OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here
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#1 Posted by wicker_man on 21 Oct 2005 - 08:27
- Great news, thanks a lot!
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#2 Posted by member on 21 Oct 2005 - 08:34
- It is a very very useful office pack and in addition it is freeware!
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#3 Posted by insanekiwi on 21 Oct 2005 - 08:34
- got it yesterday. this is a kickass alternative.
edit: why is this under main news and not software news?
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#3.1 Posted by configure on 21 Oct 2005 - 10:44
- I moved it here because I think that this is a milestone release from a major ree office suite player.
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#3.2 Posted by insanekiwi on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:52
- alrighty right then
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#4 Posted by lunamonkey on 21 Oct 2005 - 11:00
- Cool. Didn't want to bother with the version 2 betas, so will upgrade to this
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#5 Posted by invisivel on 21 Oct 2005 - 11:09
- I would like to change to OpenOffice but I can't get a free program that use Outlook 2003 file
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#5.1 Posted by configure on 21 Oct 2005 - 11:23
- Sunbird just might read it. The project is not very active, though.
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#6 Posted by gcooke on 21 Oct 2005 - 11:10
- if i use it will it clash at all with my microsoft office 2003 program thats already on my computer? I would love to give it a try but dont want to uninstall office
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#6.1 Posted by configure on 21 Oct 2005 - 11:20
- It shouldn't but do think about whether or not you want OO to assume Office's file association.
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#7 Posted by gcooke on 21 Oct 2005 - 11:21
- Cheers configure. Will do.
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#8 Posted by neufuse on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:05
- could they possibly not be more blatent with their UI copying? sheesh
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#8.1 Posted by Jugalator on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:37
- The whole point is to make it easy to transition to for all those 50 year old businessmen that are used to MS Office.
If it wouldn't look almost the same, people would instead complain that you need to relearn people to switch.
And if I had to choose between those two, I'd rather skip the headaches and take the cloned UI.
Sometimes, UI cloning just make a designer look lazy, but in this case I think it's a strategic move more than anything else.
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#8.2 Posted by markjensen on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:54
- LOL Yeah, they are in the situation where they will be criticized for every "copied" feature, and also criticized for where they are "different". (i.e. putting page formatting options under "Format > Page", rather than Microsoft's "File > Page Setup"
I think the developers expect to get complaints from both camps...
Formate > Document in Mac OS X-
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#9 Posted by mr.roberts on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:08
- Mmmm. Looks great. Still using Office XP and always will. I was told that OpenOffice has things that MS office doesn't. That's good to hear. I'll use this when I'm forced to for example if Office XP won't work on future versons of Windows (way after Vista). I am not shelling out money where I get similar things for free or cheaper.
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#10 Posted by Fubar on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:32
- thanks for this
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#11 Posted by Quick Reply on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:32
- It looks much better than previous versions, especially as far as NOT using the Office XP theme (UGLY), but it still looks like a blantant ripoff as far as the interface design goes. I will use it because I'm cheap, but I would not recommend it to others.
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#11.1 Posted by Jugalator on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:42
- Why not?
You don't give a reason as far as I can see
I think it's great value for money (heh), and would rather recommend people to try it out and see if it can do everything they want with an Office suite. It won't cost you a thing, and it won't interfer with MS Office. Chances are pretty big it can replace MS Office for your needs, with the only exception of Outlook. I've replaced Office 2003 with this and go crazy about spreadsheets, diagrams, etc, then use the Office 12-style seamless PDF saver to make pretty PDF diagrams out of it all. Both opening and saving in MS Office formats -- no problem either.
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#11.2 Posted by Quick Reply on 22 Oct 2005 - 06:11
- I don't disagree with the positives, but I wouldn't recommend (to others) product that copies another product as much as possible. If OOo had more features or features that are more improved than MS Office, then I would reconsider, but it's still just a rip-off.
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#12 Posted by Raven on 21 Oct 2005 - 12:35
- We're running Office 2k3 and OpenOffice 2.0 with no problems. During setup you can specify OpenOffice to NOT open Office files by default. This eased the panic in our office. We're evaluating it to move away from Office due to the high cost associated with 'renting' it from Microsoft.
So far, So good...
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#13 Posted by realmccoy on 21 Oct 2005 - 14:18
- Thanks, I wish Open Office would make a OUTLOOK 2003 clone and a easy way to convert Access Databases to (forms) Open Office. Then I would drop Office 2003
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#13.2 Posted by Shadrack on 21 Oct 2005 - 15:08
- Just the fact that they now have an Access clone is a major feat. To come up with a way to convert all the VBA that might have been written to power an Access database is pretty far fetched.
Microsoft uses its VBA throughout Office to entice businesses to take advantage of, thus locking them into a long term commitment to the MS Office suite.
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#14 Posted by lbmouse on 21 Oct 2005 - 14:49
QUOTE ...able to run natively on Windows, GNU/Linux, Sun Solaris, Mac OS X (X11) and several other platforms.
That is the best news. Wonder how long before there is a web based application suite?
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#15 Posted by Webgraph on 21 Oct 2005 - 14:54
- I've seen the beta of this already, but one thing I hate most about OpenOffice is the setting of headers and footers so it's different for the first page or even for odd/even numbers. When I tried to set a "First Page" header, the settings are applied to Page 2 instead and that applies to both Windows and Linux!
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#16 Posted by MrCobra on 21 Oct 2005 - 15:00
- Nothing but genuine Office for me thanks. There is no equal.
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#16.1 Posted by mr_skrilla on 21 Oct 2005 - 16:11
- me too..Office 2003 is awesome and Office 12 is looking pretty freaking sweet too.
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#17 Posted by Syphonic on 21 Oct 2005 - 15:35
- I have so much respect for the people who would a suite of this size on a non-for profit basis.
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#18 Posted by BigCheese on 21 Oct 2005 - 16:31
- Can you download the apps in openoffice separately? Maths looks useful, but for the rest I'll just use MS Office 2003.
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#19 Posted by Khaine on 21 Oct 2005 - 17:52
- No you cannot download them individually. I thought the open office guys were working on a database program to be in v2. But it appears to not be in it
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#19.1 Posted by krat3r on 21 Oct 2005 - 21:30
- And there is.
OpenOffice.org Base (database)
OpenOffice.org Calc (spreadsheet)
OpenOffice.org Draw (image)
OpenOffice.org Impress (presentations)
OpenOffice.org Math (equations)
OpenOffice.org Writer (text)
Screenshots
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#20 Posted by kitchenutensils on 21 Oct 2005 - 18:29
- does anyone have a torrent for it?
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#21 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 21 Oct 2005 - 21:55
- This program has by far the best "bang for your buck," but for raw productivity I still think MS Office has them beat.
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#22 Posted by guruparan on 21 Oct 2005 - 22:14
- Nowhere near Microsoft Office 2003, Will atleast Openoffice 3.0 >=Office12 due next year?
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#23 Posted by eilegz on 22 Oct 2005 - 07:23
- well for something free looks very good indeed congrats to people of openoffice.
Thanks to them we have a good and free alternative office suite.
Somehow i just dont like the icons...
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#24 Posted by Daninku on 22 Oct 2005 - 21:29
- Is there an iso image or something that I can burn from a CD image?
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#25 Posted by antsy on 22 Oct 2005 - 23:18
- Does this version have Anti-alaising?
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#26 Posted by capeche on 24 Oct 2005 - 16:20
- This is so cool!
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#27 Posted by johndotcom83 on 24 Oct 2005 - 23:33
- this is a very nice release, faster than MS Office 2003, very clean, works great, smaller HDD footprint than MS Office 2003
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#28 Posted by solveighaugland on 25 Oct 2005 - 14:47
- It doesn't come up very clearly in the press releases but I wanted to mention for anyone using Impress that it has been totally redone, looks a lot like Powerpoint, and has many more effects/animations than before. It's a lot easier to figure out; the previous version worked OK but even just finding the master page view was difficult, and applying and previewing effects was agonizing. There's just a weird implementation where when you apply transition effects to a bullet, it's applied by default so that all bullets come on at the same time. You can go back and change it with quite a bit of control but I think the default behavior is odd.
Available in 36 languages, with more on the way, and able to run natively on Windows, GNU/Linux, Sun Solaris, Mac OS X (X11) and several other platforms, OpenOffice.org banishes software segregation and isolation and dramatically levels the playing field. And, with its support for the OASIS Standard OpenDocument format, OpenOffice.org eliminates the fear of vendor lock in or format obsolescence. The OpenDocument format can be used by any office application, ensuring that documents can be viewed, edited and printed for generations to come. OpenOffice.org 2.0 is a breath of hope for small economies that can now have a local language office suite well adapted to their needs and to their economical possibilities, reducing their dependency on the interests of proprietary software vendors.
"OpenOffice.org is on a path toward being the most popular office suite the world has ever seen; providing users with safety, choice, and an opportunity to participate in one of the broadest community efforts the Internet has ever seen. As a member of that community, I'd like to offer my heartiest congratulations." - Jonathan Schwartz - President and CEO of Sun Microsystems.
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