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 application, comprising a word processor Word processor

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, spreadsheet Spreadsheet

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, and database component. It is available for many different platforms, including Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows

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OpenOffice.org is a office suite Office suite

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 application, comprising a word processor Word processor

A word processor is a computer [i] application [i] used for the production of any ... 

, spreadsheet Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a rectangular table of information, often financial [i] information. ... 

, presentation program, vector graphics editor Vector graphics editor

A vector graphics editor is a computer program [i] that allows users to compose and edit vector graphics [i] ... 

, and database component. It is available for many different platforms, including Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a family of operating system [i]s by Microsoft [i].... 

, Unix-like Unix-like

A "Unix-like" operating system [i] is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix [i] system, while n... 

 systems including Linux Linux

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 and Solaris Solaris Operating System

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... 

, and Mac OS X Mac OS X

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. It is intended to be a compatible, free alternative to Microsoft Office Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a suite [i] of productivity program [i]s created or purchased by Microsoft [i] ... 

. It supports the OpenDocument standard for data interchange.

OpenOffice.org is based on the codebase of StarOffice, an office suite developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems

company_name = Sun Microsystems |
... 

 in August 1999. The source code Source code

Source code is any series of statements written in some human-readable [i] computer programming language [i] ... 

 of the suite was released as an open source Open source

Open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's s... 

 project in July 2000 with the aim of breaking the market dominance of Microsoft Office by providing a lower-cost, high-quality, and open alternative. The suite is free software Free software

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, with the source code for the application available under the GNU Lesser General Public License GNU Lesser General Public License

The GNU Lesser General Public License is a free software license [i] published by the Free Software Foundation [i]... 

 .

The project and software are informally referred to as "OpenOffice", but project organizers report that this term is a trademark Trademark

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 held by another party, requiring them to adopt "OpenOffice.org" as its formal name, and abbreviated as OOo or OO.o.

Overview


According to its mission statement, the OpenOffice.org project aims "To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format."

The project aims to compete with Microsoft Office and emulate its look and feel where suitable. It can also read and write most of the file formats found in Microsoft Office, and many other applications. The ability to read and write Microsoft Office documents is an essential feature of the suite for many users. OpenOffice.org has been found to be able to open files of older versions of Microsoft Office and damaged files that newer versions of Microsoft Office itself cannot open. However, it cannot open older Word for Macintosh files.

The primary development platforms are Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a family of operating system [i]s by Microsoft [i].... 

, GNU/Linux Linux

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 and Sun Solaris Solaris Operating System

name = Solaris
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... 

. There are also ports available or in progress for Mac OS X Mac OS X

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, OS/2 OS/2

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 and many Unix Unix

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-like operating system Operating system

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s.

The software has drawn various praises and skepticisms from different quarters. Federal Computer Week's September 26, 2005 issue listed OpenOffice.org as one of the "5 stars of open-source products." In contrast, OpenOffice.org was also used by The Guardian The Guardian

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newspaper to illustrate what it claims are the limitations of open-source software.

OpenOffice.org is a collection of different applications that work together closely to provide the features expected from a modern office suite. Many of the components are designed to mirror those available in Microsoft Office. The components available include:

  • Writer OpenOffice.org Writer

    OpenOffice.org Writer is an open source [i]/free software [i] word processor [i] which is a component of ... 

     — a word processor Word processor

    A word processor is a computer [i] application [i] used for the production of any ... 

     similar in look and feel to Microsoft Word Microsoft Word

    Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Office Word, is Microsoft [i]'s flagship word processing [i] ... 

     and offering a widely overlapping range of functions and tools. It also includes the ability to export Portable Document Format Portable Document Format

    Portable Document Format is a file format [i] proprietary [i] to Adobe Systems [i] for representing two ... 

      files with no additional software, and can also function as a WYSIWYG WYSIWYG

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     HTML editor HTML editor

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     for creating and editing web pages. One important difference between OpenOffice Writer and Microsoft Word is that in Writer, many functions and number formats from Calc are available in Writer's tables. Another difference is that in Writer, automatic save is turned OFF by default. Autosave should be turned on if the user lives in a power outage prone area or forgets to save frequently.


  • Calc OpenOffice.org Calc

    OpenOffice.org Calc is an open source [i]/free software [i] spreadsheet [i] which is a component of the ... 

     — a spreadsheet Spreadsheet

    A spreadsheet is a rectangular table of information, often financial [i] information. ... 

     similar to Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel

    Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet [i] program written and distributed by Microsoft [i] for computers us ... 

     with a roughly equivalent range of features. Calc provides a number of features not present in Excel, including a system which automatically defines series for graphing, based on the layout of the user's data. Calc is also capable of writing spreadsheets directly as a PDF file.


  • Impress — a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint

    Microsoft PowerPoint is a ubiquitous presentation program [i] developed for the Microsoft Windows [i] an ... 

    . It can export presentations to Adobe Flash Adobe Flash

    Adobe Flash , or simply Flash, refers to both the Adobe Flash Player [i] and to a multimedia autho... 

      files allowing them to be played on any computer with the Flash player installed. It also includes the ability to create PDF files. Impress suffers from a lack of ready-made presentation designs. However, templates are readily available on the Internet.


  • Base — a database program similar to Microsoft Access Microsoft Access

    Microsoft Access is a relational database management system [i] from Microsoft [i], packaged with Microsoft Office Professional [i] ... 

    . Base allows the creation and manipulation of databases, and the building of forms and reports to provide easy access to data for end-users. As with Access, Base is able to work as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases , ODBC data sources and MySQL MySQL

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    /PostgreSQL PostgreSQL

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    . Base only became part of the suite starting with version 2.0.


  • Draw — a vector graphics editor Vector graphics editor

    A vector graphics editor is a computer program [i] that allows users to compose and edit vector graphics [i] ... 

     comparable in features to CorelDRAW CorelDRAW

    CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor [i] developed and marketed by Corel Corporation [i] of Ottawa [i] ... 

    . It features versatile "connectors" between shapes, which are available in a range of line styles and facilitate building drawings such as flowcharts.


  • Math — a tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor. Formulae can be embedded inside other OpenOffice.org documents, such as those created by Writer. It supports multiple fonts Typeface

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     and can export to PDF Portable Document Format

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    .


  • Quickstarter — a small program for Windows that runs when the computer starts for the first time. It loads the core files and libraries for OpenOffice.org during computer startup and allows the suite applications to start more quickly when selected later. The amount of time it takes to open OpenOffice.org applications was a common complaint in version 1.0 of the suite, and Quickstarter was a solution of sorts. Substantial improvements were made in this area for version 2.0.


  • The macro recorder — is used to record user actions and replay them later to help with automating tasks, similar to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Visual Basic for Applications

    ... 

     . It is available in the Writer and Calc applications and is based on StarOffice Basic. In addition to StarOffice Basic macros, the upcoming Novell edition of OpenOffice 2.0 supports running Microsoft VBA macros, a feature expected to be incorporated into the mainstream version soon.


It is not possible to download these components individually on Windows, though they can be installed separately. Most Linux distributions break the components into individual packages which may be downloaded and installed separately.

History

OpenOffice.org versions
VersionDescriptionRelease Date
Build 638cThe first milestone releaseOctober 2001
1.0 May 1, 2002
1.1 September 2, 2003
1.1.3 October 4, 2004
1.1.5Last release for 1.x product lineSeptember 14, 2005
1.1.5secpatch Security patchJuly 4, 2006
2.0MilestoneOctober 20, 2005
2.0.1 December 21, 2005
2.0.2 March 8, 2006
2.0.3Latest stable releaseJune 29, 2006


Originally developed as the proprietary software application suite StarOffice by the German company StarDivision, the code was purchased in 1999 by Sun Microsystems. In August 1999 version 5.2 of StarOffice was made available free of charge.

On July 19 2000, Sun Microsystems announced that it was making the source code of StarOffice available for download under both the Lesser General Public License GNU Lesser General Public License

The GNU Lesser General Public License is a free software license [i] published by the Free Software Foundation [i]... 

  and the Sun Industry Standards Source License  with the intention of building an open source development community around the software. The new project was known as OpenOffice.org, and its website went live on October 13 2000.

Work on version 2.0 began in early 2003 with the following goals: better interoperability with Microsoft Office; better performance, with improved speed and lower memory usage; greater scripting capabilities; better integration, particularly with GNOME Gnome

A gnome is a legendary creature [i] characterized by its very small stature and subterranean lifestyle.... 

; an easier-to-find and use database front-end for creating reports, forms and queries; a new built-in SQL database; and improved usability. A beta version Development stage

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 was released on March 4 2005.

On September 2 2005 Sun announced that it was 'retiring' the Sun Industry Standards Source License . As a consequence the OpenOffice.org Community Council announced that it would no longer dual license the office suite, and future versions would use only the LGPL.

On October 20 2005, OpenOffice.org 2.0 was formally released to the public. Eight weeks after the release of Version 2.0, an update, OpenOffice.org 2.0.1, was released. It fixed minor bugs and introduced new features.

As of the 2.0.3 release, OpenOffice.org changed its release cycle from 18-months to releasing updates, feature enhancements and bug fixes every three months.

StarOffice


Sun subsidizes the development of OpenOffice.org in order to use it as a base for its commercial StarOffice application software. Releases of StarOffice since version 6.0 have been based on the OpenOffice.org source code, with some additional proprietary components, including:

  • Added font Typeface

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    s
  • Adabas D database
  • Added document templates
  • Clip art Clip art

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  • Sorting functionality for Asian versions
  • Added file filters.
  • Migration assessment tool
  • Macro migration tool
  • Configuration management tool


Just as the development of StarOffice borrows from progress in the OpenOffice.org code, it was used as the basis when the OpenOffice.org development started. OpenOffice.org, therefore, inherited many features from StarOffice, including the OpenOffice.org XML file format which it retained until version 2, when it was replaced by OpenDocument.

Development


Overview

The OpenOffice.org API is based on a component technology known as Universal Network Objects . It consists of a wide range of interfaces defined in a CORBA-like interface description language.

The document file format used is based on XML and several export and import filters. All external formats read by OpenOffice.org are converted back and forth from an internal XML representation. By using compression when saving XML to disk, files are generally smaller than the equivalent binary Microsoft Office documents. The native file format for storing documents in version 1.0 was used as the basis of the OASIS Oasis

In geography [i], an oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert [i], typically surrounding a spring [i] ... 

 OpenDocument file format standard, which has become the default file format in version 2.0.

Development versions of the suite are released every few weeks on the developer zone of the OpenOffice.org website. The releases are meant for those who wish to test new features or are simply curious about forthcoming changes, they are not suitable for production use.

The project is still essentially run by StarOffice staff, and getting non-Sun contributions into the core codebase can be difficult, even for the project's other corporate sponsors.

Native desktop integration

OpenOffice.org 1.0 was criticized for the lack of look and feel of native applications when comparing to the platform it is running on. Starting from version 2.0, OpenOffice.org uses the native widget toolkit, icons and typeface Typeface

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-rendering libraries across a variety of platforms, to better match native applications and provide a smoother experience for the user. There are projects underway to further improve this integration on both GNOME Gnome

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 and KDE KDE

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.

OpenOffice.org can also be used on Mac OS X Mac OS X

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. A version using the Aqua interface was planned for OpenOffice.org version 2, but due to technical challenges, licensing complications and limited development resources, the project was postponed to the OpenOffice.org 3.0 release. The application has been made available in two intermediate varieties that run on OS X in the meantime:

  • OpenOffice.org Mac OS X . This version requires the installation of X11.app X11.app

    name = X11

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 or XDarwin. This is a close port of the well-tested Unix version. It provides the functional capabilities of the Unix versions, but does not integrate smoothly with OS X fonts, and its user interface is that of an X11 application.

  • NeoOffice NeoOffice

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    . This version integrates with OS X by using Java, Carbon Carbon

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     and Cocoa Cocoa

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    . NeoOffice is easier to install, adheres fairly closely to OS X GUI standards , and has full access to OS X's font and printing subsystems. It is the work of a very small team and relies on completion of the OS X X11 version of OpenOffice.org, so its releases lag slightly behind the official OpenOffice.org releases.

Other projects

Other projects run alongside the main OpenOffice.org project and are easier to contribute to. These include documentation, internationalization and localization and the API.

OpenGroupware.org is a set of extension programs to allow the sharing of OpenOffice.org documents, calendars, address books, e-mail E-mail

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s, instant messaging Instant messaging

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 and blackboards, and provide access to other groupware applications.

There is also an effort to create and share assorted document templates and other useful additions at OOExtras.

A set of Perl Perl

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 extensions is available through the CPAN in order to allow OpenOffice.org document processing by external programs. These libraries do not use the OpenOffice.org API. They directly read or write the OpenOffice.org files using Perl standard file compression/uncompression, XML access and UTF-8 UTF-8

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 encoding modules.

A distribution of OpenOffice.org called "Portable OpenOffice.org" is designed to run the suite from a USB flash drive USB flash drive

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.

Openoffice.org extensions are on the way: .

Security

As of September 26 2006, the security site Secunia Secunia

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 reports no known security flaws for OOo 2.x. Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Lab

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 has shown a proof of concept virus for OpenOffice.org. This shows OOo viruses are possible, but there is no known virus "in the wild".

In a private meeting of the French Ministry of Defense, additional macro-related security issues were raised. OpenOffice.org developers have responded by noting there has been no published vulnerability, but have been in talks with the researcher to fix the vulnerability.

Reactions


Market share

Although Microsoft Office retains 95% of the general market, OpenOffice.org and StarOffice have secured 14% of the large enterprise market as of 2004. The OpenOffice.org web site reports more than 61 million downloads.

Large scale users of OpenOffice.org include Singapore's Ministry of Defense, and Bristol Bristol

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 City Council in the UK. In France France

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, OpenOffice.org has attracted the attention of both local and national government administrations who wish to rationalize their software procurement, as well as have stable, standard file formats for archival purposes. It is now the official office suite for the French Gendarmerie Gendarmerie Nationale (France)

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... 

.

On October 4 2005, Sun and Google Google

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 announced a strategic partnership. As part of this agreement, Sun will add a Google search bar to OpenOffice.org, Sun and Google will engage in joint marketing activities as well as joint research and development, and Google will help distribute OpenOffice.org.

Besides StarOffice, there are still a number of OpenOffice.org derived commercial products. Most of them are developed under SISSL license . In general they are targeted at local or niche market, with proprietary add-ons such as speech recognition module, automatic database connection, or better CJK support.

See also the page for additional details.

Java controversy

Version 1 depended on a Java Runtime Environment  being present on the user's computer for some auxiliary functions, but version 2 increased the suite's use of the programming platform. The following areas of OpenOffice.org 2.0 depend on a JRE being present:

  • The media player on Unix-like systems
  • All document wizards in Writer
  • Accessibility tools
  • Report Autopilot
  • JDBC driver support
  • HSQL HSQLDB

    HSQLDB is a relational database management system [i] written in Java [i]. ... 

     database engine, which is used in OpenOffice.org base
  • XSLT XSL Transformations

    Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations is an XML [i]-based language used for the transformation of XML documents [i] ... 

     filters
  • BeanShell, the NetBeans NetBeans

    [i] for the development of [[Java programming language|Java]... 

     scripting language and the Java UNO bridge
  • Export filters to the Aportis.doc format for the Palm OS Palm OS

    Palm OS is a compact operating system [i] developed and licensed by PalmSource, Inc. [i] for personal digital assistant [i] ... 

     or Pocket Word Windows Mobile

    Windows Mobile is a compact operating system [i] combined with a suite of basic applications for mobile ... 

      format for the Pocket PC Pocket PC

    A Pocket PC, abbreviated P/PC or PPC, is a handheld-sized computer [i] that runs a specific ... 




The dependency on an installed JRE had drawn criticism from advocates of free software Free software

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, as the JRE generally available for desktop platforms is a proprietary application bundle, thus undercutting the principles of freedom advocated by such groups. The fact that Sun Microsystems is both the creator of Java and the chief supporter of OpenOffice.org has drawn accusations of ulterior motives for this technology choice.

The issue of OpenOffice.org's use of Java came to the fore in May 2005, when Richard Stallman Richard Stallman

Richard Matthew Stallman is the founder of the free software movement [i], the GNU Project [i], the Free Software Foundation [i] ... 

 appeared to call for a fork Fork

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 of the application in a posting on the Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation

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 website. This led to discussions within the OpenOffice.org community and between Sun staff and developers involved in GNU Classpath GNU Classpath

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, a free replacement for Sun's Java implementation, in which it was determined that all necessary steps were in place to ensure that key OpenOffice.org uses of the Java platform would be supported in GCJ and Classpath.

Fedora Core Fedora Core

Fedora Core is an RPM [i]-based Linux distribution [i], developed by the community-s ... 

 4 included a beta version of OpenOffice.org version 2, running on GCJ and GNU Classpath. This demonstrated that the use of Java did not need to be a barrier to the use of OpenOffice.org on free software platforms. When 2.0 stable was released, the same continued. The OpenOffice.org developers also placed into their development guidelines various requirements to ensure that future versions of OpenOffice.org could be run on free implementations of Java.

Sun Microsystems announced in May 2006 that it intends to release the Java platform under an open-source license. In late June 2006 a Sun Microsystems executive announced Sun is "just months away" from making this move. Releasing Java under a compatible open source license would eliminate any controversy regarding the use of the language in a free software application.

A common point of confusion is that mail merge to generate emails requires the Java API JavaMail in StarOffice; however, as of version 2.0.1, OpenOffice.org uses a Python Python (programming language)

Python is a programming language [i] created by Guido van Rossum [i] in 1990 [i]. ... 

-component instead.. This additionally brings in a dependency on a Python interpreter being available on the user's system.

Start-up performance

Some users experience start-up performance problems when launching OpenOffice.org. On Linux this can be caused by the loading of the system's JRE when the application starts. OpenOffice.org is working to iron out several performance bottlenecks following complaints that the application takes relatively long to start up, especially on Linux systems. The project plans to solve the issue, partly by allowing the application to pre-load on systems.

Trivia


OpenOffice.org includes several easter eggs, including some quite fully-fledged games:

  • By going into Calc and putting =Game into any cell, a version of Space Invaders Space Invaders

    Space Invaders is an arcade [i] video game [i] designed by Toshihiro Nishikado [i] in 19 ... 

     is playable. Although if you try to play it again too soon you will be greeted with the message "oh no, not again!" To play again, you must fully close OpenOffice.
  • By going into Calc and putting =Game into cell A4, a version of Tic-tac-toe Tic-tac-toe

    Tic-tac-toe, also called noughts and crosses, hugs and kisses, and many other names, is a pen-and-paper game [i] ... 

     is playable.
  • By going into Calc and putting =StarCalcTeam into any cell, the names and picture of the OpenOffice.org Calc developer team are shown. To view it again, you must fully close OpenOffice. Any following times which it is placed into a cell, the cell shows a bold number 42.
  • In the about window, holding down Ctrl and typing sdt displays the build number and a list of credits.

See also

  • List of office suites
  • Comparison of office suites
  • Open format
  • Hunspell, the default spellchecker for OpenOffice.

References


External links



  • - A list of solutions and complementary applications using OpenOffice.org
  • for community contributions to OpenOffice.org documentation
  • for OpenOffice.org