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OpenOffice 1.1 RC 1 Released

Heartz writes "OpenOffice has released OpenOffice 1.1 RC 1. Get details here. Neat features include built in PDF and Flash export, better MS Office document filters and more!"

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  1. Features by oever · · Score: 0, Redundant

    New features in OpenOffice.org 1.1rc over OpenOffice.org beta2 release:

    • a "talkback" style crash reporter to collect stacktrace and error information
    • new command line parameter -start to automatically start a presentation after the document is loaded
    • ability to update existing OpenOffice.org 1.0.x single user installations
    • support for drawing objects in headers and footers
    • an example XSLT filter for Office 2003 XML format
    • support for MS Excel 95 and older form controls
    • UNO python bridge - python is now a first class language for creating UNO components for OpenOffice.org
    • built in spell checking dictionaries for English (UK) and Italian
    • built in hyphenation support for Danish, English (UK), German and Russian
    • integrated Bitstream Vera fonts
    • improved spelling suggestions using n-gram scoring

    For full list of features please see the OpenOffice.org 1.1 RC features list.

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  2. Re:Missing features still... by con · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now the file formats should be less of a problem due to teh improved MSOffice compatibility and I think the more important feature of being able to save your file as PDF.