OpenOffice 3.0 Beta is released today, final version is expected to release in September. This is a beta version so may contain some bugs and some features may not work properly, but if you want to test the new features you can download from here.
New Features:
- First time OPenOffice will support MAC OSX, and reportedly it is stable on Mac OSX.
- Supports the features of upcoming version 1.2 of the ODF format.
- Now Openoffice can open files creates with Microsoft Office 2007 (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx etc).
- “This new feature in OpenOffice.org 3.0 allows collaborating on spreadsheets with multiple users. By sharing a spreadsheet; other users can easily add their data to the spreadsheet.”
- Start Center allows you to chose what module to select like document, spreadsheet etc.
See the full feature list here. via Download Squad
OpenOffice rocks! This latest update is really going to kick some serious butt, as the Office 2007 trick of changing their file extentions with all the x’s has now been addressed. Open Source is the way forward, who is going to pay exhorbitant amopunts of money for Office when one can use OpenOffice for free?