At the start of its tenth anniversary year, and with over three hundred
million downloads recorded in total, the OpenOffice.org Community today
announced the release of the latest version of its personal productivity
suite. OpenOffice.org 3.2 gets to work faster, offers new and improved
functions, offers better compatibility with other office software, and
fixes bugs and potential security vulnerabilities.
In just over a year from launch, OpenOffice.org 3 had recorded over one
hundred million downloads from the central download site alone, and the
number continues to rise. Users range from individuals with a single PC
to corporates with many tens of thousands of users. The OpenOffice.org
Community would like to thank all the volunteer mirrors for their
fantastic work over the past nine years. Thanks to their invaluable
support, millions of users can reliably download our software. Our
special thanks go to the Oregon State University Open Source Lab
(OSUOSL) for providing and maintaining our central download system.
OpenOffice.org 3.2 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
* the Chart module (usable throughout OpenOffice.org) has had a
usability makeover as well as offering new chart types
All users are encouraged to upgrade to the new release, because of the
potential security vulnerabilities addressed in 3.2. Any people still
using OpenOffice.org 2 should note that this version was declared 'end
of life' in December 2009, with no further security patches or bugfixes
being issued by the Community. Enterprise support with longer lifecycles
might be available from distributors as well as commercial vendors, like
Oracle, the project's main sponsor. For details, see
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/eol.html
A full guide to new features is available at
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/
The security bulletin with full details of the potential vulnerabilities
fixed will be published tomorrow at
http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html
Download OpenOffice.org 3.2 here: http://download.openoffice.org
Read our Press Release:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2100/01/prweb3584404.htm
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