OpenOffice.org – well known office pack with open code that is the free alternative for Microsoft Office. In the list of its functions there are the MS Office format support, PDF export support and others. OpenOffice.prg consists of the following components:
- Writer – great text editor, that is the alternative of well known MS Word;
- Calc – spreadsheet application, the MS Excel alternative;
- Impress – the application for presentations creation. PowerPoint is used for these purposes in the Microsoft Office;
- Base – off-line application for the DB creation, the analogue of the Microsoft Access;
- Draw – rather simple graphic application;
- Math - application for the formula settings.
There are a lot of modifications in the latest 3.3 release of the program:
- New Custom Properties Handling
- Embedding of Standard PDF Fonts
- New Narrow Font Family
- Increased Document Protection in Writer and Calc
- Automatic Decimals Digits for "General" format in Calc
- 1 Million Rows in a Spreadsheet
- New Options for CSV (Comma Separated Value) Import in Calc
- Insert Drawing Objects in Charts
- Hierarchical Axis Labels for Charts
- Improved Slide Layout Handling in Impress
- Manual Setting for Primary Key Support for Database
- Support of Read-Only Database Registrations
- New Math Command 'nospace'
- Common Search Toolbar
- New Easier to Use Print Interface
- More Options for Changing Case
- Redesign of Thesaurus
- Resetting Text to the Default Language in Writer
- Text Rendering of Form Controls in Writer
- Colored Sheet Tabs in Calc
- Adapt to Marked Selection for Filter Area in Calc
- Sort Dialog for DataPilot in Calc
It is possible to download OpenOffice.org 3.3 from the official mirror of the project:
