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<p>Posted on: 2024-04-03 21:00:00+01:00</p>
<p><p>The Apache OpenOffice development is proceeding at a steady pace.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://github.com/apache/openoffice/tree/trunk">"trunk" branch</a> has seen quite some important edits in the last few months. But because not all these changes are considered "mature enough" for the public, we will try to give you an overview in this blog post.</p>
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<p><p>The Apache OpenOffice Development Team is proud to announce that the
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<b>Wakefield, DE</b> - <strong>22</strong><strong> December 2023 </strong>- Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.
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<p>Posted on: 2023-02-27 19:45:24+00:00</p>
<p><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><b>Wakefield, DE</b> - <strong>27</strong><strong> February 2023 </strong>- Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity
suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14, as usual available in
41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://www.openoffice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apache OpenOffice</a>
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<p>Posted on: 2022-08-30 22:32:53+00:00</p>
<p><p>A few days ago we have seen with great pleasure that the bar of more than 333 million <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/download/" target="_blank">downloads of Apache OpenOffice&reg;</a> was exceeded. The count is from 2011 until today and it includes all 4.1.x releases.<br/><br/>Please note that there are much more ways to get OpenOffice …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2022-07-22 17:57:02+00:00</p>
<p><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><b>Wakefield, DE</b> - <strong>22</strong><strong> July 2022 </strong>- Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity
suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13, as usual available in
41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://www.openoffice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apache OpenOffice</a>
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<p>Posted on: 2022-05-04 21:27:43+00:00</p>
<p><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><b>Wakefield, DE</b> - <strong>04</strong><strong> May 2022 </strong>- Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity
suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12, as usual available in
41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://www.openoffice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apache OpenOffice</a>
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<p><p><b>Wakefield, DE</b> - <strong>06</strong><strong> October 2021</strong>
- Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity
suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11, as usual available in
41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://www.openoffice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apache OpenOffice</a>
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<p>Posted on: 2021-05-04 12:28:17+00:00</p>
<p><p><b>Wakefield, DE</b> - <strong>04</strong><strong> May 2021</strong>
- Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity
suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10, as usual available in
41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://www.openoffice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apache OpenOffice</a>
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<p>Posted on: 2021-02-08 17:13:07+00:00</p>
<p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(49,55,57);">Forest Hill, MD</span></strong> - <strong>07</strong><strong> February 2021</strong>
- Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity
suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9, as usual available in
41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://www.openoffice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apache OpenOffice</a>
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<p>Posted on: 2021-01-06 23:22:39+00:00</p>
<p><p>Dear Apache OpenOffice&reg; Users,</p><p>Thank you for your interest in Apache OpenOffice and your on-going support over the years. You may have heard (e.g., through our <a class="external-link" href="https://forum.openoffice.org/" rel="nofollow">support forums</a>) that OpenOffice has problems with Apple's new macOS 11 (Big Sur).</p><p>When opening modern Microsoft Office Documents (files that end with …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2020-11-10 22:30:28+00:00</p>
<p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(49,55,57);">Forest Hill, MD</span></strong> -&nbsp;<strong>10</strong><strong> November 2020</strong>
- Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity
suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8, as usual available in
41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://www.openoffice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apache OpenOffice</a>
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<p>Posted on: 2020-10-29 23:43:11+00:00</p>
<p><p>With great pleasure we have seen that <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/download/" target="_blank">Apache OpenOffice&reg; was downloaded</a> more than 300 million times from 2011 until now, October 24th. Here included are more than 200 million downloads of all releases in the 4.1.x branch. This was reached with our partner <a href="https://sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">SourceForge.net</a>.<br/><br/>Of course there …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2020-10-15 22:15:59+00:00</p>
<p><p><b><i>Leading Open Source office
application and personal productivity suite under development as a
community-led Apache&reg; Project for the past 8 years</i></b></p>
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<b>Wakefield,</b>
<b>&nbsp;MA &mdash;14 October 2020&mdash;</b>
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers,
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<p>Posted on: 2020-05-17 22:34:44+00:00</p>
<p><p>The Apache&reg; OpenOffice&reg; Project is on the road to a bigger update for
the leading open source office suite.
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<br/>This is your chance. OpenOffice needs people to help in the development
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<p>Posted on: 2019-10-22 18:44:44+00:00</p>
<p><p>On Sep, 21st we have released Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7. Since then we had <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.7/stats/timeline?dates=2019-09-21+to+2019-10-21" target="_blank" title="Apache OpenOffice download statistics">1.6 million</a>
download requests. And this is only for the newest release. There are
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<p>Posted on: 2019-09-21 19:40:11+00:00</p>
<p><p>21 September 2019 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office
document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7, as
usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.<br/><br/>Apache
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<p>Posted on: 2018-11-18 20:29:04+00:00</p>
<p><p>18 November 2018 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office
document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6, as
usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.<br/><br/>Apache
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<p>Posted on: 2017-12-30 16:16:10+00:00</p>
<p><p>30 December 2017 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office
document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5, as
usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.<br/><br/>Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 is a maintenance release aimed at correcting some regressions and delivering the latest English …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2017-11-27 07:38:46+00:00</p>
<p><p>FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each year in Brussels (Belgium) at the ULB Campus Solbosch. In 2018, it will be held on Saturday, February 3, and Sunday, February 4.<br/><br/>As usual, the Open Document Editors DevRoom will be jointly …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2017-10-19 19:44:55+00:00</p>
<p><p>19 October 2017 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.<br/><br/>Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4 is a maintenance release incorporating important bug fixes, security fixes, updated dictionaries, and build …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2016-11-28 20:04:19+00:00</p>
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<p><p>12 October 2016 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office
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<p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Since 2012 SourceForge has been distributing Apache&nbsp;<span class="il">OpenOffice</span> downloads and actively maintaining both Apache <span class="il">OpenOffice</span> <a href="https://extensions.openoffice.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Extensions</a> and <a href="https://templates.openoffice.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Templates</a> sites. I wrote a couple of short <a href="https://sourceforge.net/blog/new-apache-openoffice-sites/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">blog </a><a href="http://robertogaloppini.net/2016/01/12/about-contributing-to-apache-openoffice/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">posts</a> about the changes that affect end- users. <br/><br/>Extensions that have not been updated in a while report the following message: "Warning message This …</div></p>
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<p><p>Apache OpenOffice is living in interesting times, and this is a good moment to reflect on future scenarios.<br/><br/>The old OpenOffice.org project spawned numerous derivative products and we are proud to see how the OpenOffice ecosystem, taken as a whole, has grown so far.<br/><br/>Apache OpenOffice is distributed under …</p></p>
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<p><p>2014 has been an exciting year for the OpenOffice project and community.<br/><br/>Click on the picture below to start a slideshow with highlights from 2014. A text-only version is under the picture.<br/><br/> <a href="http://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline/latest/embed/index.html?source=0ApXDQB3bRocRdHd6OEVOeHVRTHBFQlc4RkJTSG1XSkE&amp;font=Bevan-PotanoSans&amp;maptype=toner&amp;lang=en&amp;height=650"><img src="https://people.apache.org/~pescetti/blog/2014-12-review/timeline.png"/></a><br/></p>
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<p><p>21 August 2014 - The Apache OpenOffice project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of OpenOffice 4.1.1. You can download it from <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download/">our website</a>.</p>
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<p>Posted on: 2014-05-05 12:24:54+00:00</p>
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<h2 id="major-discussions"> Major Discussions<a class="headerlink" href="#major-discussions" title="Permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Juergen, our Release Manager, <a href="http://markmail.org/message/gnxjqtqyxxlzo3he">announced the release of Apache OpenOffice 4.1</a>.</p>
<p>The winPenPack team updated their <a href="http://markmail.org/message/oikdeetzc4ntlcgx">portable version, x-ApacheOpenOffice 4.1</a>.</p>
<p>Marcello has updated the unofficial Debian repository for Apache OpenOffice. It now "<a href="http://markmail.org/message/l6qn4gcakcfrr7qf">provides the version 4.1 of Apache OpenOffice with all available languages …</a></p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2014-04-29 11:23:18+00:00</p>
<p><div><b><i>Improvements to graphics, charts, forms, text annotations and
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<h2 id="welcome">Welcome <br/><a class="headerlink" href="#welcome" title="Permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Welcome to the second edition of Apache OpenOffice Weekly News.&nbsp; We welcome your feedback and contributions.&nbsp; You can respond with a
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<p>Welcome to the first edition of Apache OpenOffice Weekly News.&nbsp; We're experimenting with a new way to give the OpenOffice community a look into the project and what we're doing week-to-week.&nbsp; We saw another Apache project,&nbsp; CouchDB, do <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/couchdb/entry/couchdb_weekly_news_april_3%20From%20ApacheCon">something similar</a>,&nbsp; and liked their approach.&nbsp; So in the …</p></p>
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<p><p>This is an April Fool's post: it is a humorous work and it does not describe actual developments.<br/></p>
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<p><p>On International Mother Language Day the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN agencies participate in events that promote linguistic and cultural diversity. They also encourage people to maintain their knowledge of their mother language while learning and using more than one language. Governments and non-governmental organizations may …</p></p>
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<p><p>Apache OpenOffice and the other Open Document Editors will have a dedicated track at <a href="https://fosdem.org/2014/">FOSDEM 2014</a>, 1 February 2014, Brussels. The devroom is organized by Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice and will give every project in this area a chance to present ODF related developments and innovations.<br/><br/>We invite submission of …</p></p>
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<p><p>Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) is the leading free and open office productivity suite.&nbsp; We have many millions of users.&nbsp; In the past two years we've seen over 80 million downloads from our website, and millions more from 3rd party websites.&nbsp; </p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-10-30 19:02:24+00:00</p>
<p><p>We are pleased to report that yesterday, October 29th, someone downloaded the <b>75,000,000th </b>copy of&nbsp; Apache OpenOffice&trade;. &nbsp; The 75 million downloads have occurred in the less than 18th months since the first release of Apache OpenOffice on May 8th, 2012.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-10-01 13:19:11+00:00</p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-07-29 13:31:42+00:00</p>
<p><p>Most of the posts on this blog are about the Apache OpenOffice product and the community of volunteers that develops it.&nbsp; But occasionally we write about interesting things in the broader Apache OpenOffice project, the ecosystem of extension developers, consultants, trainers, etc., that help users get value from OpenOffice.&nbsp; Today …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-07-23 09:23:23+00:00</p>
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<p>Cheers to the community on the successful release of Apache OpenOffice 4.0.&nbsp; Full details of release can be found in our <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Notes">Release Notes</a>.&nbsp; You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.0 <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download/">here</a>.<br/></p></p>
<p>This was a major release and a major effort for the <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Directory+of+Volunteers">many volunteers</a> who worked on coding, testing …</p></p>
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<p>Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Release Candidate 1 (Build 9702) has been rejected.&nbsp; It was not good enough. Detlef, in our German-language community, first noted the crash two days ago, which was passed on to the developers by Regina.&nbsp; We immediately started further testing to narrow down the problem.</p>
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<p><p>A bit more then a year ago, we discussed the topic social media on our list. We decided to create official channels on different social media. I jumped in to join the administrator team of the official Apache OpenOffice Fan page. Since then, the number of fans has increased a …</p></p>
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<p>We get many emails, several per week, of individuals and companies wanting to "do business" with us.&nbsp; &nbsp; Some of it is obviously spam, but some of it is quite serious.&nbsp;&nbsp; The proposals do not have bad intentions, though they are often incompatible with our status as a non-profit organization.&nbsp; We …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-06-17 18:06:36+00:00</p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-06-10 15:59:11+00:00</p>
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<p>I'm always impressed by the enthusiasm of OpenOffice users to try out the next great release.&nbsp; A frequent question is, "When will it be released?"&nbsp; I see this question on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/apacheoo">Twitter</a>, the <a href="http://forum.openoffice.org/">Forums</a> and <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#using-mailing-lists">mailing lists</a>. &nbsp;&nbsp; "When will version &lt;insert next version&gt; of OpenOffice be ready?"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'd like …</p></p>
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<p><p> Usually the phrase "new <i>and</i> improved" does not make much sense because something either is new <i>or</i> did already exist and was improved upon.&nbsp; For the sidebar the situation is a little different.&nbsp; The core implementation is new but the content, the panels, did already exist.&nbsp; The concept, but not …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-05-15 17:19:19+00:00</p>
<p><p>We are pleased to note that yesterday we reached the <b>50 million download mark</b> for Apache OpenOffice 3.4. &nbsp; This milestone occurred within a few days of the first anniversary of the release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4., on May 8th, 2012.&nbsp; <br/></p>
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<p><p>A quick update on our recent logo survey for Apache OpenOffice 4.0. &nbsp; We called on community members to submit proposals for a new project logo.&nbsp; The response was huge.&nbsp; We received over 40 logo proposals.&nbsp; To narrow down the choices we sought out feedback from users.&nbsp;&nbsp; We created a …</p></p>
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<p><p align="left">Viewers of the hit ABC sitcom <i>Suburgatory </i>may have noticed something special in the season 2 finale last night, in an episode called "Apocalypse Meow".&nbsp; Lead character Tessa (played by Jane Levy) used the free, open source office productivity software <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">Apache OpenOffice</a> on her Mac, to outline the pros and …</p></p>
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<p><p>We receive many questions from users looking for a portable version of Apache OpenOffice.&nbsp; "Portable Applications"<span lang="en"><span></span></span> are software applications designed or adapted to run from portable storage, like a USB memory stick, without requiring an installation.&nbsp; Such applications allow you to bring your applications, settings and documents with you.&nbsp; One …</p></p>
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<p>Document Freedom Day, the last Wednesday in March, is a global celebration of open standards, especially ones that are used in your documents.&nbsp; At Apache OpenOffice, we're strong supporters of open standards and we're pleased to join in this year's celebration.&nbsp; But we're much more …</p></p>
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<p><p>We've reached another big milestone <span class="st">&mdash; 40 million downloads of <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">Apache OpenOffice</a> 3.4.x since the release of 3.4.0 in May 2012.&nbsp; You can view a <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/stats/downloads.html">detailed chart </a>on our Stats page. </span></p><span class="st">
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<p>(This post is also translated into the mother languages of some of our volunteers, including <a href="http://thewink.in/AOO-IMLD/IMLD-2013.html">Tamil</a> by V.Kadal Amutham, Korean by Jeongkyu Kim, Italian by Fabrizio Marchesano, Asturian by Xuacu Saturio, French by Cyril Beaussier, Spanish by Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso and German by <span class="gD" name="Guenter Marxen">Guenter Marxen.</span></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-02-19 16:45:02+00:00</p>
<p><p> One major advantage of OpenOffice is that it is open source and that the license allows you to use and install it as often you want. Once you have downloaded OpenOffice you can share it with as many other people as you like or install it on as many computers …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-02-12 12:59:33+00:00</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">Apache OpenOffice</a> is a project within the <a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html#what">Apache Software Foundation</a>, a non-profit organization. &nbsp;We don't charge for Apache OpenOffice; we make it available to all for free. &nbsp; We don't pay developers; we rely on <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Directory+of+Volunteers">volunteers</a>.&nbsp; <br/> <br/>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-02-04 16:47:45+00:00</p>
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<p>The Apache OpenOffice project is an international, volunteer-led open source project.&nbsp; We develop Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) the award-winning office productivity suite, and the code we write is used by tens of …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-02-01 15:14:47+00:00</p>
<p><p>Many OpenOffice community members will be attending <a href="https://fosdem.org/2013/">FOSDEM</a>, one of the most important Free Software and Open Source events in Europe, in Brussels next weekend.</p>
<p>Apache OpenOffice has a dedicated track (devroom) on Saturday 2 February, all day. The <a href="https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/apache_openoffice/">devroom schedule</a> includes talks from experienced full-time developers and new volunteers …</p></p>
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<h2><a href="/blog/apache_openoffice_now_available_in.html">Apache OpenOffice now available in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Polish, Basque, Asturian and Scottish Gaelic</a></h2>
<p>Posted on: 2013-01-30 05:05:42+00:00</p>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">Apache OpenOffice</a> project is pleased to announce the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download/">immediate availability</a> of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 in 8 new translations:
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<p>The <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/awards/">award winning</a> Apache OpenOffice 3.4 software, <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/stats/downloads.html">downloaded over 33
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<p>Posted on: 2013-01-21 16:40:35+00:00</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">Apache OpenOffice</a> will soon have some new features and other
improvements, courtesy of IBM and their <a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home">Lotus Symphony</a>&nbsp;effort.&nbsp; Interoperability, performance, accessibility improvements, as well as exciting new user interface elements are in the works.&nbsp; Read …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-01-11 02:02:51+00:00</p>
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As the leading open source office productivity suite for over a decade, it is not surprising that Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) has attracted attention from authors of technical instruction books.&nbsp; A search of the catalog of online book retailers shows many titles, including a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Open-Office-Basic-James-Steinberg/dp/1481270931">new one on OpenOffice Basic …</a></p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2013-01-07 14:57:45+00:00</p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-12-20 18:06:52+00:00</p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-12-10 18:05:25+00:00</p>
<p><h2 id="apache-openoffice-in-apache-asia-road-show-beijing-2012-at-december-13">Apache OpenOffice in Apache Asia Road Show Beijing 2012 at December 13<a class="headerlink" href="#apache-openoffice-in-apache-asia-road-show-beijing-2012-at-december-13" title="Permalink">&para;</a></h2>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-11-26 14:56:06+00:00</p>
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<p>The Apache OpenOffice project issues a Call for Translation Volunteers, to help us complete several translations that are nearly done, but need an extra push before we can release them.&nbsp; Languages that are almost done include: Danish, Korean, Polish, Asturian, Uighur, Icelandic, Indonesian, Welsh, Catalan, Bulgarian …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-11-21 14:45:41+00:00</p>
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<p>This is a call for volunteers for the Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) Marketing team.&nbsp; We have big plans for our next major release, Apache OpenOffice 4.0.&nbsp; As our development and QA volunteers work on the engineering side of this release, we're also building …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-11-14 13:51:52+00:00</p>
<p><p>A nice feature I have implemented for Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released in May 2012, the new native SVG Import (see <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/native_svg_support_for_apache" title="here">here</a>), will make an appearance to the next LibreOffice version. It replaces the former SVG import greatly improving user experience and
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<p>Posted on: 2012-11-11 17:52:48+00:00</p>
<p><p>To complete our coverage of <a href="http://www.apachecon.eu/">ApacheCon Europe 2012</a>, here's a brief overview of some sessions and activities from Day 3. Slides, audio and/or video of all sessions will soon be posted on the <a href="http://www.apachecon.eu/">ApacheCon Europe site</a>.</p>
<p><em>See the reports of <a href="http://s.apache.org/openoffice-aceu2012-day-1">Day 1</a> and <a href="http://s.apache.org/openoffice-aceu2012-day-2">Day 2</a> for further information.</em></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-11-09 01:12:39+00:00</p>
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<p>This is a call for volunteers for our QA team.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) project has an ambitious plan for our next major release.&nbsp; But for this plan to be successful we need to grow our Quality Assurance (QA) team to keep up …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-11-08 14:41:05+00:00</p>
<p><p>Here are a few selected topics from Day 2 of the Apache OpenOffice track at <a href="http://www.apachecon.eu/">ApacheCon Europe</a>.</p>
<p><em>For full coverage, see the reports from <a href="http://s.apache.org/openoffice-aceu2012-day-1">Day 1</a> and <a href="http://s.apache.org/openoffice-aceu2012-day-3">Day 3</a>.</em></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-11-08 01:13:24+00:00</p>
<p><p>The OpenOffice official debut at <a href="http://www.apachecon.eu">ApacheCon</a> was definitely successful, with the big Apache community providing a warm welcome to the Apache OpenOffice folks. All presentations are being recorded (audio and slides) and they will gradually be made available on the <a href="http://www.apachecon.eu">ApacheCon site</a>, but we are picking a few topics from …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-10-18 11:06:44+00:00</p>
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<p>We're pleased to announce that the ASF Board, at their October monthly meeting, approved a resolution promoting the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">Apache OpenOffice</a> Podling to an Apache Top Level Project.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Board also appointed a Project Management Committee (PMC) to oversee the project, with Andrea Pescetti as Chairman.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br/> </p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-10-09 22:37:25+00:00</p>
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<p>Most users are able to download, install and use Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org, now undergoing <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/">incubation</a> at Apache) using only freely available assistance: help files, <a href="http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation">online documentation</a>, <a href="http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page">wiki</a> or our volunteer-led <a href="http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/">community support forums</a>.&nbsp; But in some cases, with larger, customized deployments, migrations, more complex requirements, etc., users and …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-09-28 15:27:08+00:00</p>
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<p>We take a lot of pride in the success of Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org, now undergoing <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/">incubation</a> at Apache).&nbsp; With over 100 million downloads, and a million more downloads every week, our award-winning, free and open office suite has grown and continues to grow in popularity. But this is …</p></p>
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<h2><a href="/blog/announcing_apache_openoffice_3_41.html">Announcing Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1</a></h2>
<p>Posted on: 2012-08-23 13:58:17+00:00</p>
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<p>(This announcement is also available in <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/it/stampa/comunicati/aoo341.html">Italian</a>, <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/fr/AOO_annonce_3_4_1.html">French</a>, <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/zh-cn/news/aoo341.html">Simplified</a> and <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/zh-tw/news/aoo341.html">Traditional Chinese</a>.)<br/></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">Apache OpenOffice</a> project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1, the latest release of the free and open …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-07-26 13:02:42+00:00</p>
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<p>The ApacheCon Europe 2012 team has opened the <a href="http://s.apache.org/mx">Call for Papers</a>. Deadline for submission is August 13th. This year the conference will be held in Sinsheim, Germany from November 5 - 9. Check out the conference site here: http://www.apachecon.eu/<br/></p>The Apache OpenOffice project team is planning to build …</p>
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<p>The Apache OpenOffice (incubating) English Community Forum has registered its 50,000th member mid-June. However, there are still around 1,800 spam accounts, hence count of true members is still slightly under the 50,000 level. But we should reach it in August.</p>
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<p>It happened again today.&nbsp; We received an email from a very frustrated user, complaining that OpenOffice had taken over his browser, installed new toolbars, replaced the browser's home page, was causing pop-ups to surface on every page, etc.&nbsp; To make things worse, none of these programs could be uninstalled via …</p></div></div></p>
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<p>Sometime last night the 5 millionth copy of <a href="http://download.openoffice.org">Apache OpenOffice 3.4</a> was downloaded.&nbsp;&nbsp; Over 5 million downloads in 6 weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp; To put this in perspective, <a href="http://www.ssb.no/folkendrkv_en/">the population of Norway</a> just hit 5 million earlier this year.&nbsp; That's a lot of OpenOffice!</p>
<p>(Apache OpenOffice is currently undergoing Incubation at the …</p></p>
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<p>The Swiss company Adfinis SyGroup is active in the <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/">Apache OpenOffice project</a>, contributing the Solaris build, as well hosting an <a href="http://opengrok.adfinis-sygroup.org/source/">OpenGrok index</a> of the OpenOffice source code.&nbsp;&nbsp; The following interview was conducted via email between PMC member Rob Weir (R) and Nicolas Christener of Adfinis SyGroup (N).</p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-06-04 08:36:02+00:00</p>
<p><p>If you <a href="http://download.openoffice.org">download Apache OpenOffice 3.4</a>, or <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">browse our website</a>, you will notice that we have a rebranding effort underway. &nbsp;&nbsp; I'd like to offer a few thoughts on what happened, why and what will be coming next.</p>
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<p>The above timeline shows just some of the accomplishments of the Apache OpenOffice project since we first started <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/">incubation</a> at Apache<a href="http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal"> last June</a>.&nbsp; I've arbitrarily categorized the items as Infrastructure, Community or Development, knowing full well that any such act of categorization is dubious at best.&nbsp; There is a lot …</p></div></div></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-03-02 19:28:22+00:00</p>
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<p><p>We are pleased to note that NAKATA, Maho and Pedro Giffuni have ported <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/">Apache OpenOffice</a> to <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; The results of their porting effort are now in the FreeBSD <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/editors/openoffice-3-devel/">ports tree</a>, so everyone can easily build and use it.&nbsp;&nbsp; FreeBSD users are invited to help test this port and report bugs …</p></p>
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<p>Posted on: 2012-01-19 11:02:42+00:00</p>
<p><p>Apache OpenOffice 3.4 supports embedding SVG graphics using a newly created native SVG interpreter implementation. I want to talk about the advantages and some internals of this solution and the necessary changes done.<br/></p>
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<p><p>After 4 years of existence, the <a href="http://user.services.openoffice.org/">Community Forum</a> has moved on the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) servers at the end of October 2011 (see <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Changes+integrate+the+forums+into+the+AOOo+project">details</a>).
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<p><p>I just wanted to send some notes about added features which are part of AOO3.4 version. This one is actually the result of fixing tasks <a href="https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118558" title="#118558#">#118558#</a>, <a href="https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118485" title="#118485#">#118485#</a>, <a href="https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=108221" title="#108221#">#108221#</a> and <a href="https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=67705" title="#67705#">#67705#</a> which are all about GraphicObjects, OLEObjects (OLE means Object Linking and Embedding) and their geometrical attributes and properties. You …</p></p>
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<p><p>I am testing if Japanese language can be shown up beautifully on Title and Content of this Apache Weblog.<br/><br/>I am a moderator for the ooo-general-ja mailing list.&nbsp; The day before yesterday I found that a moderator can remotely edit the text files that make up the responses the list …</p></p>
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<p><p>I am a moderator for ooo-general-ja/AT/incubator.apache.org.</p>
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<p>It is September.&nbsp; In the northern hemisphere it is time for cooler weather and time to go back to school.&nbsp; The Apache OpenOffice.org podling is ready for the season with events to help developers learn more about OpenOffice.org.&nbsp; </p>
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<p><p>The <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html">Apache OpenOffice.org (incubator)</a> project was born on Monday, June 13, 2011.&nbsp; Delivery was complicated.&nbsp; The baby&rsquo;s doing fine.</p>
<p>Following the <a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm">June 1, 2011 announcement</a> of the license grant from Oracle to the Apache Software foundation, there was extensive discussion over the proposal for acceptance of OpenOffice.org …</p></p>
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