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Mac OS X SupportWith Version 3.0, OpenOffice.org is now able to run on Mac OS X without the need for X11. Thus, OpenOffice.org behaves like any other Aqua application. The cool thing is, while the market leading office suite vendor dropped VBA support and the Solver feature, OpenOffice.org recently introduced limited VBA support and includes a powerful Solver component. In addition, OpenOffice.org integrates well with the Mac OS X accessibility APIs, and thus offers better accessibility support than many other Mac OS X applications. Finally, people like OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Mac OS X because of its very good stability and performance. Reportedly, some Mac users have switched to OpenOffice.org just because of its extremely good stability. |
ODF 1.2 SupportOpenOffice.org 3.0 already supports the features of the upcoming version 1.2 of the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF). ODF 1.2 includes a powerful formula language as well as a sophisticated metadata model based on the W3C standards RDF and OWL. ODF is being mandated and adopted in a growing number of countries. In addition; ODF is being implemented by many vendors for many different applications. |
Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters In addition to read and write support for the Microsoft Office binary file formats (.doc; .xls, .ppt, etc.), OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now capable of opening files created with Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.). Thus, OpenOffice.org users can interact with users still using Microsoft Office. The various filters for the Microsoft Office file formats also make mixed environments possible, so that some users stay on Microsoft Office while others use OpenOffice.org. |
Solver OpenOffice.org now also has a solver component which allows solving optimization problems where the optimum value of a particular spreadsheet cell has to be calculated based on constraints provided in other cells. Atext 2 22 2. The new solver component should be particularly interesting to Mac users considering that Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X apparently does not include a solver feature anymore. Bettertouchtool 3 02 15. |
Chart Enhancements Many OpenOffice.org users requests support for displaying custom error bars and regression equations. The OpenOffice.org developer community including Sun listened to these users and added these highly desired features to OpenOffice.org 3.0. Thus; now it's possible to draw error bars based on error ranges provided in spreadsheet cells. In addition, it is possible to display regression equations as well as correlation coefficients. |
Improved Crop Feature in Draw and Impress In the past; cropping images in OpenOffice.org was not very intuitive. With OpenOffice.org 3.0, cropping images now works exactly like in most of the other desktop applications, i.e. by dragging handles located at the edges and corners of an image. This new feature improves the usability and productivity significantly. |
Spreadsheet Collaboration Through Workbook Sharing This new feature in OpenOffice.org 3.0 allows collaborating on spreadsheets with multiple users. By sharing a spreadsheet; other users can easily add their data to the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet owner can then easily integrate the new data with a few clicks. The new collaboration feature also helps avoid editing conflicts. |
1024 Columns Per Calc Sheet (Instead of 256) With support for 1024 columns; OpenOffice.org 3.0 can now handle significantly more data than before. Previous versions only supported 256 columns. |
Display of Multiple Writer Pages While Editing When you are writing larger documents; it is often nice to see the current page in a context, i.e. to also see the previous and the next page. With the new zoom slider, it is now easily possible to change the zoom factor. More importantly, OpenOffice.org Writer can now display multiple pages at the same time. This feature is particularly handy on large monitors or dual-monitor setups. |
Improved Notes Feature in Writer In the past; notes in OpenOffice.org were just displayed as small yellow rectangles within the text. This was not very intuitive and user friendly. With version 3.0, OpenOffice.org got an advanced notes features which displays notes on the side of the document. This makes notes a lot easier to read. In addition, notes from different users are displayed in different colours together with the editing date and time. |
New, Fresh-Looking Icons OpenOffice.org 3.0 got a new set of fresh-looking icons which makes OpenOffice.org a lot more fun to work with. |
Start Center When you open the application, you are now welcomed by a Start Center that allow you to choose which module you would like to use, or if you would prefer to open a document. Further information are available through the three icons on the right side of the screen. |
Native Tables in Impress Impress now comes with native support for inserting tables into presentations. It was possible to use tables in the past, but only as an embedded Calc object. Beginning with 3.0, tables are embedded natively into your presentation and can be edited directly with Impress. |
Enhanced XML support and updated XSLT based filters OpenOffice.org now supports footnotes, field values and headings greater than six when exporting to XHTML. Due to a change of the default extension to .html, Internet Explorer will as well be able to load the exported XHTML documents. In the future, it will also be possible to update XSLT filters via an extension to be independent from release cycles. |
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PDF/A Support In addition to the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice.org also supports the popular ISO standard PDF/A. While ODF is used for editable documents, PDF/A is popular for archiving read-only versions of documents. |
New Chart Component Since version 2.3; OpenOffice.org has a new, powerful chart component. Version 2.4 then added many new formatting options. |
VBA Support OpenOffice.org can run many VBA macros unmodified due to its built-in; limited VBA support. |
Programmability Enhancements OpenOffice.org allows to develop popext'>powerful extensions that run on top of OpenOffice.org. These extensions can include online help information; descriptive names, licensing information etc. Thus, OpenOffice.org provides a very powerful extension framework to developers who want to add functionality to OpenOffice.org. |
Transformation of CSV Data Inside Cells into Columns within Calc If data imported or copied into a spreadsheet ends up in one column even though the information includes different data fields; the text-to-columns feature allows splitting up the fields into separate columns. |
Language Selector in Writer Toolbar The language selector tool makes assigning different languages to different paragraphs very simple. Thus; editing and spell checking documents that are written in more than just one language becomes very easy. |
Maximum Page Size Enlarged for Draw (300cm x 300cm) OpenOffice.org Draw allows the create of very large documents of up to 300cm by 300cm. Thus; OpenOffice.org Draw is a powerful tool for things like scientific posters, etc. |
Enhanced PDF Export The PDF export feature in OpenOffice.org provides a huge set of formatting and security options; so that PDF files can be customized for many different scenarios. |
Multiple Monitor Support in Impress OpenOffice.org Impress supports multiple monitors; so that presenters can look at something else while presenting their slides on a projector. With the upcoming Presenter Console Extension this feature can be exploited to its maximum because then presenters will be able to see their next slides as well as the time and the speaker notes. |
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OpenOffice.org Extension Repository If you have not found your favourite feature in OpenOffice.org yet, you should check out the OpenOffice.org Extension Repository. Many new extensions get added to the repository every month. Thus, it is very likely that you will find a cool new feature in the extension repository. A few examples of extensions are listed below. |
Calendar and Email Client (Mozilla Thunderbird and Lightning)Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning are the perfect team for managing your emails, appointments and tasks. |
Presentation Minimizer Extension The Sun Presentation Minimizer is used to reduce the file size of the current presentation. Images will be compressed, and data that is no longer needed will be removed. Stacks (rapidweaver plugin) 4 0 38. The Sun Presentation Minimizer can optimize the image quality size. Presentations designed for screen or projector do not require the same high quality as presentations designed for print. |
Report Builder Extension Create with the Sun Report Builder stylish; smart-looking database reports. The flexible report editor can define group and page headers as well as group and page footers and even calculation fields are available to accomplish complex database reports. |
Wiki Publisher Extension The Sun Wiki Publisher extension makes creating new wiki pages on MediaWiki servers an easy task. The extension allows users to create wiki pages without having to know the syntax of the MediaWiki markup language. |
Presenter Console ExtensionThe Presenter Console Extension allows speakers to view the next slides of their presentation as well as their speaker notes and the time on their laptop screen while presenting with a projector. Read more about it here.. |
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PDF Import ExtensionThe PDF Import Extension allows modifying existing PDF files for which the original source files do not exist anymore. Read more about it here.. |
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The full technical release notes containing a list of features and integrated child workspaces can be read here. |
Improved screen appearanceOpenOffice.org now uses a technique called anti-aliasing to improve the way it draws on screen (lines, circles, etc). You will notice an immediate improvement in the clarity of graphics - particularly charts - wherever they appear throughout OpenOffice.org. This also has improved 'graphic geometry' - e.g. when you overlay one shape on another to create a combined shape. See this article in GullFOSS for more details. |
Making 'dragging' easier with graphicsWhen you drag an object in a drawing across the screen, OpenOffice.org now shows you a 'shadow' of the object, rather than just a dotted outline. This makes it much easier to place images accurately in complicated drawings. |
Improved file lockingIf you are working on a network where several people may have access to the same document, file locking prevents people accidentally overwriting other people's changes. As OpenOffice.org works on different operating systems, it cannot rely on the operating system alone to tell users when a document is in use. OpenOffice.org now has its own mechanism, which allows it to have a reliable locking when the locking from the operating systems fails. It also allows OpenOffice.org to see who has already opened the document. |
OverliningOpenOffice.org now supports overlining for text as well as underlining, with the same range of options as underlining (type of line, colour). |
Subtle highlightsHighlighted text is now displayed with a subtle background colour, rather than reverse video. Easier on the eye, easier to use. |
Improvements to CommentsIt's now possible for a series of editors to carry out a structured conversation through Comments, by right-clicking on a Comment and selecting 'Reply'. As a further enhancement, the Search facility now also searches the text of Comments. |
Further grammar checker integrationWith OpenOffice.org 3.1, the grammar checker framework has been extended so that Extensions like LanguageTool can now be accessed from the Tools -> Spelling and Grammar menu command. Note that OpenOffice.org has a grammar checking framework, but does not come with a grammar checker. This can be installed as an Extension. |
Outline levels within paragraphsWriters of documents with complex ordering formats can now specify a new paragraph and paragraph style attribute 'outline level'. This transforms a normal paragraph into a heading, independent of any list style or paragraph style. |
Rename sheets with a double-clickDouble-clicking on a tab in a Calc sheet now pops up the Rename dialog box. In previous versions, you had to right click on the tab and then select the Rename option from a pop-up box. This change makes it easier to carry out this frequently-used function. | ||
Zoom slider in the Status barThe new zoom slider control in the Status bar was a popular addition to Writer in OpenOffice.org 3.0. With 3.1, it's available in Calc too, giving quick and accurate control over the level of zoom of the display on the screen. | ||
Formula hot hintsCalc now keeps the syntax of a formula displayed right next to the cell as you type as a handy aide-memoire for how to use a formula. | ||
Improved sortingThere are a number of changes to make sorting more logical, consistent, and powerful. The first time you use sort (or if you use the toolbar button to sort), Calc will assume you want to sort by the column where the cursor is located. The toolbar buttons now use the same logic as the sort dialog to determine if a range has column headers. Finally, when you sort, Calc now preserves the original order of entries with equal sort keys. | ||
Formulae changesA new EUROCONVERT spreadsheet function to convert between former currencies of the Eurozone, including import from and export (binary) to MS-Excel file formats. New GAMMA, CHISQDIST, and CHISQINV spreadsheet functions, and changes to GAMMADIST, CHIDIST, and CHIINV spreadsheet functions for statistical analysis. The BETADIST spreadsheet function now has an additional optional 'cumulative' parameter to specify whether to calculate the probability density function or the cumulative distribution function, defaulting to TRUE for compatibility. | ||
Performance improvementsPerformance bottlenecks in Calc have been removed, resulting in dramatic performance improvements in the two test cases: from 24 seconds to 1.2 seconds in the first case; and from one hour to approx 12 minutes in the second case. This is part of a continous improvement activity to squeeze performance improvements from Calc. |
Flexible positioning of axesOpenOffice.org charts now offer a range of options for the placement of axes. This feature has been in great demand, particularly from educational users. | ||
Handling missing dataYou may now also choose how OpenOffice.org charts handle missing data points - leave a gap, assume zero, or continue the line through the missing value. | ||
For further information on the changes to Chart, please see the GullFOSS post. |
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Font size buttonsImpress now has convenient toolbar buttons to increase or decrease the font size of text quickly and easily. Make your text fit perfectly in seconds! |
SQL Syntax highlightingWhen you edit SQL, Base now uses colours to highlight SQL syntax. It will also 'flash' to indicate matching parentheses (). This makes it easier to spot spelling mistakes, errors in your SQL syntax, etc. You can create your own colour schemes using Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org -> Appearance -> SQL Syntax Highlighting, and choose your own font from Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org -> Fonts. | ||
Macro applications in BaseWith OpenOffice.org 3.1, it is possible to build a complete 'database application' by including macros and scripts within a Base document (.odb). This feature already exists in other document types. This means macros can now be run from either the document itself, or any of its sub components: forms, reports, table design, query design, relation design, table data view. This is an important enhancement for people wishing to create complete 'packaged applications' in Base. Note: developers creating Base applications are advised to read the wiki article (see below) for important information about other developer features, and backwards compatibility issues. | ||
For further details on all the changes in Base, please see the wiki. |
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Improved support for bidirectional scriptsComplex Text Layout and BiDirectional Text have improved considerably especially for justified text and for vocalized text. Control forms and Charts now support BiDi layouts. | |
New Locale supportOpenOffice.org 3.1 adds locale data for Maltese (Malta) [mt-MT], Myanmar (Myanmar) [my-MM], Shuswap (Canada) [shs-CA], and Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea) [tpi-PG]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default local, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. It also adds new Arabic locales to the language list box, selectable for character attribution and spell-checking: Arabic (Chad) [ar-TD]; Arabic (Comoros) [ar-KM]; Arabic (Djibouti) [ar-DJ]; Arabic (Eritrea) [ar-ER]; Arabic (Israel) [ar-IL]; Arabic (Mauritania) [ar-MR]; Arabic (Palestine) [ar-PS]; Arabic (Somalia) [ar-SO]; Arabic (Sudan) [ar-SD]. The language table and list box now also have an 'Arabic' entry (without region/country) which doesn't correspond to a locale. It doesn't provide language attribution etc, but is selectable if an Arabic language pack is installed, instead of the previous 'Arabic (Egypt)' |