Open Office 3.2 Beta has been released yesterday which gives users and developers a preview of the final Open Office 3.2 release which is slated for a December release. A list of changes and additions to this version of the Open Source Microsoft Office alternative has been posted at the official website. The list format is hard to read but contains many links pointing to documentation containing details about each feature. The feature list is divided into chapters for specific components like charts, database access or spreadsheets of the Office suite. Some of the most notable additions and changes in Open Office 3.2 Beta are listed below.
- The Bubble Chart is available as new chart type now
- Keyboard shortcut configuration dialog now supports “ALT” modifier
- Removed the password length limitation in ODF document password creation dialog
- Menu items display changed
- Support for PS-OpenType fonts
- Impress and Draw now support comments (formerly known as sticky notes) to support collaboration
- More filter criteria in “Standard Filter” dialog
- Use System Credentials for Web Site Authentication
- “Notes” feature renamed to “Comments”
- Encryption support for “Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP” filter.
Users who are interested in testing Open Office 3.2 Beta can head over to the official Open Office website to download the beta version. The beta is available for all supported operating systems and languages. The list of changes and additions implemented in Open Office 3.2 are available at the release notes page.
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However open office provides what exactly windows office provides, the speed of these applications are comparitively not equal. Micosoft wins…
@Dhanasekaran: If your PC is old enough that you can tell the difference between OpenOffice and MS Office (Micosoft?), then it is definitely time to upgrade your computer. I’ve used both office suites (in their then-current versions) on everything from Pentium II computers, to dual-core AMD64s, and the difference in speed is negligible if your computer is fast enough to run them. Price, security (MS Genuine Advantage phoning home, security updates needed every month)…Microsoft is a big loser!
try to open large files with file extention ‘docx’. I still wait for 1minute to laod in OpenOffice. I can see you when its simple and small files with doc file extension. So get great deal wth that…
ms office 2007 beats open office. It has way more features and is well polished. Open office looks like ms office 95, it getting better every release, i like it, its just not there yet.
Finally, opentype fonts support!
the different between are huge one of them is FREE ;)