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>Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:37:35 -0800 >To: "NetProLive (Moderated)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: NetProLive Moderator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: OpenOSX Office 0.9 Now Shipping >Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Software: LetterRip Pro 3.0.6 by Fog City Software, Inc. >List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >This message comes to you from NetProLive(tm) -- the Web Developer/ >Network Admin service. See below for more info on this list (including >sub/unsub details). >__________________________ > > >OpenOSX Office 0.9, Now Shipping > >Business Editors/High-Tech Writers > > >SWALL MEADOWS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2001--AbiWord is an >award-winning open source alternative to Microsoft Word. > >Gnumeric is a world-class spreadsheet with 95 percent of the functions of >Microsoft Excel built-in. > >Gimp is The GNU Image Manipulation Program, a popular graphics editor often >compared to PhotoShop. > >OpenOSX's package will install this suite of powerful and flexible tools >for Macintosh Operating System, Mac OS X, with ease. > >AbiWord 0.9.4.1 is a full-featured, award-winning word processor that can >edit Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, XHTML and RTF documents. It boasts: >multiple columns, on-the-fly spell checking, style sheets, multiple >language support and more. AbiWord can write RTF, HTML, XHTML, PalmDoc and >ASCII document formats. > >Gnumeric 0.74 can edit Microsoft Excel, Lotus 123, MultiPlan, Plan Perfect, >HTML and CSV file formats. It is a complete spreadsheet that offers a >comprehensive function suite, data analysis tools, data consolidation, cell >formatting, multiple "undos," search and replace. Gnumeric will write >Excel, PDF, HTML, XML, CSV and Data Interchange Format files. > >Gimp 1.2.1 may be used to edit Adobe Photoshop, TIFF, JPEG and PNG file >formats. Gimp offers complete image manipulation tools, filters, plug-ins, >text and effects. It also has powerful image automation capabilities. It >can write Photoshop (with layers intact), TIFF, JPEG and PNG file formats. > >All of the OpenOSX product's ship with complete online help, documentation, >and limited-support, configured source code and more. > >OpenOSX has a digital Screenshot Gallery of their Office product in action, >on the World Wide Web available for viewing, printing or broadcasting at: >http://OpenOSX.com/office/screenshots.html. > >The OpenOSX Office 0.9 CD is available for 30 U.S. dollars. OpenOSX is >offering an upgrade to the 1.0 version of their CD for 10 U.S. dollars that >will include improvements and added vector illustration and >graphing/plotting software. > >The OpenOSX Office package will install and configure the following list of >software packages: > > AbiWord 0.9.4.1 > Gnumeric 0.74 > Gimp 1.2.1 (optional) > XFree86 4.1.99.1 > XDarwin 1.0.4 > Ghostview 1.5 > Oroborous Window > Manager > ORBit 0.5.11 > Gnome Application > Library 0.17 > Bonobo 1.0.10 > Glib 1.2.8 > Libxml 1.8.14 > GnomePrint 0.31 > DYLib > >More information about the OpenOSX Office CD is available electronically at >http://OpenOSX.com/office/. > >__________________________ > >Please visit our sponsors: > > RadGad(sm): The Place for Useful Gifts & Gadgets.(sm) > http://www.radgad.com/, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 877-5-RADGAD > > MacTech(r) Magazine: The journal of Macintosh technology and development > http://www.mactech.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 805-494-9797 > > DevDepot(sm): Your Source for RAM, Technical & Developer Products > http://www.devdepot.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 877-DEPOT-NOW > >To submit a posting to NetProLive, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. To >subscribe to NetProLive, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the >SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE NetProLive". To unsubscribe, the SUBJECT >line should read "UNSUBSCRIBE NetProLive". > >MacTech, Developer Depot, RadGad, and Xplain Corporation are not >responsible for any errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in this >message. > >News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your source as MacTech >Magazine, <http://www.mactech.com>.
