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OpenOffice.org 3.1 Available At A Server Near You

10:40PM Kevin Purdy | It’s not official, but OpenOffice.org 3.1, a bug-fixing and feature-adding release of the open-source office suite, can now be found and downloaded. More »

OpenOffice.org Portable 3.0 Ready For Your Thumb Drive

10:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: OpenOffice.org 3, the latest version of the free, open-source office suite, has gotten a full thumb drive packaging by the PortableApps.com team. That’s great news for anyone working while travelling, or who wants to test out the features and improvements of the 3.0 release without a full installation on their system. This OpenOffice version has also been rolled into the full PortableApp suite, a customizable, menu-launched package of nifty tools for your USB drive. OpenOffice.org Portable 3.0 is a free downoad for any thumb drive, but requires a Windows system (or Linux system with WINE) to run. It doesn’t appear to require Java on the host machine. OpenOffice.org Portable 3.0 [PortableApps.com] More »

OpenSUSE 11.1 Adds OpenOffice.org 3.0, Other Improvements

2:00AM Kevin Purdy | OpenSUSE is out with an 11.1 release that rolls in the latest improvements to GNOME, KDE, the Linux kernel and more, as well as packaging OpenOffice.org 3.0 (which we’ve toured) and renovating the built-in printer and partition tools. Grab an live CD image or torrent link to try it out. More »

SoftMaker Office Is A Fast And Lightweight Office Suite

7:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: SoftMaker Office is a free, lightweight office suite consisting of two fast, simple applications. The first, TextMaker, is a Microsoft Word-compatible word processor that runs lean (using around 12MB of RAM on my system) and is surprisingly feature rich. The second, called PlanMaker, is an Excel-compatible spreadsheet app that likewise offers impressive functionality, speed, and an equally light footprint. As if all that wasn’t good enough, SoftMaker Office can run off your thumb drive, so it’s a no-brainer when you need to open a Word or Excel document on someone else’s computer. If you need an occasional word processor or spreadsheet app but don’t need all the extra bloat of Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, or even previously mentioned Go-oo, this one’s worth a try. SoftMaker Office is a free download, Windows only. Thanks johnsmith1234! SoftMaker Office 2006 More »

Go-oo Takes The Bloat Out Of OpenOffice.org

7:01AM Adam Pash | Windows/Linux: Free application Go-oo is a fork of the popular Microsoft Office alternative OpenOffice.org focusing on speed and greater compatibility. If you’ve ever used OpenOffice.org, Go-oo’s load speed may blow your mind the first time you launch it, and it maintains a relatively small footprint while you’re using it. The actual look and feel of Go-oo is the same as OpenOffice.org because it’s essentially the same application (it’s even still called OpenOffice.org). It is, however, stripped of some of the new features available in OO.org 3.0. Go-oo is free, Windows and Linux only. If you’re a frequent OO.org user and you give it a try, let’s hear how it compares in the comments. Go-oo [via OStatic] More »

Sun PDF Import Adds PDF Editing To OpenOffice.org

6:00AM Adam Pash | OpenOffice.org only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The Sun PDF Import extension imports and edits PDFs with the free Microsoft Office alternative OO.org. Rather than import the PDFs into the Writer program, the extension works with OO.org’s Draw application. Once imported, you can still edit text or other portions of the document. The extension isn’t perfect, but it appears to be under active development and could come in really handy under the right circumstances. The Sun PDF Import extension is free, works wherever OpenOffice.org 3.0 does. Want to learn more about whether OO.org can replace Office? Check out our first look at the latest release. Sun PDF Import Extension [OpenOffice.org via MakeUseOf] More »

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Officially Available

3:30AM Adam Pash | The download may have hit a server near you last week, but today OpenOffice.org 3.0—the open-source Microsoft Office alternative—gets its official release. The OO.org servers have been hit hard, but so far download speeds seem to be holding up well. More »

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Final On A Server Near You

2:30AM Adam Pash | If our first look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 has you salivating for the official download of this free Microsoft Office replacement, the final release has already been pushed to a mirror near you (like this one). Expect an official release announcement on Monday. [via Ghacks] More »

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Close To Final Release

8:37AM Gina Trapani | OpenOffice.org’s third release candidate of version 3.0 is now available for testers; the official release is due out next week. Here’s our first look at OpenOffice.org 3.0. [via] More »