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Revision as of 07:14, 28 April 2009
New features planned for OpenOffice.org
Contents
Intro
This page is a roadmap for the features planned in future OpenOffice.org releases.
Roadmaps elsewhere
OpenOffice.org roadmap
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/ooo_roadmap.pdf
OpenOffice.org 3.1: detailed schedule
For older releases, see the archives.
Caution: The items listed here are under continuous development and the dates are therefore subject to change!
Project-Specific Wiki-Pages
Calc
See also the Calc Usability Activities page on this wiki.
Current Release
Planned Features for 3.0 Release (mid-October 2008)
General
- OpenDocument:
- ODF 1.2 Specification
- ODF formula specification
- ODF Toolkit: installation set, aka ODF_Toolkit/Efforts/Packaging_Modularization
- ODF Toolkit: Java tools for odf
- Bibliographic
Performance Improvements
- Drawing Engine
Writer
- new Notes2 module for displaying notes in the margins
- Office 12 (.docx) import filter
- ODF documents' metadata editor
- Preview of hyperlinks inside the document
Calc
- Office 12 (.xlsx) Import Filter
- Compliance with ODF formula specification
- GETPIVOTDATA function
- Live sharing of Calc workbooks
Impress
- Office 12 (.pptx) Import Filter
- Table support in Impress
- Interactive cropping of images
Extensions
For end users
- MediaWiki Extension, available at Extension Site
- PDF Import, available at Extension Site
- Presenter Screen, available at Extension Site
For developers
- API enhancements
- GUI enhancements - The GUI should be redesigned to get a more modern look. A good guideline is the new IBM Lotus Symphony that uses dynamic panels. This is better than MS Office's "ribbon", at least for documents, because it saves space on the top (normally documents are vertical).
- Option page
Various
- Better VBA? [1]
- Windows_Vista Enhancements:
- new File Dialog
- visualization of Meta data in Explorer
- Web services
- Web Services wizard?
- OpenOffice.org Repackaging
- Repackaging step one [2]
- Articles
- New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.0 (March 18, 2008)
Features planned for OOo 3.1 (not before Wednesday 15th April 2009 )
- Arabic / RTL UI
- High Document Fidelity (AntiAliasing of Drawing Object and optimized graphic primitives)
- Improved packaging, package pools
- New template dialog and template repository
- user data/feedback extention
- trackpad gestures for Mac OS X
Writer
- overline text
- transparent selection
- reply to existing notes
- search inside notes
- RichText Import/Export of notes for MS Word files
- Bibliographic - New field type to support formatted text
- Bibliographic - meta data support for text objects in Writer in 3.1
Base
- SQL syntax highlighting
- MySQL integration
Impress
- Zoomslider for Draw and Impress
- [Integrated in DEV300_m35] Apple Remote support (Mac OS X only)
Articles
- Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1 highlights of new features with screenshots
Features planned for OOo 3.2 (November 2009)
Features planned for OOo 3.x
- XForms Enhancements