StarOffice 7 - A cross-platform office suite

[Gordon Darling]

Subject: StarOffice 7 - A cross-platform office suite.
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 04:09:45 +0000 (UTC)

StarOffice 7
by Hybrid (http://freshmeat.net/~cjdebenh/)
Sunday, September 21st 2003 21:09

About:
StarOffice is an integrated Microsoft Office-compatible suite of
productivity applications. It provides Web-enabled word processing,
spreadsheet, presentation graphics, email, news, charting, and graphics
applications.

Changes:
This release adds functionality to enable exporting to PDF and to the
Macromedia Flash format. It also introduces the new StarOffice
Configuration Manager, the StarOffice Software Development Kit, a macro
recorder, and support for assistive technologies, as well as for complex
text layouts.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: SUN Binary Code License
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/staroffice/
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/staroffice/9992/url_tgz/index.html

Regards
Gordon

 

[Gordon Darling]

Subject: StarOffice 7 - A cross-platform office suite.
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 04:09:45 +0000 (UTC)

StarOffice 7
by Hybrid (http://freshmeat.net/~cjdebenh/)
Sunday, September 21st 2003 21:09

Note: This is the evaluation version only. But gives you
Basic Programmers Guide (English Language Only).
Setup Guide/User's Guide.

Be interesting to see if the extra Templates/Fonts/etc are usable in
OpenOffice.org.

Regards
Gordon

 

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StarOffice 7

I guess almost everyone knows that StarOffice is not freeware, but it
might not be a bad idea to point it out.

 

[Gordon Darling]

I guess almost everyone knows that StarOffice is not freeware, but it
might not be a bad idea to point it out.

Yep, my oversight. But as I posted in a follow up it will be interesting
to see what templates/macros/etc are usable in OpenOffice.org. In >theory<
they should transfer as the format is Open (ie: XML).

It's been reviewed as being substantially faster than Star Office 6.
Comparisons with the latest OOo release candidates will be interesting.

Also be interesting to see what is in this release but not in OOo as a
pointer to the future. I want to compare the import/export filters to see
if things may improve in that area.

Regards
Gordon

 

[Max Quordlepleen]

Be interesting to see if the extra Templates/Fonts/etc are usable in
OpenOffice.org.

Well, the templates from the beta versions of SO 7 (which were called
6.1 betas) all work just fine in OOo.

 

[Gordon Darling]

Well, the templates from the beta versions of SO 7 (which were called
6.1 betas) all work just fine in OOo.

Thanks a lot for the info.

Regards
Gordon

 

[M.L.]

Yep, my oversight. But as I posted in a follow up it will be interesting
to see what templates/macros/etc are usable in OpenOffice.org. In >theory<
they should transfer as the format is Open (ie: XML).

By that logic we might as well include any and all payware office
suite apps to see if their templates or macros are compatible with
OpenOffice.