The suite covers pretty much everything you need with a word
processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, equation editor and a
drawing program. It opens most major formats such as MS Office
almost flawlessly (Macros aren't converted), saves to PDF* , has
comprehensive help, and spellchecking in 15 languages. Having said
that, let's detail some of the major features:
The Entire OpenOffice Suite is a powerful yet simple
environment for you to work. Allof the following features are used
throughout the program.
- The ability to import and export many different types of
documents and templates in a huge range of formats from HTML to
MS Office XP. You can work seamlessly with your colleagues,
school or friends, no matter what computer you use. Although we
think the OpenOffice.org Open File Formats are technically
superior many people are still locked into other products so you
can set OpenOffice.org to use any other file format by defaultif
you wish.
- Runs natively on almost every modern operating system
except Mac OS X. This port is under development, and a volunteer
porting team is working hard on it. You can give them a hand and
get it running quicker by joining the project:
http://mac.openoffice.org
- Import address books from Mozilla/ Netscape 6.x/7 or
LDAP. You don't have to keep on typing in those contact details.
- Unicode support allows at least 23 localisations of
OpenOffice.org. Not only will OpenOffice.org run on practically
anything but it'll run in practically any language. There are
more being added all the time. Even if yours isn't there yet we
might be able to put you in touch will some fellow speakers to
get the work done in double time. Together we work better.
- Vastly enhanced printing capabilities and options over all
platforms, with extras like 'Print to PDF' under UNIX. If you
want to see all that work in hard copy, OpenOffice.org will take
care of it for you; or if you want to go for the 'paperless
office' we can create 'digital paper' PDF files that can be read
on practically anything. OpenOffice.org is all about bringing
this sort of sophisticated, expensive functionality to the
ordinary user.
- Autopilot guides you through creating complex document,
clearly. Do you know what to do but aren't sure how to do it?
Let the autopilot help. It'll ask you a few simple questions
before creating a template for you to use again and
again. Impress everyone with your brilliant skills, but don't
let them know it was the autopilot!
- The Stylist allows you to change the entire look of your
document instantly. It's that little box in the corner of the
screen and it's an easy way to get a consistent look and apply
formatting throughout your document. Just select some text, a
cell or an object and choose a different option to move simply
and easily between different styles. You can either use the
built in defaults or create your own. And if it gets in your way
just press F11 or click the little button near the top of your
screen. You can get it back the same way or change styles in the
box on the left hand side of the font selection.
- A native XML file format for small, yet powerful
documents. File size is typically half that of MS Office
formats. XML is the computer industry standard for data
exchange. You're buying into the future and your documents will
always be readable, even in a simple text editor.
- The powerful OpenOffice.org API allows you to create
external functions to leverage the power of the suite just how
you need it. Independent programmers can use our free software
development kit (SDK) to extend the suite in ways we haven't
even thought of. You can use OpenOffice.org Basic or Java and
C/C++. More languages are being worked on at
http://api.openoffice.org/.
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