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OpenOffice version 3 is set to release on October 13

Posted on | October 9, 2008 |

This is cool, openoffice (the makers of software equivalent to MS Office) is going to release the version 3 of OpenOffice software on the 13th of this month (October).

That’s a must see and definitely a must try, I wonder what’s the new added feature they’ve included on this newest version? Hmm, I’m excited.

For all of those who doesn’t know what is an openoffice, openoffice is a FREE application suite that includes:

- Writer (similar to MS Word)
- Calc (similar to MS Excel)
- Impress (similar to MS Powerpoint)
- Base (similar to Microsoft Access)
- Draw (A vector graphics editor comparable in features to early versions of CorelDRAW)
- Math (A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor)

and is equivalent to MS Office application.

One thing to take note when you use this software is that you need to change the default file extension when you’re saving your file. It is because MS application cannot read any openoffice file extension (unless you have a converter ~not sure about this because I haven’t tried converting it myself, this is only according to my friend, to make sure, check it out yourself) BUT if you’ll change it to like .doc for documents, MS Word can then read it.

In other words any files saved in MS format file extension are all readable using openoffice BUT files saved using openoffice file extension (like ODF), are not readable using MS Office App. It only works one way.

Here’s a clipping of the article:

OpenOffice, intended to be a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, released the beta version of 3.0 in May. OpenOffice 3.0 will feature a new Start Center, icons, and zoom control in the status bar, as well as support for the “.docx” file format used by Microsoft Office 2007.

The release candidate also includes additional, technical updates, details of which are provided on the OpenOffice Web site.

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