NeoOffice 2.1
Submitted by todd on Mon, 2007-04-02 21:07
The Open Source OpenOffice.org's Mac OS X version requires X11 to run. However, this is a native Mac OS X port...
This release is a minor point release behind OpenOffice.org 2.2. NeoOffice appears to have the added bonus of being able to read Word 2007's new DOCX file format as well as support Excel 2007 macros. I don't see this in OpenOffice.org's feature set. So, if anyone can explain where these features come from, please do to satisfy my curiousity. If I simply didn't see it in the OpenOffice.org announcements, please let me know about that too. Thanks...
todd, These new features
todd,
These new features come from the ooo-build and Novell builds.
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/press_releases/NeoOffice_2.1.html
"Support for interoperability with Microsoft Office 2007 Word documents and VBA, as well as the Solver-like module in NeoOffice's spreadsheet, is drawn from the ooo-build project, a branch of OpenOffice.org that includes several features which Sun has not yet integrated into the main OpenOffice.org code. Spearheaded by Novell, ooo-build is a collaboration between many individuals and vendors, including major Linux distributors."
These are new features that are in test mode. HtH
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