OpenOffice.org 1.1 beta released

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Sander Vesik writes “I am glad to announce that the next OpenOffice.org version
(OpenOffice.org 1.1) has reached an important milestone and is now
available for download as OpenOffice.org 1.1 Beta. It represents a
significant advance in the application and incorporates the features and
changes introduced in the developer builds over the past year. The release
includes a massive amount of new and exciting functionality, features and
bugfixes, the highlights are:

  • 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

For a more complete list of features please take a look
here

Link: openoffice.org

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  • Open Source