OpenOffice.org 2.1 released

2006-12-12

All,

The OpenOffice.org Community are proud to announce the release of  
OpenOffice.org 2.1, the latest version of the leading open-source  
office suite.

There are a number of important new features for users in this  
release. The presentations application, Impress, now supports  
multiple monitors, with the presenter choosing where to display the  
presentation. The Calc spreadsheet has an improved HTML export  
capability, using styles to better recreate in a browser the  
appearance of the original spreadsheet. The database application,  
Base, has a number of enhancements, including improved support for  
Microsoft's Access product. The popular Quickstarter is now available  
for GNU/Linux users as a GTK application. OpenOffice.org's impressive  
language support is enhanced with five more localisations.

However, OpenOffice.org is not simply a great productivity suite for  
end users. OpenOffice.org software technology is also available for  
developers, systems integrators, and others to use in their own  
applications. OpenOffice.org 2.1 extends support for version control  
to extensions, simplifying the management of packages for those  
developing extensions.

Version 2.1 is the third release of OpenOffice.org in 2006, and  
reflects the Community's commitment to making new features available  
to users every few months. To help make this as smooth as possible,  
OpenOffice.org 2.1 also includes an improved on-line notifier, which  
checks regularly and informs users if a new version is available  
(users may choose to disable this option at any time).

OpenOffice.org 2.1 is now available for download free of charge.

* <http://download.openoffice.org/2.1/>
If the download servers are busy, there is an alternative legal peer- 
to-peer (P2P) system.

* <http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2/>

Alternatively, OpenOffice.org Community Distributors supply the  
software on CD-ROM in many countries.

* <http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/?

OpenOffice.org's Native Language project can advise on the  
availability of translations.

*  <http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html>


About OpenOffice.org

The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer  
and sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the  
leading open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®.  
OpenOffice.org's leading edge software technology (UNO) is also  
available for developers, systems integrators, etc to use in  
OpenOffice.org extensions or in their own applications.

OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office  
Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as  
legacy industry file formats and is available on major computing  
platforms in over 70 languages. OpenOffice.org software is provided  
under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be used  
free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial.

The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a  
number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor  
and primary contributor.



Further information about OpenOffice.org products:

The OpenOffice.org office suite for users:< http://www.openoffice.org/ 
product/>
OpenOffice.org Universal Network Objects (UNO) for developers:<  
http://udk.openoffice.org/>
OpenOffice.org Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers: <http:// 
api.openoffice.org/>


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