OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 RC2

OpenOffice is a free, Open Source alternative to MS Office with a Word compatible word processor, a complete Excel compatible spread sheet program and a Power Point like presentation software and drawing program and also allows to save to PDF file.

In addition, OpenOffice offers enhanced printing capabilities and options for direct connection with external email programs as well as form-letter management to send letters to addresses from a database.

Also included are Indexing functions, a layout manager, third-party import filters, HTML export capability and a context-sensitive html editor.

OpenOffice also includes a variety of graphics tools and manipulation options as well as slideshow support and an option to create "portable" presentations. If you are looking for a free office suite, dont miss to take a look at this one - youll be impressed!

Major Features:

1. General
   • Improved screen appearance
   • Making 'dragging' easier with graphics
   • Improved file locking
   • Overlining
2. Writer
   • Subtle highlighting
   • Improvements to Comments
   • Further grammar checker integration
   • Outline levels within paragraphs
3. Calc
   • Rename sheets with a double-click
   • Zoom slider in the Status bar
   • Formula hot hints
   • Improved sorting
   • Formulae changes
   • Performance improvements
4. Chart
   • Flexible positioning of axes
   • Handling missing data
5. Impress
   • Font size buttons
6. Base
   • SQL Syntax highlighting
   • Macro applications
7. Internationalization and Localization
   • Improved support for bidirectional scripts
   • New Locale support