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OpenOffice 3.2 Released

Posted by timothy on from the compatability-can-opener dept.

harmonise writes "Version 3.2 of the OpenOffice.org office suite is now available. This marks the tenth anniversary year of the office suite, with over three hundred million downloads recorded in total. The new features include faster start up times; improved compatibility with open standard (ODF) and proprietary file formats; improvements to all components, particularly the Calc spreadsheet, with over a dozen new or enhanced features; and the Chart module (usable throughout OpenOffice.org) has had a usability makeover as well as offering new chart types."

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  1. Re:will it still hijack my mac by xZgf6xHx2uhoAj9D · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yup, it's changed in Finder. Find a document, either right-click or go to the File menu, select Get Info, change the application in "Open with" and then select "Change All".

  2. Re:bigger tables anyone? by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Informative

    Still only 256 columns per sheet? I frequently need a lot more than that.

    1024, actually, since version 3.0.

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  3. Re:Hooray! by DrSkwid · · Score: 4, Informative

    We've been using OO for about 5 years, I've never had a single person in our office ever have a problem with anything I could call a bug.

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  4. Re:Nothing That New or Innovative... by tyrione · · Score: 5, Informative

    Right on the heels of MS 2010 beta. Doesn't appear to be much new things, it's just faster. Still. Openoffice is the best office suite out there in my opinion.

    Native OpenType Postcript fonts alone makes it finally worth exploring Writer.

  5. Fixes my "calc" bug from 3.1.1 by coats · · Score: 4, Informative
    Bug 108855: certain names in spreadsheet-to-spreadsheet links were forced to lower-case during "save."

    Works fine with 3.2.0 -- the bug is gone.

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  6. FIXED:External references by coats · · Score: 4, Informative
    External refs worked for me in Mandriva's 3.0.1.

    Did not work for me in any of the 3.1.1's (Mandriva or direct download, 32- or 64-bit). Had to revert to Mandriva's 3.0.1.

    Just checked, and works for me in 32-bit direct download of 3.2.0.

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  7. Re:Just Faster??? I wish I was just Richer!!! by maxume · · Score: 4, Informative

    In my vanilla install of OpenOffice 3.1, if I select several columns and then right click on one of the selected headers, "Insert Columns" (with an 's') is one of the options on the context menu.

    This is the *first* thing I tried after I decided to see if you were missing something obvious.

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