I saw on OpenOffice.org’s announce mailing list that OpenOffice.org 1.1 Beta has been released. New features include:
- Many new import/export formats like PDF, Macromedia Flash, DocBook, several PDA Office file formats, flat XML and XHTML
- Support for Complex Text Layout (CTL) and vertical writing languages, such as Thai, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew
- Enhanced integration with Java, with up to 10 times better performance
- Support for Accessibility throughout the entire suite
- Support for add-on components
- Initial support for recovering damaged OOo files
- Support for a new data source type - MySQL
- Improved online help
And, that’s just from the e-mail announcement. There are some interesting gems from the complete list as well:
- The splash screen now has a progress bar.
- Additional property pages for OpenOffice.org file types in Windows Explorer.
- A new java-native-uno bridge with up to 10 times better performance.
- New FTP file access component.
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OpenOffice.org is already pretty good, but I look forward to trying this new version.