[KLUG Members] Fwd: Look inside OpenOffice.org 1.1 beta

[Bruce Smith]

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TAKE A LOOK AT OPENOFFICE.ORG 1.1 BETA

The open source cousin of Sun's StarOffice suite, OpenOffice.org, grows
more mature with every revision. OpenOffice.org 1.1 beta, the most
current and stable beta release, offers several improvements.

Some of the features of OpenOffice.org 1.1 beta include new import and
export formats, such as DocBook, PDF, Macromedia Flash, flat XML, and
XHTML. It also includes new support for languages such as Thai, Hindi,
Arabic, and Hebrew.

OpenOffice.org contains virtually the same feature set as StarOffice,
making it a true alternative to expensive, proprietary office suites like
Microsoft Office and WordPerfect Office. In addition, OpenOffice.org runs
on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X. The ability to use the same
office suite software, regardless of which OS you use, has definite appeal.

Many Linux distributions are opting to include OpenOffice.org as the
default office suite--even Mandrake Linux, which previously bundled its
distribution with StarOffice. Since more people are using OpenOffice.org
every day, bugs are found faster, more developers are attracted to the
project, and each release promises to be better than the last.

The OpenOffice.org office suite contains a word processor, spreadsheet,
presentation manager, and drawing program. Ports for other OSs, including
FreeBSD and IRIX, are in the works. To install this office suite on your
Linux system, download it from the OpenOffice Web page.
http://www.openoffice.org/