Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Released!
From the release notes:
Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is now available for download from our official download page. Building upon the great success of the OpenOffice 3.4 release, which has seen over 57 million downloads, this major update brings exciting new features, enhancements and bug fixes. OpenOffice 4.0 features an innovative new Sidebar user interface, additional language support for 22 languages (including 3 new languages), 500 bug fixes, improvements in Microsoft Office interoperability, enhancements to drawing/graphics, performance improvements, etc. You can read the details of these later in these Release Notes.
One other thing that you will notice immediately, on this page, our website and in other places, is our new logo. The new logo is the result of many design iterations, collaboration among talented designers and a contest where 40 logos were rated by over 50,000 users.
We wish to give a special “hello” to our upgrading users. We hope you like the new features, especially the Sidebar UI. This feature was based on code contributed by IBM, from their Lotus Symphony product. We adapted that code, and based on several rounds of feedback from users like you, improved it and integrated it into OpenOffice.
And for new users, welcome to the community! We hope you enjoy using Apache OpenOffice, the leading free and open office productivity suite.
As the OpenDocument Format (ODF) editor, I must confess a bias in favor of applications that use ODF. 😉
I am downloading a copy of Apache OpenOffice 4.0 in the background as I write this post.
You should too!
BTW, OpenDocument Format 1.3 (draft) is underway. If you have specific features or needs, contributing expertise (not just your request) to the ODF Technical Committee at OASIS will move applications such as Apache OpenOffice towards meeting your needs.