OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

OpenOffice.org is a suite that individuals, governments, and corporations around the world have been expecting for the last two years. Easy to use and fluidly interoperable with every major office suite, OpenOffice.org realises the potential of open source.

With new features, advanced XML capabilities and native support for the OASIS Standard OpenDocument format, OpenOffice.org gives users around the globe the tools to be engaged and productive members of their society.

Platforms currently supported include Mac OS X (under X11), Microsoft Windows (98 - Vista), GNU/Linux ("Linux"), Sun Solaris, and FreeBSD.

Requirements:

· X11 (only for the PPC version)
· Latest version of Java 1.5
· 512 MB RAM
· 500 MB available hard disk space
· 1024 x 768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Ctrl+F11 puts the focus into the style ListBox - The key combination Ctrl+F11 doesn't call the Style Catalog anymore. Now it puts the focus into the style ListBox in the toolbox of text, frames, OLE-objects and pictures. It makes it easier to apply a paragraph or frame style without using a mouse.
· Extended UNO AWT menu API
· Locale data for Maltese (Malta) [mt-MT]
· Locale data for Myanmar (Myanmar) [my-MM]
· Locale data for Shuswap (Canada) [shs-CA].
· Arabic entries in language list box
· Arabic entry in language list
· Languages classified as RTL
· Locale data for Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea) [tpi-PG]
· Classified some languages as CTL
· Positioning of axes and axis labels
· new: "Text direction" property for form controls
· Function Autopilot from inside the SRB
· Automatic binding of first table when opening a new Report
· Report output format now also available in the property browser
· Add Field dialog supports sorting and insert toolbar
· Allow anti-aliasing of drawing objects
· Unify DrawObject modification with full attributes
· Support images in extension help
· File locking implementation changes.
· Allow usage of default master password.
· Remove unused 3D options
· Make slideshow media controllable via effects
· Sorting has been improved: - Sorting preserves the original order of entries with equal sort keys. - If there are no previous sort settings, the sort dialog defaults to the column of the cursor position. The toolbar buttons always use the cursor position. - The toolbar buttons use the same logic as the sort dialog to determine if a range has column headers.
· INDIRECT now supports the '!' sheet separator
· Rename sheet with double-click
· Repeat vectors if used in 2D array
· Formula syntax in tip help
· Zoom slider in Calc status bar
· Scaling factor in toolbar for page preview
· Scroll wheel switches pages in page preview
· BETADIST with optional parameter for cumulative/density
· Storage of data pulled in by external references changed
· Added EUROCONVERT function
· New GAMMA, CHISQDIST, CHISQINV, changed GAMMADIST.
· DATEVALUE and TIMEVALUE now return date or time only
· Base parameter of LOG now optional
· Cumulative parameter of POISSON now optional
· New "Context" mode for numerals setting
· Introduction of an overline font effect
· Accept/Reject Change in context menu
· changes to format menu
· Introduction of an outline level attribute for paragraphs and paragraph styles
· More hyperlink related entries in the context menu
· search inside notes
· Serbian Cyrillic Numbering Provider
· Inconsistent terms: Autoformat - Autocorrect
· New look for selection: transparency
· "Navigator" added to the view menu
· Grammar checking
· reply to existing notes
· changes to Tools-AutoCorrect
· Footnotes... renamed to Footnotes/Endnotes...
· bi-directional writing for chart elements
· image controls: support for document-embedded images
· Relative path for file based databases
· SQL syntax highlighting
· New short cuts for Sun Report Builder
· views opened for editing are automatically put into "Run SQL Directly" mode
· "Empty string is NULL" behavior refined
· image controls: can be bound to text database columns, interpreting their content as relative link to the image
· form controls: new property "Input Required"
· image controls: scaling the image by keeping the ratio
· check box grid columns have the "Tristate" property
· Let OOo use own file locking mechanics to lock alien formats as well.