gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » odf plugin http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:51:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sun ODF Plugin For Microsoft Office No Longer Freehttp://www.ghacks.net/2010/04/19/sun-odf-plugin-for-microsoft-office-no-longer-free/ http://www.ghacks.net/2010/04/19/sun-odf-plugin-for-microsoft-office-no-longer-free/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:27:08 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=24720 Sun released a plugin back in 2007 for Microsoft Office that allowed Office users to work with Open Document Format (ODF) documents. The Sun ODF Plugin was maintained by Sun and offered as a free download. The recent acquisition of Sun by Oracle had an impact on the availability of the plugin.

The Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office is now offered for the premium price of $99 per application user plus an annual support fee of $19.80 with a minimum order quantity of 100 licenses. No information are currently offered if the product will be made available to Office end users as well.

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The main Sun ODF Plugin page is still displaying a Get it now. Free button which when clicked links to the new pricing information that are then redirecting the user to the Oracle shop.

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Microsoft Office 2007 has integrated ODF 1.0 support with the release of the service pack 2. The ODF plugin on the other hand adds support for ODF 1.2 document formats introduced in Open Office 3.2.

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2010/04/19/sun-odf-plugin-for-microsoft-office-no-longer-free/feed/ 17 Grab the ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office earlyhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/24/grab-the-odf-plugin-for-microsoft-office-early/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/24/grab-the-odf-plugin-for-microsoft-office-early/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 21:46:16 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=4255 Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will officially add support for the Open Document Format ODF which is a free and open file format for electronic office documents. The format is already implemented in Open Office and users of Microsoft Office 2007 who want their product to be compatible can download the ODF plugin for Microsoft Office at Sun.

The current release of Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is scheduled for the first half of 2009 which means that it will take about a year before Microsoft is adding the support officially. Common Open Document File extensions are .oft for word processing, .ods for spreadhsheets, .odp for presentations and .odg for graphics.

The Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office gives users of Microsoft Office 2007 the ability to load, save and edit odf files. The plugin is also compatible to previous editions of Microsoft Office including Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2000. The plugin integrates itself seamlessly into the Save and Load file dialogs and is translated into several languages including English, German, French, Spanish and a dozen more.

Update: The ODF Plugin is no longer available on the Sun or Oracle website.

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