OpenOffice.org 3 beta released

10 May, 2008  |  Posted by Danesh  |  in Open Source, Software

OpenOffice 3 Beta Start Centre

OpenOffice.org 3 Beta is out. The Beta is available to all those who wish to test, evaluate and report bugs about the next major release scheduled to be released in September.

The new release is packed with tones of new improvements. See the full feature list.

  1. New “Start Centre”.
  2. New icons.
  3. Zoom capabilities.
  4. Improved spreadsheet features. Columns now increased from 256 to 1024.
  5. Support for ODF 1.2.
  6. Support for Office 2007, 2008 document files.

OpenOffice.org 3 Beta is currently available for MS-Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and OpenSolaris. Head on over to the download page to grab your copy.

Source: OpenOffice.org

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3 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. Wing Loon  |  May 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm #

    Adding this to my download list now…

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  2. Irwan  |  May 10th, 2008 at 7:53 pm #

    Cool! I just can’t wait for the stable version to be released since I’m not an early adopter :D

    Irwan - Gravatar
  3. iCalvyn  |  May 14th, 2008 at 3:28 pm #

    I also use open office on my company laptop, but there are still different with MS office. Cant actually familiar with it…

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