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| <h2>Press Release - OpenOffice.org 2.2 </h2> |
| <p>29 March 13:00 UTC </p> |
| <p> </p> |
| <p>The OpenOffice.org Community announce the release of OpenOffice.org 2.2, |
| the latest version of the leading open-source office suite. With |
| upgrades to its word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and database |
| software, the free software package provides a real alternative to |
| Microsoft's recently-released Office 2007 product - and an easier |
| upgrade path for existing Microsoft Office users. OpenOffice.org 2.2 also |
| protects users from newly discovered vulnerabilities, where users' PCs |
| could be open to attack if they opened documents from, or accessed web |
| sites set up by, malicious individuals. |
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| <p>In version 2.2, users will immediately notice the improvement in the |
| quality of text display in all parts of OpenOffice.org. The reason for |
| this is that the previously optional support for kerning, a technique to |
| improve the appearance of text written in proportional fonts, has now been |
| enabled by default. OpenOffice.org's unique pdf export function has also |
| been enhanced with the addition of the optional creation of |
| bookmarks feature, and support for user-definable export of form fields.</p> |
| <p>While OpenOffice.org 2.1 functions well on Microsoft's Windows Vista, |
| version 2.2 makes use of some of the new cosmetic changes available in |
| Vista, the new file dialogues being an example. Apple Mac users will |
| notice a smaller download and a smaller installed size. The Apple Mac |
| Intel version has many stability improvements, and bug fixes ranging from |
| .ppt export to improved UNO connections. Version 2.2 now requires Mac OS X |
| 10.4.x running X11.</p> |
| <p>Turning to some of the enhancements made to the individual components of |
| OpenOffice.org, the Calc spreadsheet has received additional |
| enhancements to its support for Microsoft file formats, including |
| improved support for Pivot Tables and some specialised trigonometric |
| functions. Base, the database component, has improved SQL editing |
| functionality as well as a new "Queries within Queries" feature. |
| Compatibility options for some database drivers, such as Oracle ODBC, have |
| been improved. Impress, the presentations component, offers |
| improvements in the handling of hidden slides which has been made more |
| intuitive.</p> |
| <p>It is important to remember that OpenOffice.org is not just a software |
| package, but is also a development and user community. One demonstration |
| of this is the ability of third party developers to create extensions in a |
| simple manner. Third party extensions can now be more closely |
| integrated and features have been added to dramatically simplify the |
| installation and updating of these. In addition, features have been added |
| to assist those participating in the translation and localisation of |
| OpenOffice.org.</p> |
| <p>In addition to being immediately available for download from the |
| traditional download servers, OpenOffice.org is also available from a |
| Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. Alternatively, OpenOffice.org Community |
| Distributors supply the software on CD-ROM in many countries and native |
| language translations will be available from their relevant communities.</p> |
| <h4>About OpenOffice.org</h4> |
| <p>The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer and |
| sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the leading |
| open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®. OpenOffice.org's |
| leading edge software technology (UNO) is also available for developers, |
| systems integrators, etc to use in OpenOffice.org extensions or in their |
| own applications.</p> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications |
| (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as legacy industry |
| file formats and is available on major computing platforms in over 70 |
| languages. OpenOffice.org software is provided under the GNU Lesser |
| General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be used free of charge for any |
| purpose, private or commercial.</p> |
| <p>The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a |
| number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor and |
| primary contributor.</p> |
| <h4>Links</h4> |
| <p>Official Press Release: <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb508436.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb508436.htm</a></p> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org 2.2 may be downloaded free of charge from |
| <a href="/download/">/download/</a></p> |
| <p>The OpenOffice.org Community can be found at <a href="//">//</a><br> |
| To |
| learn more about the Community see <a href="http://about.openoffice.org/">http://about.openoffice.org/</a><br> |
| The Native |
| Language Project is at |
| <a href="/projects/native-lang.html">/projects/native-lang.html</a></p> |
| <h4>Further information about OpenOffice.org products</h4> |
| <p> * The OpenOffice.org office suite for users: |
| <a href="//product/">//product/</a> <br> |
| * OpenOffice.org Universal Network Objects (UNO) for developers: |
| <a href="http://udk.openoffice.org/">http://udk.openoffice.org/</a><br> |
| * OpenOffice.org Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers: |
| <a href="http://api.openoffice.org/">http://api.openoffice.org/</a></p> |
| <h4>Press Contacts</h4> |
| <p>Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -04h00)<br> |
| OpenOffice.org Community Manager<br> |
| louis@openoffice.org<br> |
| +1 (416) 625 3843</p> |
| <p>John McCreesh (UTC +01h00)<br> |
| OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead<br> |
| jpmcc@openoffice.org<br> |
| +44 (0)7 810 278 540</p> |
| <p>Cristian Driga (UTC +02h00)<br> |
| OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead<br> |
| cdriga@openoffice.org<br> |
| +40 7887 000 60</p> |
| <h4>Worldwide Marketing Contacts</h4> |
| <p><a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html">http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html</a></p> |
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