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OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 released
All, OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 is available today. It is ready now in English; check with the Native Language projects for other languages. The release is recommended for everyone. It contains some nifty new features, fixes many small bugs and resolves numerous issues. For instance, spellcheck dictionaries are now directly integrated into OpenOffice.org and are immediately available after installation; there is no need for extra downloads. The community have also added import filters for Quattro Pro 6 and Microsoft Word 2. As well, other import filters have been improved, so that documents created by other applications can be edited in OpenOffice.org more seamlessly. Continuing with the the push to enhance OpenOffice.org's business functionality, it is now easier to use mail merge. As well, integration with the KDE address book is now possible. The appearance of the application has also been enhanced, and for Linux users, there are new icon sets for KDE and GNOME. The result of this and the other improvements is not just a prettier OpenOffice.org but a friendlier and more capable suite. And it's free. * Get OpenOffice.org: http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html * Release Notes: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/ 2.0.2rc4.html * Native Language Projects: http://projects.openoffice.org/native- lang.html About OpenOffice.org The OpenOffice.org Project is an international community of volunteers and sponsors including founding sponsor and primary contributor, Sun Microsystems. OpenOffice.org develops, supports, and promotes the open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.orgŪ. The project can be found at http://www.openoffice.org/. OpenOffice.orgŪ supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard and is available on major computing platforms in over 65 languages. OpenOffice.org is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL). Press Contacts Jacqueline McNally (UTC +08h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead jacqueline@openoffice.org +61 (8) 9474-3021 John McCreesh (UTC +01h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead jpmcc@openoffice.org +44 (131) 523-9218 Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -05h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager louis@openoffice.org +1 (416) 625 3843 Worldwide Marketing Contacts http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html (Log in to post comments)
OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 released Posted Mar 9, 2006 3:21 UTC (Thu) by crow (guest, #96) [Link] Does it still steal the keyboard focus when it starts up? When I set pointer focus, I mean it! I find it easier to VNC to a Windows system and use Word than deal with a misbehaving Linux application.
OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 released Posted Mar 9, 2006 13:50 UTC (Thu) by zooko (subscriber, #2589) [Link] Shouldn't your window manager prevent apps from doing things like that?
OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 released Posted Mar 10, 2006 16:09 UTC (Fri) by crow (guest, #96) [Link] I'm not sure how the internals of window managers work. I'm running twm. In theory, an application shouldn't require corrective action from a window manager in order to behave correctly.
OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 released Posted Mar 9, 2006 22:44 UTC (Thu) by andybruk (subscriber, #31794) [Link] No it doesn't steal the keyboard focus when it starts up.
OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 released Posted Mar 10, 2006 16:11 UTC (Fri) by crow (guest, #96) [Link] Yes, it does. For about 10 or 15 seconds shortly after starting it from a shell, moving the mouse between windows no longer selects the window. If I don't move the mouse and start typing, even if OOo doesn't start up under the pointer, everything I type goes to OOo.
OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 released Posted Mar 12, 2006 16:20 UTC (Sun) by im14u2c (subscriber, #5246) [Link] Does OOo 2.0 have a splash screen? Maybe that's interacting poorly w/ twm. I googled around briefly and found ways to disable the splash screen for OOo 1.1, so you might look into that for 2.0.
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