Good for us, the Beta of OpenOffice.org 3.0 has finally been released and is now available for download. For all of you who want to know what OpenOffice is? OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is, by now, the best alternative to other commercial office software suite like Microsoft Office.
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The release candidate for OpenOffice.org 3.0 is expected somewhere in July while the final version is coming no earlier than September 2008. The most immediately visible change to OpenOffice.org 3.0 is the new “Start Centre”, new fresh-looking icons, and a new zoom control in the status bar.
OpenOffice 3.0 Beta Features
Here is a little list of all the new features in OpenOffice 3.0 Beta
- Support for spreadsheet collaboration through workbook sharing.
- Support the upcoming OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2 standard
- Support for opening files created with MS-Office 2007 or MS-Office 2008 for Mac OS X (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.).
- OpenOffice.org 3.0 will be the first version to run on Mac OS X without X11.
Plus there are tons of other new features. If you are a Ubuntu user you would be pleased to try out this new version as OpenOffice.org comes pre-installed in Hardy and all other Ubuntu flavors. OpenOffice.org 3.0 is still in beta so system crashes and bugs are expected.
Download OpenOffice 3.0 Beta
OpenOffice.org works perfectly on Windows and even on Mac OS so do give it a try. Download from the links provided below:
Please visit the OpenOffice download page to download the office software suite for any other operating system.
