Download OpenOffice.org 3.0 rc1

The developers of Openoffice.org released the first release candidate of version 3.0 a few days ago. This open source office package provides a word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet program (Calc), a presentation program (Impress), a drawing program (Draw) and a database program (Base). New in version 3.0 is, among other things, the Start Center and that the Mac OS X version no longer needs X11, but behaves like any other Aqua application. Furthermore, the package now supports version 1.2 of the Open Document Format and documents created with Microsoft Office 2007. The extensive list with changes includes the following list of new points:

What’s new?

• Sheet names can contain almost any character
• ADDRESS and INDIRECT support additional parameter for A1/R1C1 notation
• ODFF: automatic intersection !! operator
• ODFF: store ERRORTYPE as ORG.OPENOFFICE.ERRORTYPE
• new: XML Document’s XForm models support “internal” vs. “external” data
• default connection string for UnoAPI-Tests has changed
• Change to table view when a new database was created by the db wizard
• INDEX() function supports return of an entire vector of a 2D array
• GCD() and LCM() convert arguments to integer
• LOOKUP in columns of a row if range is wider than tall
• INDEX of vector needs just one offset parameter
• COUNT ignores error results
• Adding MS Access databases in Writer now possible
• New Excel import VBA macro option
• COMMAN_WHEEL_DATAZOOM changed
• testtool: new methods to access ExtensionListBox in extensions manager
• UI or Extension Manager changed
• The office now supports .oxt files on the cmd line
• Behavior of cut/paste/fill/drag on filtered rows.
• Language selection through Windows language bar extended to Western languages
• Support of digit grouping as used in India
• Tetun (Indonesia) [tet-ID] and Tetun (Timor-Leste) [tet-TL] language list box entries.
• Sami, Kildin (Russia) [sjd-RU] in language list box
• Local data for Paraguayan Guarani (gug-PY)
• Language listbox entries for Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santali
• Local data for Turkmen_Turkmenistan (tk-TM)
• Error Bars can be selected from cell ranges
• Additional Error Bar Style “Standard Error”
• Database / Insert Menu, new menu item
• Database / Edit Menu / Delete Record
• “Address Book Data Source Wizard” uses a roadmap
• support of native tables in impress and draw
• Extensible help: Adding content to the Contents tree
• remove pkgchk
• new start center dialog
• Tools – Options – Load/Save – General: ODF default version
• Printer Settings dialog gets an “Options” button
• Tools – Options – Load/Save – General: ODF default version
• Now the registration page (First StartUp Wizard) has different text for OOo and SO
• SPAdmin: added UI option for external dialogs
• new command line tool cwsattach
• Three-Layer Installations
• Reference to empty cell not forced to type
• Infix Operator Reference Concatenation (“~”) (aka Union)
• MIN/MAX/MINA/MAXA return 0 if no value at all
• Infix Operator Reference Range(“:”)
• ISERROR(undefinedname) results in TRUE
• SUMIF geometry of 3rd parameter adapts to 1st parameter
• Calc Collaboration
• Multiple Pages per View and Zoom Control in Statusbar
• Direct cross-references to headings and numbered paragraphs in text documents
• Enhance Chapter Number Capability on Writer Indexes
• title for secondary axes
• customizeable starting angle for pie charts
• clockwise direction for pie charts
• Ease handling of Trendlines in Charts
• XSelectionSupplier now being supported by the database application controller
• delays for quick help change 1024 columns per sheet instead of 256
• Adjustable margins and column widths in page preview
• Transparent cell selection and changed column/row headers
• Optimization Solver in Calci
• notes in the margin