialog will appear with the 'From file' radio |
| button preselected. The sheets of the selected file are already |
| shown in the list box. A dialog will open to let the user choose |
| the place where to insert the sheet in the previous spreadsheet |
| and which sheet to insert (which could be a new one).</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Increased |
| row limit |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/number_of_rows.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>The number |
| of spreadsheet rows has been increased to the same number of rows |
| Microsoft (R) Excel offers. The maximum number of rows in a |
| spreadsheet is now 65536.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Enhanced |
| creation of named cell ranges |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/ease-of-use/CellRange.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>The Name |
| dialog in Calc can be used to define new cell ranges by simply |
| typing a name. The immediate display of a tool tip tells the user |
| she is about to create a new named cell range.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>The user |
| selects a cell area. The user clicks into the text field of the |
| sheet area field. This activates the text control and the entire |
| content is selected. The user enters a name. The user hits |
| <RETURN> or <ENTER> key.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Enhancement |
| of conditional array calculations |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/cac/conditional_array_calculation.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Array |
| formulas, such as the following, can now be used:<em> |
| {=IF(A1:A3>0;"good";"bad")} </em>.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Diagonal line in cells</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/diagonalborders.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Cells can contain diagonal lines now. This is |
| an extension of the 'outer border lines' attribute of a cell.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Choose <strong>Format – Cells - Borders</strong>. |
| Then under the <b>Borders</b> tab, select the diagonal you want |
| to add to the cell.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Cell formatting and deletion of cells / |
| contents leaves filtered-out cells untouched</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/ease-of-use/editing_of_non-filtered_selections.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>When |
| cells are filtered (using <em>AutoFilter</em>, <em>Standard |
| Filter</em> or <em>Advanced Filter</em>), the following actions |
| now don't effect the filtered rows, acting as if there was a |
| multiple selection without those rows. |
| </p> |
| <p>- |
| Deleting cell contents, |
| </p> |
| <p>- |
| Deleting rows (deleting single cells is disabled), |
| </p> |
| <p>- Changing cell formats, including styles. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>This applies to any Filter mode used.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Positioning and resizing cell notes</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/AnnotationPosition.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Cell notes can be an excellent tool for |
| enhancing the understanding of the contents of a spreadsheet. For |
| example, they can enhance the understanding of a formula. But, |
| when viewed, they should not prevent the user from seeing other |
| cell content or other cell notes . Thus the ability to reposition |
| and/or resize the note layout is a very understandable feature.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Right-click the cell containing the Note and |
| choose <strong>Show Note</strong>. You can then reposition the |
| Note, or resize it or change its formatting.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffccff"> |
| <p>CustomShape</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffccff"> |
| <p>Draw</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffccff"> |
| <p>The Drawing |
| Toolbar has been reworked to provide a rich set of new commonly |
| used drawing shapes such as: Basic, Block Arrow, Symbol, |
| Flowchart and Stars & Banners . Furthermore the huge number |
| of different arrow types in our lines and connectors toolbox has |
| been reduced. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffccff"> |
| <p>The |
| geometry of CustomShapes is editable by the user through modifier |
| handles. CustomShapes can be converted to 3-D through extrusion |
| and provide 3-D effects for Fontwork. They can be imported / |
| exported to commonly known formats without loss.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>New |
| Presentation engine</p> |
| <p>spec link</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>Impress</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Default |
| 'Run Macro' setting more intuitive |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The default |
| 'Run Macro' setting for document macros has been changed from |
| 'According To Path List' to 'Never.' |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>When you |
| open a document containing macros, a dialog will ask you if you |
| want to run the embedded macros .</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Terminology |
| changes |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The term |
| <em>AutoPilot</em> has been changed everywhere to <i>Wizard</i>. |
| This conforms to common office suite terminology and will help |
| make our wizards more recognizable for users.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose, for |
| example, <strong>File - Wizards</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Additional |
| locale data |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>New locale |
| data (and string in language list box if not already present): |
| #i15834# Malaysian, ms_MY #i16276# Bulgarian, bg_BG #i18069# |
| Interlingua, ia #i18659# Serbian Latin, sh_YU #i18659# Serbian |
| Cyrillic, sr_YU #i20613# Croatian, hr_HR #i27248# Bosnian, bs_BA |
| #i27677# Mongolian, mn_MN #i30508# Azerbaijani, az_AZ New entries |
| in language listbox: #i19321# Galician #i19333# Dhivehi #i19334# |
| Northern Sotho #i26025# Gaelic #i30446# Bengali (Bangladesh) |
| #i30448# Occitan #i30888# Khmer #i31143# North Korea: Korean |
| (DPRK) Changed: #i31143# South Korea: Korean - Korean (RoK) |
| #i14764# Lithuanian (Lithuania) - Lithuanian, and several more |
| locales.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>New toolbar |
| concept and design</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/ui_in_general/toolbar_concept/openoffice_org_toolbar_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Toolbars |
| retain their context-sensitive behavior, but now the toolbars are |
| structured in a more usable fashion and displaying only carefully |
| selected default tools.</p> |
| <p>You can |
| change the toolbars in Writer, Calc, Draw, etc. to suit your |
| needs. Moving, removing and duplicating a tool (icon) is fast and |
| easy.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - Customize - Toolbars </strong>to see the new |
| tabbed page.</p> |
| <p>You can |
| also click the arrow icon located at the end of each toolbar to |
| open a menu which provides the following options: Dock Toolbar, |
| Lock Toolbar Position, Dock All Toolbars, Visible Buttons, |
| Customize Toolbar.</p> |
| <p>Toolbars |
| are now also customizable using 'drag & drop'.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Drag and |
| drop style creation additions |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/drag_and_drop_styles/drag_and_drop_styles.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Drag and |
| drop a text selection into the <strong>Styles and Formatting</strong> |
| window to create a new paragraph style or character style (soft |
| formatting).</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>In Writer:</p> |
| <p>Select a |
| part of your text and then drag the text to the <strong>Styles |
| and Formatting</strong> window. If the Paragraph Styles are |
| active (click icon to display list of styles) the paragraph's |
| style will be added to the list. If Character Styles are active |
| (click icon) the character's style will be added to the list.</p> |
| <p>In Calc:</p> |
| <p>Drag cell |
| selection to the <strong>Styles and Formatting</strong> window to |
| create cell styles.</p> |
| <p>In Draw / |
| Impress:</p> |
| <p>Select and |
| drag drawing objects to the <strong>Styles and Formatting</strong> |
| window to create graphics styles.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Recently-used |
| file list extended to 10 items</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/menus/FileMenu.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The File |
| menu gives access to recently used OpenOffice.org documents. This |
| list is extended to 10 items. It is also a sub menu in order to |
| improve the usability of the File menu. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose <strong>File |
| - Recent Documents</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>New menu |
| customization tab page</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/menus/customize_menu_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The |
| usability of the <strong>Menu</strong> tab page of the <strong>Tools |
| - Customize</strong> dialog is being improved to make it easier |
| for users to create customized menus and menu items to suit their |
| needs.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - Customize - Menus</strong>.</p> |
| <p>As in |
| previous versions of OpenOffice.org, the menu tab is part of the |
| <strong>Customize</strong> dialog which is accessed from <strong>Tools |
| - Customize</strong>. The new <strong>Menu</strong> tab page is |
| divided into three main areas, an area for adding or modifying |
| menus; an area for modifying the content of a menu; and an area |
| which displays a description of the selected menu entry.</p> |
| <p>The 'Menu' |
| area provides a drop down list box listing all of the Menus in |
| the current context. Sub menus are listed with the names of their |
| parent menus prepended, each menu name being separated by a '|' |
| character.</p> |
| <p>Within the |
| 'Menu Content' area, users can modify the content of a custom or |
| module menu by adding items to the menu or rearranging items, for |
| example.<br>The 'Save In' drop down box is used to switch between |
| editing menu configurations for the module or for particular |
| OpenOffice.org documents. When the Menu tab is created, the Save |
| In drop down is populated with one entry for the module (e.g. |
| OpenOffice.org Writer) and one entry for each open document of |
| that module (e.g. all open OpenOffice.org Writer documents).When |
| the tab is created, if the document for which the menu tab was |
| opened (ie. the document in which the user selected the |
| Tools/Customize menu) has its own menu configuration defined, |
| then that document will be selected in the Save In drop down |
| list. Otherwise the module will be selected in the drop down |
| list.</p> |
| <p>The |
| description area displays the extended Tool Tip of an selected |
| menu entry.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>'Send - |
| Document as E-mail' configuration enhancement |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/desktop_integration/send_as_email.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>With <b> |
| </b><strong>Send - Document as E-mail</strong>,<b> |
| </b>OpenOffice.org offers functionality to open a new e-mail |
| composer window with the active document directly attached. |
| OpenOffice.org 2.0 will greatly simplify the task of configuring |
| the email client to be used for this feature.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><strong>Tools |
| - Options - OpenOffice.org - External Programs</strong>, pressing |
| the ellipsis ('. . .') button opens the default file selection |
| dialog with the initial directory set to the platforms default |
| directory for binaries (/usr/bin on Unix).</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Redesign |
| of the <strong>Events</strong> tab in the renamed <strong>Tools - |
| Configure</strong> dialog |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/scripting_framework/config_events_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The |
| usability of the Events tab of the <strong>Tools - Customize</strong> |
| (formerly <strong>Tools - Configure</strong>) dialog has been |
| improved to make it easier for users to create event bindings and |
| align this tab with usability changes in the other tabs.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>As in |
| previous versions of OpenOffice.org, the events tab is part of |
| the <strong>Customize</strong> dialog which is accessed from the |
| <strong>Tools - Customize</strong> menu item. The two Macros list |
| boxes have been removed from the dialog, and the <strong>Events</strong> |
| list box expanded to fill the available space.</p> |
| <p>The User |
| should first select the location in which they which to save an |
| event binding. This is done using the 'Save In' list box. This |
| will contain the name of the current document (initially selected |
| on opening the tab page) and %PRODUCTNAME. The user then selects |
| the event to which they wish to bind a macro and presses the |
| 'Assign Macro' button which will launch the Macro Selector (it |
| can also be launched by double-clicking the event name). The User |
| selects the desired macro and clicks OK. The main list box is |
| updated to show the URL of the selected macro.</p> |
| <p>All |
| bindings are saved when the User clicks the OK button. Clicking |
| the Cancel button will ignore all changes made since the dialog |
| was opened. Clicking the Reset button will clear all application |
| and document bindings.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Additional |
| file format conforming to the OASIS standard |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/fileIO/FileFormatNames.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Exchange |
| documents with any other software that recognizes this standard |
| format.</p> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org |
| 2.0 and StarOffice 8 use the new OASIS (Organization for the |
| Advancement of Structured Information Standards) standard XML |
| (eXtensible Markup Language) file format as their default file |
| format. |
| </p> |
| <p>The new |
| file names are the same regardless of the product vendor. You |
| will not only find this new file format used in StarOffice and |
| OpenOffice.org, but also in KOffice and a growing number of |
| products that support this new standard.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>New file |
| format names and extensions:</p> |
| <p>Writer:<br>OpenDocument Text |
| [.odt]<br>OpenDocument Text Template [.ott]<br>OpenDocument |
| Master Document [.odm]</p> |
| <p>Writer Web:<br>OpenDocument HTML Document |
| Template [.oth]</p> |
| <p>Calc:<br>OpenDocument Spreadsheet |
| [.ods]<br>OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template [.ots]</p> |
| <p>Draw:<br>OpenDocument Drawing |
| [.odg]<br>OpenDocument Drawing Template [.otg]</p> |
| <p>Impress:<br>OpenDocument Presentation |
| [.odp]<br>OpenDocument Presentation Template [.otp]</p> |
| <p>Math:<br>OpenDocument Formula [.odf]</p> |
| <p>Chart:<br>OpenDocument Chart [.odc]</p> |
| <p>Base:<br>OpenDocument Database [.odb]</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Redesigned |
| and improved toolbar content |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/toolbars/Toolbar_content_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Not only |
| have the toolbars been redesigned and reordered, but the number |
| of icons (tools) for each toolbar has been reduced to provide |
| better usability.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Display |
| more toolbars than the ones visible by default under <strong>View |
| - Toolbars</strong>; mark the toolbars you want to see. Otherwise |
| the toolbars that appear will fit the document or work at hand.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Change |
| information in window title bar</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/module_name_in_caption_bar/module_name_in_caption_bar.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Instead of |
| showing the file name or the title (if available) and the |
| software name on the window title bar, now the file name plus the |
| office component name (e.g. Writer, Calc, Impress, etc.) will be |
| displayed. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>This text |
| is on the title bar at top of the document window, above the menu |
| bar.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Digital |
| signatures and encryption enhancement |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/security/Electronic_Signatures_and_Security.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Digital |
| signatures offer secure protection of document content. The new |
| XML (eXtensible Markup Language) encryption algorithm offers |
| additional security. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose: |
| <strong>File - Digital Signatures</strong> to open the dialog.</p> |
| <p>If a signed |
| document is loaded, OpenOffice.org shows a little red seal icon |
| in the status bar at the bottom of the document window. |
| Right-click the icon on the status bar to open the context menu, |
| where you can also find the menu entry <strong>Digital |
| Signatures</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>New file |
| thumbnails for preview |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/desktop_integration/ooo_file_thumbnails.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The new |
| plug-in for the file system explorer displays a thumbnail preview |
| of an OpenOffice.org file.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The |
| standard file system explorer on all three relevant desktops |
| Gnome (Nautilus), KDE (Konqueror), and Windows (Explorer) support |
| a thumbnail view mode in which a small preview of the respective |
| file system object will be displayed if available.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Keyboard |
| support for assigning paragraph styles</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/keyboard/assign_keyboard_shortcuts_to_styles.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>You can |
| assign key combinations to paragraph styles to allow you to |
| quickly apply those styles while typing in a document, without |
| mouse or dialog interaction. This is especially important for |
| accessibility.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - Customize - Keyboard </strong> |
| </p> |
| <p>A set of |
| predefined shortcuts for 'ParagraphStyles' is provided for |
| Writer.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p><br /> |
| <br /></p> |
| |
| <a name="interoperability" id="interoperability"></a> |
| <h1>Interoperability with Microsoft Office and Other |
| Products</h1> |
| |
| <table width="100%" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding= |
| " 4" cellspacing="1"> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="40%" /> |
| <col width="36%" /> |
| |
| <thead> |
| <tr valign="top"> |
| <th> |
| <p>New Feature</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Modules Affected</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Benefit</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>How to Access</p> |
| </th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| |
| <tbody> |
| |
| |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Better |
| positioning of floating toolbars |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/compatibility/adjust-object-positioning.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>The |
| positioning of floating toolbars was adjusted so Writer documents |
| can be compatible to Microsoft (R) Word documents.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - Option - Text Document - Compatibility</strong>.</p> |
| <p>If the new |
| option is <font color="#ff0000"><b>OFF</b></font>, the changed |
| positioning of floating screen objects will be applied. If the |
| new option is <b><font color="#008000">ON</font></b>, the former |
| positioning of floating screen objects will be applied.</p> |
| <p>The default |
| value of the option for new documents will be <font color="#ff0000"><b>OFF</b></font>, |
| but when older Writer documents are detected, the value changes |
| to <b><font color="#008000">ON</font></b>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Automatic |
| resize of text frames |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/textframeautowidth/textframeautowidth.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>You can |
| automatically resize the width of text frames, depending on the |
| width of the text within them.</p> |
| <p>This |
| feature is unique to OpenOffice.org.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Insert - Frame</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Automatic |
| page and column breaks |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/compatibility/tables_automatic_page_and_column_breaks.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Microsoft |
| (R) Word documents with tables can more easily be converted to |
| Writer documents and vice versa. A new option to allow for |
| splitting of all rows (or rows which are selected) at |
| page and column breaks has been added.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Open the |
| <strong>Table</strong> <strong>(or <b> |
| </b>Table Properties</strong>) dialog, choose the <strong>Text |
| Flow</strong> tab page.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Better |
| adjustment of text lines formatting |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/compatibility/text_lines_and_prop_line_spacing.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>The |
| formatting of text lines with a given proportional line spacing |
| has been adjusted for better conversion from / to Writer |
| documents and Microsoft (R) Word documents.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - Option - Text document - Compatibility</strong>. |
| - Use OpenOffice.org 1.1/StarOffice 6.0/7 line spacing.</p> |
| <p>When the |
| new option is <font color="#ff0000"><b>OFF</b></font>, the |
| changed formatting of text lines with proportional line spacing |
| will be applied. If the new option is <b><font color="#008000">ON</font></b>, |
| the former formatting of text lines with proportional line |
| spacing will be applied.</p> |
| <p>When |
| importing Microsoft (R) Word documents, the option automatically |
| be set to <font color="#ff0000"><b>OFF</b></font>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Collapsible |
| table borders |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/compatibility/collapsing_table_borders.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Collapsing |
| table borders has been enabled.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Format - Table - Borders</strong>. A check box 'Merge |
| adjacent line styles' is found on the Property area.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>WriterPerfect filter</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/fileIO/writerperfect.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>The WordPerfect import filter is supported.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>You can now open a WordPerfect document in |
| OpenOffice.org.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Better |
| import and export of spin buttons and scrollbars |
| </p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=27879">27879</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Import: |
| (old-fashioned) Microsoft (R) Office 95 and (new) Microsoft |
| <font color="#000000">®</font> Office 97 OLE spin |
| buttons / scrollbars.</p> |
| <p>Export: All |
| spin buttons / scrollbars are exported as old-fashioned Microsoft |
| (R) Office 95 controls.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Enhanced |
| page scaling for printing</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/fittopages.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Increased |
| compatibility with Microsoft (R) Excel: You can specify the |
| number of horizontal and vertical pages.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Format - Page - Sheet.</strong> The new option 'Fit print |
| range(s) to width/height' has been added to this list |
| box.<br>'Reduce/enlarge printout': A spin field specifying the |
| amount of reducing/enlarging follows at the same height as the |
| list box.<br>'Fit print range(s) to width/height': Two spin |
| fields are shown. The upper spin field contains the width and is |
| described by the fixed text 'Width in pages.' The lower spin |
| field contains the height.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Reimplementation |
| of Excel export formula compiler</p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3724">3724</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>The formula |
| compiler in the Excel export filter has been reimplemented from |
| scratch. Overview -- Where does Excel use formulas? - Simple |
| formulas cells - Shared formula cells (a range of cells shares |
| one formula) - Array formulas (a.k.a. matrix formulas) - |
| Definition of defined names (a.k.a. named ranges) - Conditions of |
| conditional formatting - Conditions of data validation - Source |
| cell range in list validation - Print ranges, print title ranges |
| - Source ranges of auto and advanced filters - Source area of |
| charts - Linked cell of form controls - Source cell range of list |
| form controls (listbox, combobox).</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Lotus 1-2-3 |
| import supporting version 9.7</p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=34806">34806</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>The Lotus |
| 1-2-3 import now also loads files of Lotus versions up to 9.7, |
| the file type list box lists the .123 file name extension |
| additionally to the already known .wk1 and .wks extensions. |
| Opening a Lotus 1-2-3 file without selecting a filter type now |
| loads the file into Calc instead of Writer. The feature set |
| supported is similar to the old *.wk? versions, with the addition |
| of text attributes.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Support of Hyperlink() function</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/compatibility/HyperLinkFunction.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=TOP bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>The URL parameter specifies the link target |
| while the CellText displays the formula result in the cell. If |
| the CellText is omitted, the URL will be used for both the |
| URL and the cell result.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>Improved |
| font-independent line spacing |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>Impress</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>To improve |
| the compatibility between Impress and Microsoft (R) PowerPoint, |
| line spacing in Impress now no longer depends on the font which |
| is used.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>The import |
| filter for Power Point documents will now create text objects |
| having font independent line spacing enabled.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>New slide |
| show subsystem</p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=20477">20477</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>Impress</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>The |
| underlying model data representation for animation effects now |
| borrows from SMIL (see http://www.w3.org/TR/smil20/), and is able |
| to handle nearly all of the PPT effects.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#3deb3d"> |
| <p>You'll find |
| two new task panels, namely one for shape effect and one for |
| slide transitions.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td width=146> |
| <p>Import of |
| password protected Microsoft (R) office documents |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/interoperability/Import_Password_Protected_MS_Office_Files.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td width=90> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Writer and Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td width=204> |
| <p>Password-protected |
| Microsoft (R) Office Word and Excel files can now be loaded when |
| the StarOffice / OpenOffice.org user knows the password that |
| protects the file in Microsoft (R) Office.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td width=184> |
| <p>Start to |
| open a password-protected document and the <strong>Enter Password</strong> |
| dialog will appear.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Import / |
| Export XSLT filter for Microsoft <em>Spreadsheetml</em> and |
| <em>Wordml</em></p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=33450">33450</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The import |
| and export filter of Microsoft's XML formats <em>Spreadsheetml</em> |
| and <em>Wordml</em> are becoming part of the default installation |
| set. Earlier they belong to the optional 'XSLT Filter Samples'.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - XML Filters Settings</strong>, a dialog box for |
| XML filters will open.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p><br /> |
| <br /></p> |
| |
| <a name="installation" id="installation"></a> |
| <h1>Installation and Configuration</h1> |
| |
| <table width="100%" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" |
| cellpadding=" 4" cellspacing="1"> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="40%" /> |
| <col width="36%" /> |
| |
| <thead> |
| <tr valign="top"> |
| <th> |
| <p>New Feature</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Modules Affected</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Benefit</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>How to Access</p> |
| </th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| |
| <tbody> |
| |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Easier |
| workstation installations |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/installation/native_installer/networker2_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>You no |
| longer need a user installation.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p> |
| There is no more sversion.ini (sversionrc).There are no more |
| links in the user directory to the network installation.</p> |
| <p>There is a new dialog in the (network) setup, |
| in which the user is asked, whether the system integration has to |
| be done for:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><p>0 user (only for |
| installations on a file server) (OPTIONAL)</p> |
| <li><p>1 user</p> |
| <li><p>all users of the computer</p> |
| </ul> |
| <p>A system |
| integration for all users would require root rights at the PC.</p> |
| <p>Instead of |
| the flags NETWORK, WORKSTATION and STANDALONE the new |
| installation mechanism provides an ALL_USER or a ONE_USER |
| installation type.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Native |
| system theme integration (native widget rendering) |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/ui_in_general/controls/NativeWidgetRenderingSpec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>To enhance |
| integration of OpenOffice.org with the underlying operating |
| system, all user interface elements (such as buttons and |
| scrollbars) will have the same look as those used in most other |
| 'native' applications for that platform. OpenOffice.org will |
| react on-the-fly to changes of the desktop theme, so when the |
| user changes the desktop colors or theme, OpenOffice.org will |
| adjust its own appearance to match.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Native |
| system theme integration will be available for Gnome (version 2.4 |
| or higher), Microsoft (R) Windows (including XP and future |
| versions), and KDE (version 3.2 and higher) desktop environments. |
| On Windows XP the 'Windows XP Style' must be chosen under |
| <strong>Settings - Control Panel - Display - Appearance</strong> |
| to achieve the correct look.</p> |
| <p>Theme |
| integration will be the default for desktop environments that |
| support it (listed above). Systems (for example, Windows |
| 98/ME/2000, CDE) that do not support it will see no visual change |
| in OpenOffice.org. On supported systems OpenOffice.org will |
| always adopt the theme of the system and cannot choose not to do |
| so.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Automatic |
| and better Java configuration |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/java/java_options_dialog_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>You can |
| determine which version of Java is used by OpenOffice.org. A |
| check box also allows you to specify that Java not be used.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Java</strong>. You do |
| not have to select a version of Java manually as it will be done |
| automatically if necessary, but you can if you want.</p> |
| <p>There is a |
| list where each entry represents a Java installation found on the |
| system or on a mapped/mounted network drive. The process of |
| finding the Java locations is performed by the Java framework.</p> |
| <p>If the user |
| switches Java off, then all other related settings will be |
| disabled. The settings made before you unmark the 'Use Java' |
| check box remain intact and are saved when you click 'OK.' |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Better |
| native installing handling |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/installation/native_installer/scp-to-officecfg.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>This |
| document describes how installation-dependent configuration data |
| can be installed with native installers. The mechanism used |
| previously had certain conceptual problems and can't be readily |
| ported to non-native installers. The document also describes how |
| installation-dependent configuration data is defined for the new |
| schema. In the solution described, installation-dependent |
| configuration is defined together with its globally available |
| counterpart in module officecfg. During the build process this |
| master data is split into globally available common data, |
| locale-dependent data and installation-dependent data. During |
| installation, installation-dependent data is first installed into |
| a spool directory and then imported from that directory into the |
| active configuration tree, by using a UNO (Universal Network |
| Object) importer service during post-installation. In typical |
| native installers the importer service is executed by helper |
| CLI-program.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Configuration |
| module files are first copied into a spool directory. The |
| location of the (new) directory is |
| $(install)/share/registry/spool.</p> |
| <p>In a |
| post-install step the content of the spool directory is merged |
| together into the actual configuration layer in use. This concept |
| is already realized today in pkgchk installation of per-package |
| configuration data. This merging is realized using the |
| configimport tool. This is a command-line tool that invokes the |
| same UNO service as used by pkgchk to merge the package |
| configuration layer.</p> |
| <p>After a |
| package containing configuration data was installed or |
| uninstalled, the old merged configuration layer is discarded and |
| the layer is recreated from the spool directory. The location of |
| the (new) layer is $(install)/share/registry/modules.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Better |
| handling of localized descriptions of registry schema items</p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18588">18588</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The |
| *.properties files containing localized descriptions and labels |
| for configuration schema items are not installed (under |
| $(install)/share/registry/res) any more. There were no clients of |
| this data left. [Note: the internal 'ecomp' product is broken by |
| this, but is being removed currently and should not be tested any |
| more. Instead the schema item descriptions (only the default |
| language--in all known cases English) are now left inside the |
| installed schema files (under $(install)/share/registry/schema), |
| where they can be found by interested users (developers or system |
| administrators) much more easily.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>ISO 8601 |
| Date/Time input</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The number |
| formatter now recognizes input conforming to ISO 8601 as valid |
| date/time input, regardless of the locale being selected.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The number |
| formatter's input recognition is used by the spreadsheet |
| application for cell data input and by the text processor's table |
| input, for example.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Configuration |
| generates output via logging service</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/configuration/configuration_robustness_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>In order to |
| increase the robustness of the office application against |
| corrupted configuration data, the configuration database will |
| support automatic recovery from unusable data. Additionally, |
| diagnostic capabilities are provided that allow administrators or |
| support services to obtain log output to identify the cause of |
| configuration problems. As an added benefit the mechanisms put in |
| place can be used by any client of the UNO configuration API to |
| provide meaningful and context-sensitive error handling for |
| configuration failures.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>AutoRecovery |
| of files and Work environment</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/errorreporter/error_report_2_0_ui_specification.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The |
| OpenOffice.org Error Reporting Tool and the document recovery |
| features are combined into one work flow. When OpenOffice.org |
| crashes, the documents will be saved and users get informed about |
| the upcoming recovery process, followed by sending out an error |
| report.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>First Start |
| Wizard</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/migration/spec_migration.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Due to the |
| change of the setup process in StarOffice 8, the migration of |
| user settings can no longer be done as part of the setup. |
| Furthermore, anyone wanting to migrate any settings had to do |
| this by writing a special setup plugin. The migration process |
| will now be done when the OpenOffice.org is started for the first |
| time. It should be easy to define items to be migrated.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>At the |
| first start-up, of the office, you'll be prompt for some |
| migration information if a previous release of OpenOffice.org |
| exists on your computer.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Changes to |
| resource handling</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/g11n/lang_pax/language_packs.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org |
| 2.0 will have the ability to add language packs to an already |
| installed version. This will eliminate the need to install a |
| complete office suite for each language in OpenOffice.org 1.x.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Start |
| Module |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/start_module/StartModule.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>The Start |
| Module – formerly known as the Backing Window in OpenOffice |
| 1.1 – becomes an optional module. A configuration setting |
| is used to disable the Start Module if required for a site |
| installation.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>When in the |
| Start Module, choose <strong>Tools - Customize</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p><br /> |
| <br /></p> |
| |
| <a name="database" id="database"></a> |
| <h1>Database</h1> |
| |
| <table width="100%" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" |
| cellpadding=" 4" cellspacing="1"> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="40%" /> |
| <col width="36%" /> |
| |
| <thead> |
| <tr valign="top"> |
| <th> |
| <p>New Feature</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Modules Affected</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Benefit</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>How to Access</p> |
| </th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| |
| <tbody> |
| |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>New |
| database application</p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/Database_application.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>In this new |
| stand-alone database, you can create forms, reports, queries, |
| tables, views and relations. The forms, reports and queries are |
| stored in a single file format allowing you to handle your |
| database the same way you would other popular databases.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>The user |
| can start the database application by double-clicking an |
| OpenOffice.org Base file, through the <strong>File - Open</strong> |
| menu or via the <strong>File - New</strong> menu in every |
| OpenOffice.org application.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Improved |
| end-of-line interoperability</p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/forms/multiline_line_ends.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>When |
| processing multi-line text on a computer, there have always been |
| two major approaches on how to indicate a line break in a text. |
| Depending on which approach is used for a particular data set, |
| applications working with this data need to take different |
| measures to properly deal with the data.</p> |
| <p>Database |
| access is also affected by this. When storing multi line text in |
| a database table (field), the approach used is chosen by the |
| database designer. To allow the user the most flexibility in |
| designing the database and to improve OpenOffice.org's |
| capabilities to interoperate with databases, the multi-line text |
| field in OpenOffice.org database forms will include a setting on |
| which approach to take.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>A new |
| property called <font color="#0000CC">Line end format </font>is |
| introduced and available as a drop down list box.</p> |
| <p>Depending |
| on the setting of this property, the text (which can be obtained |
| from the control via API) will contain either DOS(carriage return |
| + line feed) or Unix(line feed) line ends. As a result, when such |
| a field is bound to a database column, the text entered by the |
| user will be stored to this database column with the chosen line |
| end format.</p> |
| <p>The default |
| value for this property is <font color="#008000"><b>Unix</b></font> |
| for backwards compatibility reasons.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Additional |
| information in text columns |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/forms/multiline_line_ends.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Table |
| controls in forms allow insertion of text columns and will be |
| refit with the <font color="#0000CC">Multiline</font> property |
| which is already known from normal text field controls.</p> |
| <p>Since |
| normally only one line of text is visible in a table control, the |
| currently displayed line in such a multi line input field follows |
| the cursor. If the height of the rows in the table data view |
| permits displaying more than one line, then the visible line is |
| where the cursor is placed.</p> |
| <p>If a multi |
| line table cell (i.e. a cell in a column which has set the |
| <font color="#008000"><b>Multiline</b></font> |
| property to '<font color="#008000"><b>Yes</b></font><font color="#008000">'</font>) |
| is not active, then the very first line of the contained text is |
| the first visible line in the cell area.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>When set to |
| <font color="#008000"><b>Yes</b></font>, |
| the input field for this column allows displaying and entering of |
| multi-line text.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>LDAP |
| authentication enhancement |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/Ldap_authentication.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>You can now |
| connect OpenOffice.org to an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access |
| Protocol) server using secure sockets layer. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p><i>See |
| Username</i>, <i>Password required</i> and <strong>Use secure |
| connection</strong> in <strong>LDAP</strong> configuration page |
| of the <strong>DataSource Administrator</strong> Dialog.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Additional |
| dialogs to ADO |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/ADO_Browse_Dialog.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>A new |
| browse dialog allows the user to create and edit ADO (Microsoft |
| (R) ActiveX Data Object) connection strings from a graphical |
| interface. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Microsoft(R) |
| provides a standard OLE DB Data link configuration dialog in its |
| OLE DB runtime libraries. There is an ADO connection string which |
| shows the connection dialog. When users change anything and press |
| the OK button,the new ADO connection string is returned.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Linguistic |
| clarifications |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>The |
| 'Character set' property for form controls has been renamed to |
| 'Font' for linguistic consistency. In German, the text was |
| changed from 'Zeichensatz' to 'Schrift.' See issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=26592">26592</a> |
| (irrelevant in an EN doc).</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Button |
| clarifications |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>In the data |
| source browser, the <strong>Undo</strong> |
| button has been changed from 'Undo: Data Input' to 'Undo: |
| Data Entry.' |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Toggling of |
| alias names in SQL SELECT statements |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/howto/AppendTableAlias.html">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>When |
| working with SQL (Structured Query Language) select statements, |
| OpenOffice.org usually uses an alias name for tables such as |
| 'SELECT * FROM <table> aliasname.' The 'aliasname' in this |
| statement is a so-called table alias. However, some databases do |
| not allow such aliases. The above statement would be replaced |
| with 'SELECT * FROM <table>.' Some databases reject |
| statements with aliases. |
| </p> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org |
| features disabling or enabling of this behavior.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Additional |
| SQL functionality |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org |
| 2.0 drivers are capable of executing the numeric, string and |
| datetime functions described in SQL92 for dBase, flatfile, and |
| spreadsheets.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Better |
| 'Filter' and 'Sort' criterion |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>When |
| opening the 'Filter' or 'Sort' dialog from within either the data |
| source browser or a database form, dialogs now will *not* append |
| a new filter resp. sort criterion according to the currently |
| focused control/column.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Corrective |
| outer join escape sequencing</p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/howto/OuterJoinSequence.html">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>When |
| working with drivers which do not fully support the JDBC (Java |
| Database Connectivity) or ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) |
| standard, the escape sequences may not be fully supported. |
| Statement like the following won't work. <br>'SELECT * from {OJ |
| xx left join yy . . . }' The OpenOffice.org data source works |
| around the problem by removing the {OJ} keywords from the SQL |
| statement.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Disable / |
| Enable outer join sequence can be enabled on a per-data-source |
| basis. For this, the 'Info' property of a <a href="http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/sdb/DataSource.html">data |
| source</a> should contain a name-value-pair with:<br>'Name: |
| EnableOuterJoinEscape<br>Value: FALSE' .</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Default |
| value for connection pooling changed to false</p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=34787">34787</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>As with |
| every database driver, the connection pool is now disabled by |
| default.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>The options |
| can be changed in <strong>Tools - Options – |
| OpenOffice.org. Base – Connections</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>New |
| Formwizard</p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/Wizard_Form.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Two new |
| wizard panels extended the functionality to subforms.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Under |
| OpenOffice.org Base, open the form wizard.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Table |
| wizard</p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/Wizard_Table.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Tables can |
| be created manually in the database beamer. However, a wizard |
| for this purpose makes it easier--especially as it helps prevent |
| design defects. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>The dialog |
| page gives the user an opportunity to choose all the fields he |
| wants in his table, divided into two categories: 'private' and |
| 'business'.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database |
| wizard</p> |
| <p><a href="http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/Wizard_Database.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Database</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>The new |
| database application needs an easy to use entry point to create a |
| new database file. These database files serve as an interface |
| between the user and the actual data source.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ff9966"> |
| <p>Start the |
| wizard using <strong>File - New</strong> menu.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p><br /> |
| <br /></p> |
| |
| <a name="asian" id="asian"></a> |
| <h1>Asian Language Features</h1> |
| |
| <table width="100%" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" |
| cellpadding=" 4" cellspacing="1"> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="40%" /> |
| <col width="36%" /> |
| |
| <thead> |
| <tr valign="top"> |
| <th> |
| <p>New Feature</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Modules Affected</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Benefit</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>How to Access</p> |
| </th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| |
| <tbody> |
| |
| |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Additional |
| translator for simplified to traditional Chinese |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/g11n/simplified-traditional_chinese_translator/simplified-traditional_chinese_translator.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| All</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Chinese |
| users are accustomed to having a built-in conversion between |
| Simplified and Traditional Chinese. This conversion allows them |
| to easily transfer between Chinese written text, Simplified |
| Chinese and Traditional Chinese characters. This is very close |
| to the features of the Japanese 'Hiragana' and 'Katakana' and the |
| Korean 'Hangul / Hanja Conversion' |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccffff"> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - Language </strong> |
| </p> |
| <p><em>Only |
| available when CJK support under </em>'<strong>Tools - Options - |
| Language Settings - Languages</strong>' <i>i</i><em>s turned on</em>. |
| Otherwise the entry will remain hidden.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><strong>AutoFormat - Apply numbering</strong> |
| extended for Chinese simplified and Japanese</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Writer</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p>Automatic numbering is now able to detect |
| Chinese periods (0x3002); Chinese and Japanese brackets (0xff08 |
| and 0xff09 ; and Japanese spaces (0x3000), numerals (0xff10 . . . |
| 0xff19), and periods (0xff0e).</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ffff99"> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Support of 'Right-to-Left' sheets in Calc.</p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/g11n/Right-to-Left_Canvas_for_Calc/Right-to-Left_Canvas_for_Calc.sxw">spec |
| link</a> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Calc</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Support of 'Right-to-Left' sheets in Calc.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td bgcolor="#ccccff"> |
| <p>Right-click the sheet name and check or |
| uncheck the option marked <font color="#000000">'</font>RTL.<font color="#000000">'</font></p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p><br /> |
| <br /></p> |
| |
| <a name="developers" id="developers"></a> |
| <h1>Developer-Specific Features</h1> |
| |
| <table width="100%" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" |
| cellpadding=" 4" cellspacing="1"> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="40%" /> |
| <col width="36%" /> |
| |
| <thead> |
| <tr valign="top"> |
| <th> |
| <p>New Feature</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Modules Affected</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Benefit</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>How to Access</p> |
| </th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| |
| <tbody> |
| |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Support for |
| the 'XDataSinkEncrSupport' interface |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>APIs</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The package |
| component implements |
| '::com::sun::star::packages::XDataSinkEncrSupport' interface now. |
| This allows a raw representation of an encrypted stream to be |
| retrieved which contains a header with encryption information. |
| This allows the representation to store the stream to another |
| package without description.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Improved |
| CWS networker |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/installation/native_installer/networker2_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>There is |
| now an interface between setup and first startup (Setup and SFX). |
| After a network installation, which is the new standard, the |
| office suite starts right away. The user installation has been |
| abolished.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Improved |
| OpenOffice.org scripting framework |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/scripting_framework/ScriptingFrameworkSpecification.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Framework</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The |
| scripting framework allows OpenOffice.org users to write macros |
| in a number of languages for execution in OpenOffice.org. Users |
| can assign these macros to menu items, keyboard combinations, |
| application and document events, form controls within documents |
| and various objects within documents.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The |
| Scripting Framework can be configured by editing the file</p> |
| <p><office-dir>/share/registry/data<br>/org/openoffice/scripting.xcu |
| .</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Alphabetical |
| index change</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Previous |
| hard-coded index information has been moved from |
| 'indexentrysupplier' to 'localedata,' which has created a new |
| section (LC_INDEX) in the 'localedata' xml files. This section |
| includes 3 parts: index key, script type and page words.</p> |
| <p>Index key |
| defines a letter list for an index algorithm like A, B, C, . . . |
| X, Y, Z for English Alphanumeric. It is possible to define more |
| than one algorithm for a language such as 'pinyin', 'stroke' and |
| 'radical' for Simplified Chinese. If the letter list is blank, |
| then the individual UNO service for the algorithm should be |
| provided. Script type defines Unicode range for the language, it |
| is Unicode defined script type, like 0 for basic Latin, 10 for |
| Hebrew, for example, we need 0 (basic Latin) and 1 (Latin 1 |
| Supplement) to cover German. See |
| offapi/com/sun/star/i18n/UnicodeScript.idl for the list of script |
| type. Page words contain two words, like p. and pp. for English, |
| f. and ff. for German. The words are used in the option 'Combine |
| identical entries with p. or pp.' |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>New |
| programmatic control of menu and toolbar items |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/ui_in_general/api/ProgrammaticControlOfMenuAndToolbarItems.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Now third |
| party developers can adapt menu bar and toolbar layouts to their |
| needs. Menus and toolbars are accessible to UNO (Universal |
| Network Objects) developers and provide access at runtime to |
| interfaces allowing them to insert/remove/modify menu items, |
| pop-up menus and toolbar items. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>New |
| locations of .sversionrc and commands to find them |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Third party |
| applications like the testtool can locate the office suite. The |
| setup still writes a file named sversion.ini (for Windows) or |
| .sversionrc (for Unix/Linux). |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The file |
| sversion.ini/ .sversionrc will be created by the setup program in |
| the folder defined by the variable PREDEFINED_CONFIGDIR. This |
| variable is define as follows: |
| </p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.2cm; border: none; padding: 0cm"> |
| <em>Windows</em>:</p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.2cm; border: none; padding: 0cm"> |
| single user install: folder for the current user.</p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.2cm; border: none; padding: 0cm"> |
| all user install: folder for all users.</p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.4cm; border: none; padding: 0cm"> |
| network install: folder for the current user.</p> |
| <p><em>UNIX / LINUX:</em></p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.2cm; border: none; padding: 0cm"> |
| single user install: home folder of the current user.</p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.2cm; border: none; padding: 0cm"> |
| all user install: /etc/ folder of the system.</p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.4cm; border: none; padding: 0cm"> |
| network install: folder of the current user.</p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 0cm; border: none; padding: 0cm"> |
| Testtool finds these directories using a new, internal command. |
| It works identically to the existing command 'String |
| GetApplicationPath' which delivers the path for the single user |
| and the network install. 'String GetCommonApplicationPath' |
| delivers the path for an 'all user installation.' In order to |
| find the place of an office installation, it would then be |
| necessary to check both locations for an appropriate file with |
| appropriate content.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Transparent |
| use of UNO components from C++ |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://udk.openoffice.org/common/man/spec/transparentofficecomponents.html">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>If some |
| client code wants to use office suite UNO (Universal |
| Network Objects) components, then the typical use case is that |
| the client code is first looking for an existing office |
| installation. If an installation is found, then the office |
| process is verified to be running. If no office process is |
| running, then an office process is started. After which the |
| client code connects to the running office using remote UNO |
| mechanisms in order to get the remote component context of that |
| office. The client code can then use the remote component context |
| to access arbitrary office UNO components. From the perspective |
| of the client code, there is no difference between local and |
| remote components. |
| </p> |
| <p>The intent |
| is to provide the component context in a more transparent way. |
| The location of an existing office installation and the detection |
| of a running office process should be hidden from the user.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>A C++ |
| client application which uses UNO is linked to the C++ UNO |
| libraries - found in the program directory of a UNO installation. |
| When running the client application, the C++ UNO libraries are |
| found only if the UNO program directory is included in the <code><font size=2>PATH</font></code> |
| (for Windows) or <code><font size=2>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</font></code> |
| (for Unix/Linux) environment variable.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Basic IDE |
| keyboard shortcut changes |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Basic IDE</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>In the |
| Basic IDE (Integrated Development Environment), the command |
| 'BasicStop' shortcut was changed from Alt-F5 to Shift-F5. The |
| shortcut Shift-F5 formerly executed the |
| commands 'BasicStop' followed by 'RunBasic' . |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The |
| complete list of shortcuts follows in the following format: |
| shortcut, command, action.</p> |
| <p>- <strong>F5 |
| RunBasic</strong> This runs code starting from the first line, or |
| from the current breakpoint, if the program stopped there before.</p> |
| <p>- <strong>Shift-F5 |
| BasicStop</strong> Stops execution of the code.</p> |
| <p>- <strong>F7 |
| AddWatch</strong> Adds a watch for the variable at the cursor |
| position.</p> |
| <p>- <strong>F8 |
| BasicStepInto</strong> Single steps through each statement-- |
| starting at either the first line or at the statement where the |
| program execution previously stopped .</p> |
| <p>- <strong>Shift-F8 |
| BasicStepOver</strong> Single steps (as with F8) but a function |
| call is considered to be only one execution step.</p> |
| <p>- <strong>F9 |
| ToggleBreakPoint </strong>Sets or removes a breakpoint at the |
| current line or all breakpoints in the current selection.</p> |
| <p>- <strong>Shift-F9 |
| ToggleBreakPointEnabled</strong> Enables / disables the |
| breakpoint at the current line or all breakpoints in the current |
| selection.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Enhanced |
| Basic IDE macro chooser and organizer |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/scripting_framework/ScriptOrganizerSpecification.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| Basic IDE</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The |
| Scripting Framework allows the user to develop macros in |
| languages other than OpenOffice.org Basic. To allow the user to |
| manage their macros, this document describes the changes to the |
| <strong>Tools - Macros</strong> sub menus and the dialogs it |
| launches.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Users will |
| find access to the various dialogs for macro management via the |
| <b>Tools</b> sub-menu.</p> |
| <p>The first |
| entry in the sub-menu is for recording Macros (in OpenOffice.org |
| Basic only). The second entry presents the Script Selector in a |
| mode that allows the user to select and run a macro. The third |
| menu entry, 'Organize . . . ' presents a sub menu containing one |
| entry for each language. As BeanShell and JavaScript will be part |
| of OpenOffice.org, at least the three languages are listed by |
| default. The fourth entry is 'Digital Signature.'<br>The fifth |
| entry, 'Organize Dialogs,' presents the Macro Organizer with the |
| Dialog tab page selected. Except for OpenOffice.org Basic, these |
| entries bring up the appropriate organizer dialog (the Scripting |
| Organizer for other languages). In case of OpenOffice.org Basic, |
| the macro-dialog presents the full functionality for Basic |
| Macros-- including opening the macro organizer. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>testtool: |
| new commands to min/max/restore windows |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Quality |
| Assurance</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Added the |
| following methods for Document-Windows + .Close + BOOL .IsMax + |
| BOOL .IsMin + BOOL .IsRestore + .Minimize + .Maximize + .Restore.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>testtool: |
| read from windows registry</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Quality |
| Assurance</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>+ |
| getRegistryValue (sPath as string, sKey as string) as string On |
| win32 systems return the Entry, if exists; otherwise, return |
| empty string. On Unix / Linux systems return always empty string |
| only the following schemata are allowed: HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>testtool: |
| read out destination of symbolic link</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Quality |
| Assurance</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>+ |
| getLinkDestination (sLink as string) as string On Unix/Linux |
| systems: Return the destination for a given Link. It sLink is no |
| Link, return sLink. on win32 systems always return sLink.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>File |
| locking enabled by default on Unix/Linux platforms</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Better file |
| locking has been enabled by default on Unix/Linux platforms.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The file |
| locking behavior still remains controllable via the environment |
| variable 'SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING' but, in contrast to earlier |
| OpenOffice.org versions, the environment variable must now be |
| explicitly cleared if file locking on these platforms is not |
| desired.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>The |
| javamaker now generates .class instead of .java files |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The |
| javamaker tool (generating Java classes for UNOIDL entities) now |
| directly generates Java .class files instead of .java |
| source files. Futhermore, all uses of the javamaker within the |
| OpenOffice.org code base have been adapted.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Dependent |
| types are now always generated by cppumaker |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Since |
| header files in cppu/inc/com/sun/star/uno (Any.hxx, |
| Reference.hxx, Type.h) #include some generated .hdl/.hpp files, |
| those are now *always* generated by cppumaker: |
| com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException, com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass, |
| com.sun.star.uno.XInterface (unless those types are only found in |
| a registry passed to cppumaker with the -X option). This implies |
| cppumaker always needs to find those types in some of the |
| registries passed to it.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Single-interface-based |
| services with no constructors |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>UNO</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>A |
| single-interface-based service written in UNOIDL as service |
| 'SomeService: XSomeIfc {};' used to be interpreted as 'service |
| SomeService: XSomeIfc;' Both the former and the latter were |
| considered to have a default constructor. This has been changed. |
| The former is now considered to have no constructors at all. This |
| is useful for services (like the |
| com.sun.star.uri.UriSchemeParser_XXX ) not intended to be |
| instantiated by clients, but accessed only by client code via the |
| 'com.sun.star.uri.UriReferenceFactory' service.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>New |
| PackageManager GUI |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/packagemanager/packagemanager_gui_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><img src="star.jpg" alt="star" align=left width=35 height=35 border=0><br clear=left> |
| <br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The |
| PackageManager GUI (Graphical User Interface) is the client front |
| end to import, export and remove packages.</p> |
| <p>Packages, |
| such as UNO (Universal Network Object) components or scripts |
| (extensions with a single document), are extensions to the office |
| suite.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The |
| PackageManager can be accessed as a tool in the Tools menu. In |
| general, the dialog shows a tree listbox listing all available |
| packages, related to the context (user installation, office |
| installation layer, or open documents) in which they reside.</p> |
| <p>Additionally, |
| a context menu is available within the listbox at the treelistbox |
| entries.</p> |
| <p>A help |
| bubble shows the description of each content in the listbox of |
| the Package Manager.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>New unopkg |
| deployment tool |
| </p> |
| <p><a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/packagemanager/unopkg_spec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The unopkg |
| deployment tool deploys and undeploys UNO (Universal Network |
| Object) packages into the office suite installation. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Using:<br>unopkg add <options> |
| package-path . . . |
| </p> |
| <p>unopkg remove <options> package-name . . |
| .</p> |
| <p>unopkg list <options> package-name . . .</p> |
| <p>unopkg reinstall <options></p> |
| <p>unopkg gui</p> |
| <p>unopkg -V</p> |
| <p>unopkg -h .</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Binfilter |
| assertions available via environment variable</p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=35605">35605</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Currently, |
| the binfilter <font color="#000000">'</font>STRIP001<font color="#000000">'</font> |
| assertions can only be seen with a specially-built library. The |
| non-pro office can not be started with either the parameter |
| <font color="#000000">'</font>-env:DBG_BF_ASSERT=true<font color="#000000">'</font> |
| or with the environment variable DBG_BF_ASSERT set.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Apache |
| Xalan-J 2.6.0 added to the Office and build environment</p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=36335">36335</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Xalan-J |
| 2.6.0, together with the embedded Xerces-J 2.6.2 version, have |
| been added to the build environment. A new module ('xalan') has |
| been created containing the three mandatory JARs: 'xalan.jar', |
| 'xercesImpl.jar' and 'xml-apis.jar.'</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>All three |
| JARs will be delivered into the '/program/classes' directory. |
| Office components, which want to use them, should load the JARs |
| by their manifest.</p> |
| <p>Exception: |
| JDK/JRE1.4 users will still use the integrated Xalan.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>OooBean</p> |
| <p><a href="http://api.openoffice.org/Projects/OOoBean/SDK.Req.OOoBean.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>A primary |
| objective is to create production quality JavaBeans for the major |
| OpenOffice.org components. A secondary objective is to offer a |
| smart API to access the main elements of office documents and to |
| process common tasks.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| <br> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p><br /> |
| <br /></p> |
| |
| <a name="internet" id="internet"></a> |
| <h1>Web/Internet</h1> |
| |
| <table width="100%" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" |
| cellpadding=" 4" cellspacing="1"> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="12%" /> |
| <col width="40%" /> |
| <col width="36%" /> |
| |
| <thead> |
| <tr valign="top"> |
| <th> |
| <p>New Feature</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Modules Affected</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>Benefit</p> |
| </th> |
| |
| <th> |
| <p>How to Access</p> |
| </th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| |
| <tbody> |
| |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>Enhanced |
| export to HTML to produce 'XHTML 1.0 Strict' |
| </p> |
| <p>issue <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18295">18295</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Writer/Web</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Exporting |
| HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) now produces valid 'XHTML |
| [eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language] 1.0 Strict' output. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Choose <strong>File |
| – Export</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>XHTML |
| export enabled for Calc, Draw and Impress</p> |
| <p><a href="http://ui.openoffice.org/proposals/XMLFilterSpec.sxw">spec |
| link</a></p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Writer/Web |
| and Math</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>You can now |
| install and use XSLT-based (eXtensible Stylesheet Language |
| Transformation) input/output filters. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Choose |
| <strong>Tools - XML Filter Settings</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr valign=TOP> |
| <td> |
| <p>XForms |
| support</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Writer/Web</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>XForms is |
| an international web forms standard. OpenOffice.org is able to |
| create and edit XForms-compatible forms.</p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Choose <strong>File |
| - New</strong> and <strong>XML Forms</strong>.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| |
| </body> |
| </html> |