[luau] OPENOFFICE.ORG 1.0 X11 FOR MAC OS X - FINAL BETA ANNOUNCED

[Warren Togami]

Zaheda Bhorat wrote:
OPENOFFICE.ORG 1.0 X11 FOR MAC OS X - FINAL BETA ANNOUNCED

January 8, 2003 - MacWorld San Francisco - The OpenOffice.org community 
today announced a Final Beta release of OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11, for Mac 
OS X and Darwin. This release brings the popular open source office 
suite, OpenOffice.org 1.0, to users running Apple's Mac OS X v10.2 or 
higher operating system, as well as Apple's open-source Darwin OS. Mac 
users can now download OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11 for Mac OS X and Darwin 
(Final Beta) at http://www.openoffice.org, start to use this free office 
suite and contribute to the final release community testing.

OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11 for Mac OS X and Darwin (Final Beta) offers Mac 
users the same open file formats, unlimited language portability and 
cross-platform compatibility enjoyed by users across all the other 
supported platforms, including Linux, Windows, Solaris and FreeBSD. 
Users can 'OPEN' and 'SAVE' MS Office file formats and will enjoy the 
confidence of permanent file access granted by OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11 
for Mac OS X and Darwin (Final Beta)'s use the international standard 
XML file format specification.

All four main components of OpenOffice.org 1.0, Writer, Draw, Calc, and 
Impress, may be used productively to create, save, load, print, present, 
and manipulate all common types of documents. OpenOffice.org offers 
compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats, allowing any Microsoft 
Office file to be opened and manipulated natively. For the Mac OS 
X/Darwin Final Beta release, printing support has been significantly 
improved. OpenOffice.org now supports printing to all printers that have 
drivers for Mac OS X, both networked and local. New features include 
printing directly to PDF files, full international keyboard support, 
improved font support, for Mac OS X version 10.2, automatic detection of 
all printers listed in the Print Center and more.

Today's release of the software will be followed closely by the full 
OpenOffice.org 1.0 for Mac OS X and Darwin (Final) release in Spring 
2003. In the interim, this Final Beta release is intended for general 
public consumption to help the OpenOffice.org team fix bugs before the 
1.0 X11 (Final) version is released.

"While this release is intended to solicit feedback, bug reports, and to 
attract developers to the project, it is feature-complete for our first 
X11 (Final) release." said Dan Williams, OpenOffice.org, Community OS X 
Developer. "Work will be ongoing to create a Mac OS X port on 
OpenOffice.org 1.0.1 (and later 1.1), this will include both the 
XWindows version and a Mac OS X Quartz/Aqua graphics version, where more 
developers with Mac OS X skills are needed. Everyone is invited to join 
the project and lend a hand! "

ABOUT OPENOFFICE.ORG ( http://www.openoffice.org)
OpenOffice.org is the home of the open source project and its community 
of developers, users and marketers responsible for innovation and 
development of the open source office suite - OpenOffice.org 1.0. 
OpenOffice.org - Changing the world through opening minds.

MORE INFORMATION:

- FAQ - http://openoffice.org/about_us/pressfaq_ooo-osx.html

- OpenOffice.org will be at MacWorld San Francisco Booth 3637


PRESS CONTACTS:

Zaheda Bhorat
(408) 348 9191
Zaheda at openoffice.org

Sam Hiser
(917) 375-8644
swhiser at openoffice.org