Download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 was released a few days ago. This open source office package started in 1984 as StarOffice. In 1999 it came into the hands of Sun Microsystems and then in 2010 it ended up with Oracle. After a number of developers switched to LibreOffice out of dissatisfaction with how Oracle managed this project, the source code was eventually donated to the Apache Software Foundation. OpenOffice comes with a word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet program (Calc), a presentation program (Impress), a drawing program (Draw), a database program (Base) and a program for creating scientific notations (Formula). The release notes for version 4.1.5 look like this:

Release Notes for Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 is a maintenance release aimed at correcting some regressions and delivering the latest English dictionary. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4 or earlier are advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 at the usual place. Please review these Release Notes to learn what is new in this version as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.

Only use the original website ” to download. The installed software can be verified with the About box (see menu “Help – About OpenOffice) by comparing the numbers with the reference data on the download webpage (see the text in the light green box) . For Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 it has to be “AOO415m1 | Build ID 9789 | SVN r1817496”.

Bug Fixes

• BZ 127568 Diagrams become corrupt (not retrievable) when Calc document is saved
• BZ 127580 Fix for Issue 127568 created a new bug in Base
• BZ 127581 Writer crashes after copying all content

For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

Language Support – Updated dictionaries

• English (en-GB)

For a complete list of available languages ​​and language packs see the download webpage (click the language drop-down-box).