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OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org 3.4.0
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OpenOffice.org is both an Open Source product and a project. The product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.
What's New
Version 3.4.0:
  • Full release notes available here (scroll down page to table).
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later


Related Links
Download link yields Intel-only US English version. Other languages and architectures (stable versions) available here.







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OpenOffice.org User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 3.x:
(38)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(75)

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Myschizobuddy commented on 27 Jan 2012
Now that Apache has officially taken over OpenOffice from Oracle. IBM has also now donated it's Lotus Symphony to Apache as well. I wonder if LibreOffice will merge with them and have one cohesive effort towards open source office suite
[Version 3.4.0]

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Big-Mac-XXL replied on 27 Jan 2012
OpenOffice's actual Version is 3.3.0, a Beta version is 3.4.0 dating from 13 Apr 2011. OpenOffice is dead. In February the radically improved LibreOffice 3.5.0 will appear. It is unlikely that the code of OOo and LO will be ever more compatible. Also the majority of developers is with LibreOffice since Oracle killed OpenOffice. Let OpenOffice silently R.I.P. in Apache's basement. Nobody cares about this dead horse. Only dung worms.
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678 reviewed on 30 Dec 2011
I always have this downloaded but none of my colleagues or staff use the ODP files anymore and we have all reverted to .DOC again. It's awesome for free and it compatible and I do like the way it looks, actually. But, it doesn't get launched very often anymore. If you don't need to use Word or Office Suite and you have not quite invested yet in converting to the cloud using Google Apps -- I have not -- then this is perfect.
[Version 3.4.0]


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Vinkri reviewed on 15 Dec 2011
Well, I am using Ooo sometimes, because it can open some csv files or tab files that will cause Numbers to freeze or to display a single column spreadsheet.

Problem: Ooo is too heavy.
Works fine, but slow and unfriendly...
[Version 3.4.0]


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Big-Mac-XXL commented on 01 Aug 2011
Sorry to say but OpenOffice is a dead horse. Oracle gave it to Apache and there it is rotting on an obscure "Incubator" page. If you want to use this software in the future you need to switch to the fork LibreOffice which is now at version 3.4.2. Thanks for the good time, OOo! Time to move on!
[Version 3.4.0]

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Mrboma replied on 30 Aug 2011
I wonder if this why NeoOffice has started violating the GNU public license by charging for their product. Sure, they call it a donation, but donations are not mandatory the way the NeoO fee is.
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Dannymontani replied on 18 Nov 2011
v3.4.4 November 10, 11 a ok here
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Blauggh replied on 07 Jan 2012
Mrboma: Why would you say that charging a distribution fee to distribute software could somehow be a violation of the GPL? The Free Software Foundation has specifically stated that charging money to distribute GPL software is permitted.

The GPL does say, however, that as soon as you receive a copy of the software, you are entitled to also receive a copy of the source code. And, you are also permitted to redistribute it to anybody else. You can either give it away or charge more money for the copies you redistribute, but YOU also have to extend the same offer to YOUR recipients that YOU will give them the source code if they ask YOU for it.

Anyway, the NeoOffice website includes clear instructions explaining how to obtain the source code and compile it on your own Mac, without needing to pay anything.
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Mrboma replied on 07 Jan 2012
Blauggh: I said what I did about the GNU because I was misinformed. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way to delete my comment. Still, it is cheesy to call the fee a donation when it is mandatory to download the application. That isn't a donation.
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Myschizobuddy replied on 27 Jan 2012
@Big-Mac-XXL what rubbish? Incubator is where ALL NEW apps get in. Once they mature they are moved out of the incubator status. Apache will now be improving it along with the IBM Lotus symphony donation to Apache as well.
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martinb2 reviewed on 30 May 2011
You are doing a very good job since years and all that free of charge: 5 points!
Someone has send me a document (created by MS Office but unable to open it again) and I could open it with OpenOffice - so I would give you 10 points if possible!
[Version 3.4.0]


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Portbcv reviewed on 21 May 2011
Best free option available in a productivity tool.
[Version 3.4.0]


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Johnostrowick reviewed on 04 May 2011
Ugly and flaky, difficult to use by comparison to Pages, but if you're used to MS Office, this is similar. My only reason for recommending it is that it uses the UNIX printing system/CUPS to generate the PDF, rather than Quartz, which is useful if you have to deal with Lulu, the arrogant online publishers, who refuse to allow mac users to use Quartz.
[Version 3.4.0]

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Mark Lee replied on 30 Aug 2011
The problem with all these open source office copycats is the processing engine. OOo, Google, Pages, etc. — they all use the same one. They all process complex word files wrong. If a file has tables and included images and such, the files opens up with errors and all messed up.
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BigJohnson commented on 16 Apr 2011
Why the heck am I downloading a BETA?!
This isn't listed as a beta, so did the developer link to the wrong file, or was this intentional?

The file downloaded is OOo-Dev_3.4beta_20110411_MacOS_x86_install_en-US.dmg


I'll stick to iWork and Bean, TYVM.
[Version 3.4.0]


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FannyBunny commented on 14 Apr 2011
No matter what I do, this app will crash after a moment. Beach ball!!!
[Version 3.4.0]


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Big-Mac-XXL reviewed on 04 Feb 2011
OOo 3.3.0 ist totally unstable and therefore junk. About 15 seconds after EVERY start of the program it quits. No matter what you do. You can simply start the program and wait. BOOM. Crash. Worst release ever! Returned to OOo 3.2.1 and NeoOffice 3.1.2 which run fine. (BTW: The toolbar ist still white! No efforts in integration of OOo in MacOSX.)
[Version 3.3.0]

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Big-Mac-XXL replied on 04 Feb 2011
After a lot of try and error I deleted my OpenOffice profile under ApplicationSupport. Now runs OOo 3.3 stable. No random crashes anymore after startup. But I crashed OOo again, when I was trying to display an unsaved Impress presentation. After the restart of OOo it was unable to restore the file and the MacOSX-Menubar was killed (gone). OOo still need looooooots of work!
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Matthewmiller12345 had trouble on 17 Oct 2010
This is the Arabic version: the english version is here: http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/extended/3.3.0rc1/OOo_3.3.0rc1_20101015_MacOS_x86_langpack_en-US.dmg
[Version 3.3.0]


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Borlox had trouble on 17 Oct 2010
Link above is to the Arabic-only version. If that's not what you want, go to the developer's site.
[Version 3.3.0]


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Anung had trouble on 24 Feb 2010
Keep crashing if open the preferences menu and browse the options.
on 10.6.2
[Version 3.2.0]

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Pedro Fardilha replied on 31 Mar 2010
Not only that, but every so often it randomly crashes while using copy /paste from 2 cells.
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Myrdinn had trouble on 10 Aug 2009
After reading the comments, I'm kind of persuaded that I'm the only one with this problem.
And it's a huge one! I've downloaded the software (multiple times, different versions), and I can't open the .dmg file. This file give me the worst crash I've ever seen on Mac OS X. Can't mount the file. Final. I've tried many thing, and everytimes, result is the same : I've to reboot to regain control of my iMac. Weird, isn't it? I did even tried to rename the file, just to see. As soon as the file is selected : crash city! As bad as the first one trying to open the file! This is supposed to be a great piece of software, but I'm stuck with Micro$oft Office, maybe for the rest of my life.
[Version 3.1]

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HandyMac commented on 18 Aug 2009
Try NeoOffice (see the link above under OTHER PEOPLE SUGGEST). It's OpenOffice also, Macnified slightly differently; same file formats so completely compatible with standard OpenOffice. See feature comparison of NeoOffice, OpenOffice & MS Office here:
http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_3.0_Feature_Comparison
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reddog99 had trouble on 10 Jun 2008
I tried looking at the FTP & HTTP downloads and there is NO version 2.4.1 available for OS X What's going on?
[Version 2.4.1]

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MacUpdate Admin replied on 10 Jun 2008
Yes, there are 2.4.1 builds for OS X , just not for English currently:

http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US

Lots of people in the world use MacUpdate, and lots of people in the world do not speak English as their native tongue, so this version 2.4.1 was posted to MacUpdate.
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reddog99 replied on 11 Jun 2008
Would've saved a lot of bandwidth, and wasted user time just by specifying "English not available this version"....
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IrnBru001 had trouble on 19 Jun 2006
Neither build works on my intel macmini... Any one know how to make it work?
[Version 2.0.1]



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Fabio Milocco rated on 11 Nov 2011

[Version 3.4.0]



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TripHHH rated on 10 Nov 2011

[Version 3.4.0]




Ralph A_Paine Sr-y#ej rated on 22 Sep 2011

[Version 3.4.0]



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WillemDeJong rated on 17 Apr 2011

[Version 3.4.0]




Tiukov rated on 29 Mar 2011

[Version 3.3.0]




Old Cat rated on 26 Feb 2011

[Version 3.3.0]



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Nooneknowme rated on 21 Jan 2011

[Version 3.3.0]



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Emrys0821 rated on 17 Jan 2011

[Version 3.3.0]



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Fritz-Kirchberg rated on 14 Jan 2011

[Version 3.3.0]



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Celebritarian rated on 31 Dec 2010

[Version 3.3.0]


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