If you're strapped for cash or simply don't want to install Microsoft software on your Mac, OpenOffice for Mac is an excellent, if slightly imperfect alternative. The numerous settings and buttons that come with it can also be a little overwhelming too and it would be nice to see it made a little simpler and streamlined in future releases. This has certainly been improved in the latest releases but its still a sluggish old thing compared to Microsoft Office. However, the main one is that since it is largely based on Java, it can be rather slow and unresponsive particularly when opening new files. Occasionally, you will experience formatting or printing issues when using documents that have been made in Microsoft Office. Our Bugzilla issue tracking database provides a detailed list of solved issues. Further details on each of these areas are below. General areas of improvement include: additional native language translations, bug fixes, performance improvements and Windows 8 compatibility enhancements. There are some drawbacks to OpenOffice for Mac of course. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 here.

The six components OpenOffice for Mac comes with are Write, Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw, Base (database management) and Formula (mathematical application). It may not be quite as polished as Microsoft Office but considering you get all this for nothing, you really can't complain. Otherwise tags are similar to branches.OpenOffice for Mac 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. for Clang, compatibility with C++11, System STL, XCode 4, OSX 64bit, OSX 10.9)Įach tag marks an important SVN revision. makefile changes), will be merged back before next release Support of full DrawObject FillAttributeSet for Writer Framesīranch to test new l10n tools (incl. System-dependent primitive renderers for AOOĪlg_writerframes (reintegrated to trunk in r1579280) Long running overhaul of the drawing layer. The 4.0.x branch, would be used if we ever need a 4.0.x

Integration of a set of older child work spaces: This may be nice for organizational purposes, but currently it is not clear how this works with the Git mirror we now have and how it will be converted/handled in the future. alg directory containing all branches the user alg works on).

When creating new branches please do currently not use a deeper structure (e.g. The Apache OpenOffice source code that is currently under development is called trunk.īesides trunk there is a number of branches for development of features that may or may not be integrated into the next release: See for general information about the Apache OpenOffice source code.

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