OpenOffice.org is the open source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice productivity suite. It is an international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. It establishes the necessary facilities to make this open source technology available to the developer community. Read More for changes and download. Changes in current version: Many new import/export formats like PDF, Macromedia Flash, DocBook, several PDA Office file formats, flat XML and XHTML Support for Complex Text Layout (CTL) and vertical writing languages, such as Thai, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew Enhanced integration with Java, with up to 10 times better performance Support for Accessibility throughout the entire suite Support for add-on components Initial support for recovering damaged OOo files Support for a new data source type - MySQL Improved online help Download
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