OpenOffice 3.0 RC3

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Download: OpenOffice 3.0 RC3

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(3 replies) #1 Typhon on 02 Oct 2008 - 21:47

Wow big improvement on load times.

#1.1 Xenomorph on 03 Oct 2008 - 02:59

(Typhon said @ #1)

WHAT?

That was one of the biggest issues I had with it. It loaded so slowly compared to MS Office.

#1.2 +Raa on 03 Oct 2008 - 04:51

It's been much better since the V3 betas!

#1.3 Xerxes on 05 Oct 2008 - 02:41

(Xenomorph said @ #1.1)

I was very skeptical to begin with, since I didn't really like version 2 that much. I decided to give it another go and damn am I impressed, it's improved a fair bit since I last used it! I totally agree with Typhon the load times are fantastic, it loads near instantly for me and even Office 2007 is not that quick [for me].

#2 PsykX on 02 Oct 2008 - 22:45

More Cocoa... meh. I want 100% Cocoa.

(2 replies) #3 :: Lyon :: on 02 Oct 2008 - 23:07

I'll wait til it's finished. Should be soon now since it has reached RC3?

#3.1 CRIKEY on 04 Oct 2008 - 07:55

Mid october i think

#3.2 Murtadh Altarouti on 04 Oct 2008 - 14:05

According to OOo wiki the final will be released in October 14th like what CRIKEY said, but me I wouldn't be sure about that because they they changed the final date twice so far

#4 tiagosilva29 on 02 Oct 2008 - 23:18

Can anyone explain why did Calc take over the .txt filetype association?

#5 XeonBuilder on 06 Oct 2008 - 05:40

WOW!! This is fantastic!!! A must have for sure.

#6 +Starbuck84 on 06 Oct 2008 - 17:14

Love it, been running update for some days now. The only problem I have with this release is that it doesn't underline my misspelled words. Also when I spell check my document it says everything is fine, while in fact it's not. I do have to add that I'm Dutch, but the Dutch dictionary is installed and selected. But you don't here me complaining, it's a great piece of software none the less.