OpenOffice.org: New Beta, and Ximianization 59
sander writes "OpenOffice.org, everybody's
favourite non-Microsoft office suite has just released a beta of its next version, OpenOffice.org 1.1. It's up for downloading , but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any cool screen shots anywhere???? The new release comes with a large variety of new features, from real goodies like Flash export for the slide shows , support for WYSIWYG DocBook/XML and mySQL databases to pretty boring ones like better footnotes (whatever that means)." And wahgnube writes "Here are the slides from Michael Meeks' presentation at the Open Office conference in Germany which give us details regarding the changes made by Ximian. Can't wait for the next major Ximian GNOME Desktop release."
Whats in a title? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Whats in a title? (Score:2)
Re:Whats in a title? (Score:2)
http://ooo.ximian.com/ [ximian.com]
All you adminstrators are just imitators, so grab yer alpha shaders an' GL accelerators.
Ximian OO and OO 1.1 (Score:2)
Does anyone on either team want to comment on how many of the Ximian changes are in the OO 1.1 beta?
Re:Ximian OO and OO 1.1 (Score:2)
Re:Ximian OO and OO 1.1 (Score:2)
I have Gnome2, I have Moz/GKT2, I'll soon have EMACS/GTK2, and perhaps now OO/GTK2.
This might actually get me using it. If only they can improve the startup time as well..
/mike
How is the database support? (Score:1)
I recently (over spring break) built a machine for my mother's workplace. She actually had a worker interested in Linux, and so she let me dual boot the machine with Red Hat 8 and Windows 2000.
However, yesterday she sent me an email wondering where the Access-like program is in Red Hat. Honestly, I touched Access a little bit in some painful computer apps class I took a few years ago in high school, and never really had the need to do anything it's s
Re:How is the database support? (Score:1)
Re:How is the database support? (Score:1)
The most Access-like linux offering that I've seen is Rekall [thekompany.com]. Not free, though. But there are Linux and Windows versions (the Windows one seems a bit unstable yet). It has tables, queries, reports, forms, very similar to Access.
I never could get the OpenOffice/StarOffice database tools to work. They programs would just freeze when connecting to my Postgresql databases...
OpenOffice vs Gnome Office (Score:2)
I thought Ximian had committed themselves to Gnome Office [gnome.org]. Now I'm very happy to see their work on OpenOffice.
With all due respect to the Gnome Office people, I'd much rather that developers commit themselves to a more fully integrated, cross-platform, OSS office suite like OpenOffice.org then something that only runs a system with GTK & Linux.
Sure, Abiword is cross-platform, but Gnumeric [gnome.org] isn't, and neither are many other components in the Gnome Office Suite.
Re:OpenOffice vs Gnome Office (Score:2)
Hooray! (Score:1)
Kudos for everyone involved. I look forward to the full release with bated breath. There are a number of niggles and annoyances that were really beginning to get to me, thankfully they appear to be addressed in the new version.
One feature I would like to see would be some form of "talkback" a-la Mozilla.
Re:Hooray! (Score:2)
I think Ximian agrees with you, on Slide 15 [gnome.org], they talk about integration with Bug Buddy.
But I'm guessing that won't extend to the non-Gnome versions...
Dear God run faster. (Score:2)
Re:Dear God run faster. (Score:1)
What I found is that there is a switch you have to pass the installer. I forget what it is exactly, something like
Try
I think that after you run the installer with that switch, you need to do a
Either way, once I got that figured out, OOo worked nicely for a
Re:Dear God run faster. (Score:1)
setup -net
It allows NFS and OpenOffice to be very good friends.
Re:Dear God run faster. (Score:1)
The funny thing is: I have to execute it twice in order to begin working with it. The first try will show the splash screen then died without error messages. The second try usually load successfully and I have not experience any trouble / data loss once its up and running.
"MS the default format" ?!?! (Score:1)
"MS the default format"
Re:"MS the default format" ?!?! (Score:2)
Slide shows without presentation text are always cryptic -- especially when they end with quotes from Job.
much improved (Score:1)
Not happening on OS X (Score:2)
Funny, I had no trouble (Score:2)
Re:WTF? (Score:2)
Now the list of refinements in the individual applications is quite minimal, and yes there is scope to improve them all, but 3 of the above
Re:WTF? (Score:2)
So let me get this straight the people working on OS/FS projects don't have a clue about whats important and the people working in commercial software do? What about StarOffice then, it is commercial software and it is based on OO.o and hence updates go both ways. How many pieces of commercial software do you sit there and look at the release notes and go "thank god they dealt with all the things I needed them to, and they didn;t add one thing I didn;t want". You seem to believe that core functionalit
Re:WTF? (Score:2)
You are completely mistaken. Windows does NOT have PDF functionality built into it ANYWHERE. Yes, you can use *Postscript* drivers for some printer in Windows, but that is NOT PDF. Why don't you go and do something about your ignorance with regard to computers? If you want PDF capabilities in Windows, you need to buy the Adobe product. S
Re:WTF? (Score:1)
What I'm saying here is it's not either/or, choose a fea
Re:WTF? (Score:1)
Personally, I've never used footnotes. For me docbook support is more important. But it's not about what I want, or what are 'necessary' features. It's all about what people are willing to do, and I am glad to have whatever they offer.
Re:WTF? (Score:2)
Re:WTF? (Score:2)
Already had PDF export. Really nice, I use it all the time for my colleagues stuck using MSOffice.
DocBook import/export
Yay! It's about time. This will make writing technical documents a breeze. If it will import/export proper DocBook, this could go a long ways towards ridding the world of MSWord as the defacto "standard" for technical documents.
Re:WTF? (Score:1)
crossreferences (Score:2)
In Latex, word, wordperfect, framemaker etc. you can insert a reference to e.g. section numbers, figure numb
whatever that means (Score:1)
Uh, yeah. Like what do footnotes mean, when we can have pretty Flash Animation
Sometimes it's embarassing to admit associating with some of the people who frequent this site.
Re:whatever that means (Score:2)
Actually, this isn't such a bad feature. For small new tech/software companies looking for investors, this makes lives that much easier. Most of the time, investors want to see HyperCard-like presentations (a la OO Impress and MS PowerPoint) for high-level concepts, spreadsheets/text documents (OO Calc, OO Writer) for financials and business plans, and Flash stuff for demos. I know this doesn't make a lot of sense (i.e., why
Flash (Score:2)
Re:Flash (Score:2)
Screenshots? NOOO!!! (Score:1)
Re:Screenshots? NOOO!!! (Score:1)
HEY NOW! trashy prostitutes are the best kind (Score:1)
What about MrProject??? (Score:1)
GNOME is going to rock! (Score:2)