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EDITOR NOTES
Note: OpenOffice 3.2.1 is currently in beta; the latest release is rc2 but it reports in the Finder as simply 3.2.1 (and is reflected accordingly on MacUpdate).
DESCRIPTION
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.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.2.1rc2:
  • Added language list entry and locale data for Oromo_Ethiopia [om-ET]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering.
  • Added locale data for Uyghur_China [ug-CN]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering.
  • Added "Greek, Ancient" [grc-GR] to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking.
  • Added locale data for Somali_Somalia [so-SO]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering.
  • Added "Sorbian, Lower" [dsb-DE] and "Sorbian, Upper" [hsb-DE] to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking.
  • Added locale data for Asturian_Spain [ast-ES]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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Developer:OpenOffice.org Group
Downloads:292,245
  - Version d/l:8,227
Business:Applications
License:Free
Date:29 May 2010
Platform:Intel
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Jun 24 2010
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BIG MAC XXL  OpenOffice 3.2.1 became my favourite office suite. The best part of it is Calc, the spreadsheet program. Powerful and stable.

Writer is also a nice text processor although you can use it only with basic fonts styles like Roman, Italic, Bold and BoldItalic. Writer doesn't handle fonts with more styles. NeoOffice can!

The database and presentation programs are quite bad. Base is very basic and Impress is very unimpressing by displaying animations not as smooth as PowerPoint. Even with a fast CPU.

The GUI of the OOo Mac version is a little broken since it shows the main menu in white color (NeoOffice uses the standard grey).

Options are often hidden and not easy accessible.

Positive is the use of the standardized Open Document Format.

Another good point is the stability of the program. I never experienced a crash of OOo!

And of course OpenOffice is free software.  
(Version 3.2.1)

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May 29 2010

YOSHINATSU  So.... is that last version 3.2.1 RC2 or is it the final 3.2.1 release?  
(Version 3.2.1)

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May 29 2010

MISHA  See the Editor's Note above. This is RC2. For whatever reason OpenOffice doesn't like accurately representing the version number in the app's metadata.  
(Version 3.2.1)

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May 10 2010

WILPON  Sun only had 2 developers working on OpenOffice, IBM now has the largest volume of developers in the mix.  
(Version 3.2.1)

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May 10 2010

JAMUS  Oracle... Please don't screw up OpenOffice.

OpenOffice could be so much bigger than it really is. Given Oracle's history of buy-to-kill methods, I hope OpenOffice is given a chance to be a strong free alternative to MS Office and not left rotting on the vine.  
(Version 3.2.1)

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Feb 24 2010

ANUNG ANINDITA  Keep crashing if open the preferences menu and browse the options.

on 10.6.2  
(Version 3.2.0)

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Mar 31 2010

PEDRO FARDILHA  Not only that, but every so often it randomly crashes while using copy /paste from 2 cells.  
(Version 3.2.0)

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Feb 12 2010

UMAROMC  OpenOffice- every version I've tried up to this one- seems to choke on RTL language font layout whereas NeoOffice has not for awhile. This is an excellent product otherwise and I'm glad they seem to be keeping on par (more or less (read: less)) with the Mac OS X development.  
(Version 3.2.0)

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Feb 11 2010

APEMAN  Vers 3.2

Launch is much faster now.

Nice...

Mini CoreDuo 2 2 gigs and 2 gigs RAM

10.6.2  
(Version 3.2.0)

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Jan 28 2010

THEL  The OpenOffice.org 3.2.0rc4 installer for PowerPC (English)...

http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.2.0rc4_20100125/OOo_3.2.0rc4_20100125_MacOSXPowerPC_install.dmg

Other languages...

http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.2.0rc4_20100125/  
(Version 3.2.0r4)

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Jan 23 2010

THEL  The OpenOffice.org 3.2.0rc3 installer for PowerPC (English)...

http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.2.0rc3_20100115/OOo_3.2.0rc3_20100115_MacOSXPowerPC_install.dmg

Other languages...

http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.2.0rc3_20100115/  
(Version 3.2.0rc3)

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Jan 21 2010

NEALNT  Version 3.2 rc3 does not display all the toolbar icons. Instead there are rectangles.

Mac OS 10.6.2 Intel Mac.  
(Version 3.2.0rc3)

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