Press release 2.1
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OpenOffice.org press release from 12 December 2006 - draft, not for publication
The OpenOffice.org community are proud to announce the release of OpenOffice.org 2.1, the latest version of the leading open-source office suite.
There are a number of important new features in this release for end users. The presentations application, Impress, now supports mutilple screens, with the presenter choosing where to display the presentation. The Calc spreadsheet has an improved HMTL export capability using styles to recreate the look of the spreadsheet in the browser. The database application Base has a number of enhancements, including improved support for Microsoft's Access product. The popular Quickstarter is now available for GNU/Linux users as a GTK application. OpenOffice.org's impressive language support is enhanced with five more localisations.
However, OpenOffice.org is not simply a great office suite for end users. It is also a great tool for developers. With 2.1, OpenOffice.org extends support for version control to extensions, simplifying the management of packages.
This is the xth release of 2007, and reflects the community's commitment to making new features available to users every few months. To help make this as smooth as possible, OpenOffice.org 2.1 includes an improved on-line notifier, which checks regularly and informs users if a new version is available (users may choose to disable this option at any time). OpenOffice.org is also the first office suite to support the ISO approved OpenDocument Format as its native file format. The standard - ISO/IEC 26300 - defines how office documents (spreadsheets, wordprocessor documents, etc.) must be stored so that they can be exchanged with any compliant software package. Its adoption represents an historic "Freedom of Information" breakthrough for the IT industry.
Download OpenOffice.org 2.1 now from our volunteer servers. If you find the pages too busy, try using our legal peer-to-peer (P2P) system. If you do not have a suitable internet connection, consider buying a CD-ROM from an OpenOffice.org Community Distributor.
Not all languages may be ready, so check with your favourite Native Language project (http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html)
About OpenOffice.org
The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer and sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the leading open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®.
OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as legacy industry file formats and is available on major computing platforms in over 70 languages. OpenOffice.org is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be used free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial.
The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor and primary contributor.
Links
The OpenOffice.org Community can be found at http://www.openoffice.org
To learn more of the project, see http://about.openoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org 2.1 may be downloaded free of charge from http://download.openoffice.org
Further information about the suite may be found at http://www.openoffice.org/product
Press Contacts
Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -04h00)
OpenOffice.org Community Manager
louis@openoffice.org
+1 (416) 625 3843
John McCreesh (UTC +0h00)
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead
jpmcc@openoffice.org
+44 (0)7 810 278 540
Cristian Driga (UTC +0200)
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead
cdriga@openoffice.org
+40 7887 000 60
