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OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Released

Posted by timothy on from the better-each-time-mostly dept.

Sean0michael writes "OpenOffice.org has announced their 3.0 Beta is ready for testing. The new version includes some great enhancements, including MS Office 2007 import filters, an improved notes feature, a built-in Solver component, and an Aqua interface for Macs. The site has a complete list of Beta features. Download your beta release from their site."

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  1. Re:Don't Hate! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will probably get crucified for this, but one of the new features seems to be support for VBA! While this may not appeal to folks creating NEW solutions, at least we got a stepping stone for supporting old viruses on a non-windows/office platform. Fixed.
  2. Re:Don't Hate! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor! Take him away!

  3. Re:Aqua by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 4, Funny

    It reminds me of Appleworks. Which is to say it feels like a Mac application, but not a very good one.

    (Kidding. A brief fiddle about with it makes me very hopeful.)

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  4. Re:Don't Hate! by Uncle+Focker · · Score: 4, Funny

    The feature bloat in both Office and OpenOffice is gross. Yep, in my day programs had no features and that's the way we liked them!
  5. Re:Still no Reveal codes feature? by Inda · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll do it!

    You'll need to tell me what you mean by 'code' and 'extension' first though.

    pffft

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  6. Re:Taking too long! by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, no, no. You have it all wrong. In Unix, everything's a file. In open source, everything's a beta! It seems to be creeping into some proprietary software as well. Actually, I have this theory that the entire universe is just a beta project; it would explain a whole lot about these people around me...

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  7. Re:Clones needed, references checked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    - make me a sandwich!
    - what? make one yourself...
    - sudo make me a sandwich
    - oh, ok...

  8. Re:Still no Reveal codes feature? by TeknoHog · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you like reveal codes, you'll probably love LaTeX.

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  9. What, no ribbon? by gravis777 · · Score: 2, Funny

    How the heck am I supposed to get used to these Text menus? I need a ribbon!

  10. Re:Aqua by david_thornley · · Score: 2, Funny

    For those of you who want this in PPC:

    1. I haven't looked, but I suspect the source code is available.

    2. IIRC, every Macintosh with OSX has shipped with full development software. It isn't normally installed, but it's there. If you've lost the install disks and never installed Xcode, you can always download it from Apple.

    3. So, you can always compile it yourself. There should be accomodation for compiling for Macs, and that should work for PPCs.

    4. ???

    5. Profit!

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