Download OpenOffice.org 1.1 Beta2

By admin On May 24, 2003

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on OpenOffice.org can be read that a new beta can be downloaded recently, namely version 1.1 Beta2. OpenOffice.org aims to create an office suite that runs on all major platforms and provides access to all data and functions. This should be done by, among other things, using XML based file formats.

Quite a few changes have been made in this release, such as:

Enhanced file format support

PDF (Portable Document Format) export

Support for mailing a document as PDF.

DocBook/XML import/export.

XHTML export.

Support for exporting as a flat XML file.

Support for Macromedia Flash (SWF) export.

Support for mobile device formats like AportisDoc (Palm), Pocket Word and Pocket Excel.

MS Office compatibility enhancements
All components

More accurate import and export of graphics objects

Import and export of CJK and CTL documents

Enhancements to overall stability and accuracy of conversion

Become

Forms conversion within Word documents

Improved import of text document layout

Excel

Support for Data Validation

Import/export or graphical details or charts

PowerPoint

Even better one-to-one layout or text frames

Improvements to import of WordArt objects

writer

Enhanced footnote support.

Improved hyperlink support for TOCs.

Improved keyboard handling in toolboxes.

Plain text files will now be imported using a non-proportional font.

Draw/Impress

Alternative language support for spell check on text drawing object.

Spreadsheet:

Import and export of areas in charts in Excel files that are formatted with bitmaps, textures or hatchings.

The sum button inserts a sum function or a subtotal function, depending on context.

Database:

Table control via keyboard navigation in table designer.

Added ability to switch off brackets for bibliography fields.

New database type in data source administration dialog – MySQL.

Ability to add labels to field names in the report wizard.

A data source can now use any character set known to OpenOffice.org.

UI support for user installed database drivers.

Database Report Wizard [break]

You can read the full changelog here and more information about the licensing method you can here find. A list of mirrors and downloads for other platforms can be found by this link to follow.

Version number	1.1 Beta2
Operating systems	Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux, BSD, Windows XP, Linux x86, macOS, Solaris
Website	OpenOffice
Download	ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/openoffice/stable/1.1beta2/OOo_1.1beta2_Win32Intel_install.zip
file size	60.23MB
License type	GPL