OpenOffice.org 3.2 - Novell Edition
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 10:37

Novell released "OpenOffice.org 3.2 - Novell Edition". OpenOffice.org Novell® Edition for Windows* is a full productivity suite which provides word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database capabilities. With OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows, enterprises can dramatically lower costs while gaining the key functionality of Microsoft* Office and interoperability with Microsoft Office file formats.

OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows contains enhancements and bug fixes, especially for interoperability with Microsoft Office and other word processing programs, that are not available in the community edition. These enhancements include:

  • Microsoft Excel* Compatibility
    Extended row limit to 1,048,576 rows in Calc, and related performance improvements.
    Added support for multiple formula syntax for cell and cell range addresses and formula expressions: Calc A1 - the traditional format (default), Excel A1, and Excel R1C1.
    Text numbers and dates are interpreted as numbers or dates when appropriate, similar to how Excel interprets text as numbers or dates.
    Toggling of cell grid lines per sheet.
    And more: user-defined tab colors, PHONETIC function support for Japanese phonetic guides, showing/hiding data from hidden rows in charts, correct rendering of charts with mixed chart types, Excel export encryption, document and sheet protection password & limited sheet protection options, external range names, and many details of the Calc user interface have been tweaked to make migration from Excel to OpenOffice.org easier.
  • Excel VBA Macro Interoperability
    OpenOffice.org Novell Edition eases the migration of many macros from Microsoft Excel. Although not all macros can be successfully migrated, this interoperability offers more than the standard edition, which does not support migration of macros.
  • Data Pilots
    Data Pilots are interoperable with Microsoft Office PivotTables*. OpenOffice.org Novell Edition substantially improves the Data Pilot feature, making it possible to edit pilots after creation, allowing to assign custom field names, field members names, subtotal and grand total names, showing popup window for quick editing of show/hide field members, and defaulting to a new sheet for new tables.
  • Enhanced Fonts
    Licensed fonts from Agfa* Monotype* which are metrically identical and visually compatible with some of the key Microsoft fonts. This allows OpenOffice.org Novell Edition to match fonts when opening documents originally composed in Microsoft Office, and very closely match pagination and page formatting.
  • OpenXML Support
    The ability to export the Microsoft Office 2007 file formats. Also many improvements of the import.
  • SVG Support
    The ability to import scalable vector graphics.
  • Import File Formats
    Microsoft Works, WordPerfect* text and graphics, T602 files, and more.
  • GroupWise® Integration
    OpenOffice.org Novell Edition includes improved integration with ODMA (Open Document Management Architecture) services, for example for GroupWise. If you have the GroupWise client installed on the machine, OpenOffice.org Novell Edition will offer to open documents from GroupWise, or save documents in GroupWise.
  • Integrated Extensions
    Google Docs and Zoho import and export, PDF import, MediaWiki support, Non-linear solver in Calc, Presenter Console, Presentation Minimizer, Report Designer.

From an installer perspective this OpenOffice version is great too. The "NovellOOoEval-3.2-0.exe" file contains a "openofficeorg32.msi" which enables you to deploy OpenOffice by using Windows Installer technology and ZENworks. Novell changed the XML config files a bit so you don't run into registration problems like these and these.

 

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 July 2010 09:30