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Planamesa Software and the NeoOffice.org community have made available the following media release to use when announcing NeoOffice® 2.1 in your country or region. Background information is available in the [[NeoOffice 2.1 Press Kit|NeoOffice® 2.1 Press Kit]]. Planamesa Software and the NeoOffice.org community have made available the following media release to use when announcing NeoOffice® 2.1 in your country or region. Background information is available in the [[NeoOffice 2.1 Press Kit|NeoOffice® 2.1 Press Kit]].
-Please coordinate release activities with the NeoOffice® Community Relations Team in the [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3938&start=15 2.1 Press Kit] topic on trinity to eliminate overlap. The release is also available in <!--[[NeoOffice/J Announcement Text#alternate_formats|-->alternate formats<!--]]--> more suitable for email.+Please coordinate release activities with the NeoOffice® Community Relations Team in the [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3938&start=15 2.1 Press Kit] topic on trinity to eliminate overlap. <!--The release is also available in [[NeoOffice/J Announcement Text#alternate_formats|alternate formats]] more suitable for email.
-<br><div style="border: 1px solid #006; background-color: #F0F0FF; padding: 0.5em; text-align: center;">[[#Announcement_%5Ben%5D|English]] | [[#Announcement_%5Bfr%5D|Français]] | [[#Announcement_%5Bnl%5D|Nederlands]] | [[#Announcement_%5Bno%5D|Norsk]]</div><br>+<br><div style="border: 1px solid #006; background-color: #F0F0FF; padding: 0.5em; text-align: center;">[[#Announcement_%5Ben%5D|English]] | [[#Announcement_%5Bfr%5D|Français]] | [[#Announcement_%5Bnl%5D|Nederlands]] | [[#Announcement_%5Bno%5D|Norsk]]</div><br>-->
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-Translations should be completed by Sunday, June 19, 11:59 PM UTC. Then the <nowiki>__NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki> will be inserted and the page will be locked again through the release. NeoOffice®/J Writer and PDF versions of the release(s) will also be made available. -->+If you have noticed any typos, instances of poor grammar, or stylistic or formatting issues, you '''must''' mention them in the [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3938&start=15 "2.1 Press Kit"] topic on trinity and one of Community Relations Team leads will make they changes and ensure the translators are notified if the fix alters the sense of the text.
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== Announcement [en] == == Announcement [en] ==
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Santa Clara, California, USA - Planamesa Software and the NeoOffice.org community are proud to introduce <b>NeoOffice 2.1</b>, a significantly-enhanced version of the Mac OS X-native version of the OpenOffice.org office suite that includes Microsoft Office-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database applications. Santa Clara, California, USA - Planamesa Software and the NeoOffice.org community are proud to introduce <b>NeoOffice 2.1</b>, a significantly-enhanced version of the Mac OS X-native version of the OpenOffice.org office suite that includes Microsoft Office-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database applications.
-'''[need new pluby intro quote]''' "This release is the culmination of many thousands of volunteer hours," said Patrick Luby, CEO and Chief Engineer of NeoOffice.org. "As a result of this tremendous effort, we have a very stable, full-featured office suite for Mac OS X that supports dozens of languages."+"This release is the culmination of many thousands of volunteer hours," said Patrick Luby, CEO and Chief Engineer of NeoOffice.org. "As a result of this tremendous effort, we are introducing a major new version of a very stable, full-featured office suite for Mac OS X that supports dozens of languages."
NeoOffice 2.1 is available today as a free download from the NeoOffice website at http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/. NeoOffice 2.1 is available today as a free download from the NeoOffice website at http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/.
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NeoOffice 2.1 also offers localized user interfaces in nearly sixty languages and supports text entry in Roman and non-Roman scripts, including South Asian, East Asian, right-to-left and complex text layout scripts. This has allowed individuals and organizations across the globe—from schools to non-profits to corporations—to adopt NeoOffice as their primary office suite. NeoOffice 2.1 also offers localized user interfaces in nearly sixty languages and supports text entry in Roman and non-Roman scripts, including South Asian, East Asian, right-to-left and complex text layout scripts. This has allowed individuals and organizations across the globe—from schools to non-profits to corporations—to adopt NeoOffice as their primary office suite.
-'''[new peterlin quote]''' "We've leveraged OpenOffice.org's amazing internationalization efforts, which makes NeoOffice a great solution for Mac OS X users all around the world," said Ed Peterlin, CTO and Chief Visionary of NeoOffice.org.+"We've leveraged OpenOffice.org's amazing internationalization efforts, which makes NeoOffice a great solution for Mac OS X users all around the world," said Ed Peterlin, CTO and Chief Visionary of NeoOffice.org.
==== A Simple Idea ==== ==== A Simple Idea ====
-'''[''keep this, or new?'']''' "When I started the NeoOffice project, there really was no viable alternative to Microsoft's Mac version of Office," noted Luby. "There were other Mac word processors, but few that included spreadsheet and presentation support. The cross-platform OpenOffice.org suite incorporated all three and featured strong compatibility with Microsoft Office documents. So creating a native Mac OS X version of OpenOffice.org seemed like a good idea."+"When I started the NeoOffice project, there really was no viable alternative to Microsoft's Mac version of Office," noted Luby. "There were other Mac word processors, but few that included spreadsheet and presentation support. The cross-platform OpenOffice.org suite incorporated all three and featured strong compatibility with Microsoft Office documents. So creating a native Mac OS X version of OpenOffice.org seemed like a good idea."
==== Seamless Integration of OpenOffice.org with Mac OS X ==== ==== Seamless Integration of OpenOffice.org with Mac OS X ====
-Based on the latest stable OpenOffice.org codebase, NeoOffice 2.1 offers extensive integration with Mac OS X. Key Macintosh features include a native menu bar the the ”blue button” widgets characteristic of Mac OS X’s Aqua look, use of the Mac OS X printing system, full clipboard support, drag-and-drop, Mac ”command” key shortcuts, mouse scrolling, integration with major Mac email clients, and native support for Mac fonts. NeoOffice also ships with a plugin for Spotlight, Mac OS X's search function, that allows contents of NeoOffice documents to be indexed and found by Spotlight. NeoOffice 2.1 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later and runs natively on Intel-based Macintoshes.+Based on the latest stable OpenOffice.org codebase, NeoOffice 2.1 offers extensive integration with Mac OS X. Key Macintosh features include a native menu bar, the "blue button" widgets characteristic of the Mac OS X "Aqua" look, use of the Mac OS X printing system, full clipboard support, drag-and-drop, Mac "command" key shortcuts, mouse scrolling, integration with major Mac email clients, and native support for Mac fonts. NeoOffice also ships with a plugin for Spotlight, the Mac OS X search function, that allows contents of NeoOffice documents to be indexed and found by Spotlight. NeoOffice 2.1 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later and runs natively on Intel-based Macintoshes.
-'''[i just modified this one a tiny bit from the 1.1 version]''' "NeoOffice 2.1 is a standalone, double-clickable Mac application and does not require additional X11 software," said Peterlin. "Our goal is to make NeoOffice 100% indistinguishable from any other Macintosh application in look-and-feel. Version 2.1 is another major milestone on that road."+"NeoOffice 2.1 is a standalone, double-clickable Mac application and does not require additional X11 software," said Peterlin. "Our goal is to make NeoOffice 100% indistinguishable from any other Macintosh application in look-and-feel. Version 2.1 is another major milestone on that road."
==== Supports Office 2007 Word Documents and Excel Macros ==== ==== Supports Office 2007 Word Documents and Excel Macros ====
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Unlike all current versions of Microsoft Office for Mac, NeoOffice 2.1 allows Mac users to read and write Microsoft Office 2007 (OpenXML) Word documents. Also, due to Microsoft's announcement that the next version of Microsoft Office for Mac will no longer include support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros, NeoOffice 2.1 is now one of the only ongoing solutions for Mac users who use VBA macros in their Excel documents. Support for OpenXML Excel and PowerPoint documents is planned in the future. Unlike all current versions of Microsoft Office for Mac, NeoOffice 2.1 allows Mac users to read and write Microsoft Office 2007 (OpenXML) Word documents. Also, due to Microsoft's announcement that the next version of Microsoft Office for Mac will no longer include support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros, NeoOffice 2.1 is now one of the only ongoing solutions for Mac users who use VBA macros in their Excel documents. Support for OpenXML Excel and PowerPoint documents is planned in the future.
-Support for interoperability with Microsoft Office 2007 Word documents and VBA, as well as the Solver-like module in NeoOffice's spreadsheet, is drawn from the ooo-build project, a branch of OpenOffice.org that includes several features which Sun has not yet integrated into the main OpenOffice.org code. Spearheaded by Novell, ooo-build is a collaboration between many individuals and vendors, including major Linux distributors.+Support for interoperability with Microsoft Office 2007 Word documents and VBA, as well as the Solver-like module in NeoOffice's spreadsheet, is drawn from the ooo-build project, a branch of OpenOffice.org that includes several features which Sun has not yet integrated into the main OpenOffice.org code. Spearheaded by Novell, ooo-build is a collaboration between many individuals and vendors, including major Linux distributors. NeoOffice.org is proud to be cooperating with the ooo-build project to help make important features like OpenXML and VBA macro support available for all Mac owners. "It's great to have NeoOffice making their work available under the JCA<!--http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/JCA [Joint Copyright Assignment] do not translate this--> to OpenOffice.org via ooo-build and building on our substantial investment here. I'm excited about working with them going forward," said Michael Meeks, Distinguished Engineer, Novell.
==== Improved Mac OS X Intel and Aqua Support ==== ==== Improved Mac OS X Intel and Aqua Support ====
-NeoOffice 2.1 is the only complete Macintosh office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications) that runs natively on Intel-based Macs. Competing office suites either lack a key application, run under the Rosetta emulator on Intel Macs, or require a separate X11 environment.+NeoOffice 2.1 is the only complete Macintosh office suite (with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications) that runs natively on Intel-based Macs. Other office suites either lack a key application, run under the Rosetta emulator on Intel Macs, or require the separate X11 environment.
-During the year-long effort to ensure NeoOffice would run just as well on Intel Macs as on PowerPC-based Macs, the NeoOffice team was also hard at work improving the application's look and feel. "After three years of development and fixing bugs, the foundations of NeoOffice were finally in place," Peterlin said. "<!--NeoOffice was finally stable enough-->NeoOffice had proved itself stable and useful enough to be deserving of the fit and finish of a true Mac application." As a result of those efforts, NeoOffice 2.1 now includes near-complete Aqua widget support and a brand-new community-produced icon set called Akua.+During the year-long effort to ensure NeoOffice would run just as well on Intel Macs as on PowerPC-based Macs, the NeoOffice team was also hard at work improving the application's look and feel. "After three years of development and fixing bugs, the foundations of NeoOffice were finally in place," Peterlin said. "NeoOffice had proved itself stable and useful and was deserving of the fit and finish of a true Mac application." As a result of those efforts, NeoOffice 2.1 now includes near-complete Aqua widget support and a brand-new community-produced icon set called Akua.
==== Open Source Development ==== ==== Open Source Development ====
NeoOffice uses the open source development model to leverage the resources of a global community of volunteer programmers, users and testers. NeoOffice uses the open source development model to leverage the resources of a global community of volunteer programmers, users and testers.
-'''[''keep this, too?'']''' "My goal was to create a self-supporting, volunteer-based project to build an office suite for Mac OS X," said Luby. "I felt that if people really wanted an application like NeoOffice, they would help by reporting bugs, answering support questions, and maybe even making donations."+"My goal was to create a self-supporting, volunteer-based project to build an office suite for Mac OS X," said Luby. "I felt that if people really wanted an application like NeoOffice, they would help by reporting bugs, answering support questions, and maybe even making donations."
-'''[mention donors? and change "beginning" this was a great closing pgh in the old one]''' "As the user base has grown and become more involved, NeoOffice has benefited and improved accordingly," Luby added. "It is the combined contributions of our users that have made NeoOffice what it is today, and this release is only the beginning."+"As the user base has grown and become more involved, NeoOffice has benefited and improved accordingly," Luby added. "It is the combined contributions of our users and donors that have made NeoOffice what it is today, and together we can continue to make great Mac software."
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-NeoOffice is also proud to be cooperating with the ooo-build open source project to help make important features like OpenXML and VBA macro support available for all Mac owners. "It's great to have NeoOffice making their work available under the JCA to OpenOffice.org via ooo-build, and building on our substantial investment here, I'm excited about working with them going forward," said Michael Meeks, Distinguished Engineer, Novell.+
==== Availability ==== ==== Availability ====
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<b>Community:</b> http://trinity.neooffice.org/<br> <b>Community:</b> http://trinity.neooffice.org/<br>
<b>Download:</b> http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/download.php<br> <b>Download:</b> http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/download.php<br>
-<b>Press Kit:</b> http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/NeoOffice_2.1_Press_Kit<br>+<b>Press Kit:</b> http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_2.1_Press_Kit<br>
-<b>Screenshots:</b> http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/NeoOffice_Screenshots+<b>Screenshots:</b> http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Screenshots
==== About Planamesa Software ==== ==== About Planamesa Software ====
-Planamesa Software is a software development consulting company owned and operated by Patrick Luby. Luby has spent nearly a decade working as a software developer in a variety of commercial and open source projects including OpenOffice.org and Apache Tomcat using the C, C++ and Java programming languages on a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows.+Planamesa Software is a small software development company located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its founder, Patrick Luby, has spent more than a decade working as a software developer in a variety of commercial and open source projects including OpenOffice.org and Apache Tomcat using the C, C++ and Java programming languages on a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows.
==== About NeoOffice.org ==== ==== About NeoOffice.org ====
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-POUR PUBLICATION IMMÉDIATE+
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-==== Introduction de NeoOffice®/J 1.1 ====+
-Sunnyvale, California, USA - Planamesa Software et la communauté NeoOffice.org sont fiers d'annoncer la sortie de <b>NeoOffice®/J 1.1</b>, une version native Mac OS X de la suite bureautique OpenOffice.org qui inclut des modules de traitement de texte, tableur, présentation et dessin vectoriel compatibles avec Microsoft Office.+
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-Selon le créateur et développeur principal de NeoOffice®/J, Patrick Luby, "Cette version est la culmination de milliers d'heures de travail de volontaires". "En récompense de cet effort, nous avons une suite bureautique pour Mac OS X entièrement fonctionnelle, très stable et supportant des douzaines de langues."+
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-NeoOffice®/J 1.1 est disponible aujourd'hui en tant que téléchargement gratuit à partir du site web de Planamesa Software : http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/fr/.+
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-==== Une solution bureautique pleinement fonctionnelle de classe mondiale ====+
-NeoOffice®/J 1.1 est compatible avec Microsoft Office et Corel WordPerfect et offre un jeu de fonctionnalités commun aux suites bureautiques majeures, incluant la possibilité de suivre les modifications effectuées par différents utilisateurs sur un document. NeoOffice®/J permet l'exportation vers différents formats de fichiers tels que PDF, HTML, Flash, Word, Excel et PowerPoint. Son format de fichier natif est ouvert et basé sur XML, libérant les documents utilisateur d'une limitation par le vendeur, un reproche fréquemment fait aux suites bureautiques propriétaires.+
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-NeoOffice®/J 1.1 offre aussi une interface utilisateur localisée dans 40 langues et supporte la saisie de texte selon des scripts Roman et non Roman, incluant les méthodes de saisie complexes sud asiatiques, est asiatique et droite vers gauche. Celà a permis à de nombreuses personnes et organisations tout autour de la terre, allant d'écoles à des sociétés en passant par des associations, de choisir NeoOffice®/J en tant que suite bureautique principale.+
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-"Nous avons bénéficié des importants efforts d'internationalisation d'OpenOffice.org, ce qui fait de NeoOffice®/J une excellente solution pour tous les utilisateurs de Mac OS X de par le monde" a déclaré Ed Peterlin, développeur et fondateur de NeoOffice.org.+
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-==== Une idée simple ====+
-"Quand j'ai commencé le projet NeoOffice®/J, Il n'y avait aucune alternative viable à la version Mac de Microsoft Office" remarque Patrick Luby. "Il y avait d'autres traitements de texte mais peu incluaient un tableur et un module de présentation. La suite multi plateforme OpenOffice.org incorpore ces trois modules et fournit un bonne compatibilité avec les documents Microsoft Office. Créer une version native Mac OS X d'OpenOffice.org sembla donc être une bonne idée."+
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-==== Intégration poussée d'OpenOffice.org avec Mac OS X ====+
-Basée sur le code de la dernière version stable d'OpenOffice.org, NeoOffice®/J 1.1 offre une intégration poussée avec Mac OS X. Les fonctions clés incluent un installeur standard Mac OS X, des menus natifs Aqua, l'utilisation du système d'impression natif de Mac OS X, support total du presse-papiers, du glisser-déposer, des raccourcis clavier Mac (touche "commande" ou "Pomme"), du défilement à l'aide de la molette, l'intégration avec la majorité des clients email Mac et le support natif des polices de caractères Mac. NeoOffice®/J 1.1 est compatible avec Mac OS X 10.2 ou supérieur.+
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-"NeoOffice®/J 1.1 est une application Mac indépendante, double-cliquable et ne requière pas le logiciel additionnel X11" déclare Ed Peterlin. "Notre but est de faire en sorte que NeoOffice®/J soit 100% indistinctible d'une autre application Mac au niveau du look and feel. La version 1.1 représente une avancée majeure dans cette direction."+
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-==== Support de Spotlight sous Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" ====+
-NeoOffice®/J 1.1 inclut aussi <b>NeoLight</b>, un importeur pour Spotlight, la nouvelle fonctionnalité de recherche de Mac OS X 10.4. "Avec cet importeur, vos documents NeoOffice®/J sont indexés et vous pouvez rechercher dedans instantanément avec la facilité légendaire du Mac" ajoute Ed Peterlin. "C'est juste une autre manière de fournir une intégration totale avec Mac OS X sur laquelle nous travaillons."+
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-==== Développement Open Source ====+
-NeoOffice®/J est développé selon le modèle open source pour bénéficier des ressources d'une communauté mondiale de programmeurs, utilisateurs et testeurs.+
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-"Mon but est de créer un projet autonome et basé sur le volontariat pour construire une suite bureautique pour Mac OS X" déclare Patrick Luby. "Je suis convaincu que si des gens sont réellement intéressés par une application comme NeoOffice®/J, ils aideront en rapportant les bugs, en répondant aux questions de support technique et peut-être même en faisant des donations."+
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-"Comme le nombre d'utilisateurs a augmenté et qu'ils se sont impliqués, NeoOffice®/J en a bénéficié et s'est amélioré" ajoute Patrick Luby. "Ce sont les contributions combinées de nos utilisateurs qui ont fait de NeoOffice®/J ce qu'il est aujourd'hui; et cette version représente seulement le commencement."+
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-==== Disponibilité ====+
-Publiée en tant que logiciel libre et open source sous la Licence Publique Générale GNU, NeoOffice®/J 1.1 est disponible dès maintenant sur http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/fr/. Les utilisateurs sont encouragés à télécharger et distribuer gratuitement le logiciel. Le développement de l'application progresse grâce à des programmeurs volontaires, des bêta-testeurs, des artistes et des rédacteurs. Les personnes intéressées sont invitées à consulter http://trinity.neooffice.org/ pour plus d'information sur la manière d'aider le projet.+
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-==== Plus d'informations ====+
-<b>Page d'accueil :</b> http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/fr/<br>+
-<b>Accueil communauté :</b> http://trinity.neooffice.org/<br>+
-<b>Téléchargement :</b> http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/fr/download.php<br>+
-<b>Kit de presse :</b> http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/NeoOffice/J_Press_Kit<br>+
-<b>Copies d'écran :</b> http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/NeoOffice/J_Screenshots+
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-==== À propos de Planamesa Software ====+
-Planamesa Software est une société de conseil en développement logiciel possédée par Patrick Luby. Patrick Luby a travaillé pendant près de 10 ans en tant que développeur logiciel sur une variété de projets commerciaux et open source incluant OpenOffice.org et Apache Tomcat en utilisant les langages de programmation C, C++ et Java sur une variété de systèmes d'exploitation tels que Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris et Windows.+
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-==== À propos de NeoOffice.org ====+
-NeoOffice.org est la page d'accueil pour la communauté open source autour de NeoOffice®/J, les nouvelles, les téléchargements, les FAQ, les forums de discussion, le système de rapport de bugs et bien plus encore pour les développeurs et utilisateurs de NeoOffice®/J. L'"Aquafication" de NeoOffice®/J et d'autres développements sont en cours et les personnes intéressées sont invitées à fournir de l'aide pour tous les aspects du projet.+
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-==== À propos d'OpenOffice.org ====+
-Pour en savoir plus sur OpenOffice.org, consultez http://fr.openoffice.org/.+
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Do not submit links to this page, or to the wiki in general, for release activities. Link to the version of this release on download.neooffice.org instead (it will do auto-language detection if you don't include a language code in the url).

Planamesa Software and the NeoOffice.org community have made available the following media release to use when announcing NeoOffice® 2.1 in your country or region. Background information is available in the NeoOffice® 2.1 Press Kit.

Please coordinate release activities with the NeoOffice® Community Relations Team in the 2.1 Press Kit topic on trinity to eliminate overlap.

The English text is FROZEN and is READY for translation

If you have noticed any typos, instances of poor grammar, or stylistic or formatting issues, you must mention them in the "2.1 Press Kit" topic on trinity and one of Community Relations Team leads will make they changes and ensure the translators are notified if the fix alters the sense of the text.

Only the announcement box below needs to be translated, not this entire page.

Announcement [en]

Media Release

Contact:
community AT neooffice DOT org

NeoOffice® 2.1 for Mac OS X Released

March 27, 2007


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Introducing NeoOffice 2.1

Santa Clara, California, USA - Planamesa Software and the NeoOffice.org community are proud to introduce NeoOffice 2.1, a significantly-enhanced version of the Mac OS X-native version of the OpenOffice.org office suite that includes Microsoft Office-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database applications.

"This release is the culmination of many thousands of volunteer hours," said Patrick Luby, CEO and Chief Engineer of NeoOffice.org. "As a result of this tremendous effort, we are introducing a major new version of a very stable, full-featured office suite for Mac OS X that supports dozens of languages."

NeoOffice 2.1 is available today as a free download from the NeoOffice website at http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/.

A Feature-Complete, World-Class Office Solution

NeoOffice 2.1 provides compatibility with Microsoft Office and offers a robust feature set common to all major office suites, including the ability to track changes as a document is forwarded from one user to another. NeoOffice can export to many formats such as PDF, HTML, Flash, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Its native file format is the open, XML-based, ISO standard OpenDocument, freeing users’ documents from vendor lock-in, a frequent complaint against proprietary office suites.

NeoOffice 2.1 also offers localized user interfaces in nearly sixty languages and supports text entry in Roman and non-Roman scripts, including South Asian, East Asian, right-to-left and complex text layout scripts. This has allowed individuals and organizations across the globe—from schools to non-profits to corporations—to adopt NeoOffice as their primary office suite.

"We've leveraged OpenOffice.org's amazing internationalization efforts, which makes NeoOffice a great solution for Mac OS X users all around the world," said Ed Peterlin, CTO and Chief Visionary of NeoOffice.org.

A Simple Idea

"When I started the NeoOffice project, there really was no viable alternative to Microsoft's Mac version of Office," noted Luby. "There were other Mac word processors, but few that included spreadsheet and presentation support. The cross-platform OpenOffice.org suite incorporated all three and featured strong compatibility with Microsoft Office documents. So creating a native Mac OS X version of OpenOffice.org seemed like a good idea."

Seamless Integration of OpenOffice.org with Mac OS X

Based on the latest stable OpenOffice.org codebase, NeoOffice 2.1 offers extensive integration with Mac OS X. Key Macintosh features include a native menu bar, the "blue button" widgets characteristic of the Mac OS X "Aqua" look, use of the Mac OS X printing system, full clipboard support, drag-and-drop, Mac "command" key shortcuts, mouse scrolling, integration with major Mac email clients, and native support for Mac fonts. NeoOffice also ships with a plugin for Spotlight, the Mac OS X search function, that allows contents of NeoOffice documents to be indexed and found by Spotlight. NeoOffice 2.1 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later and runs natively on Intel-based Macintoshes.

"NeoOffice 2.1 is a standalone, double-clickable Mac application and does not require additional X11 software," said Peterlin. "Our goal is to make NeoOffice 100% indistinguishable from any other Macintosh application in look-and-feel. Version 2.1 is another major milestone on that road."

Supports Office 2007 Word Documents and Excel Macros

Unlike all current versions of Microsoft Office for Mac, NeoOffice 2.1 allows Mac users to read and write Microsoft Office 2007 (OpenXML) Word documents. Also, due to Microsoft's announcement that the next version of Microsoft Office for Mac will no longer include support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros, NeoOffice 2.1 is now one of the only ongoing solutions for Mac users who use VBA macros in their Excel documents. Support for OpenXML Excel and PowerPoint documents is planned in the future.

Support for interoperability with Microsoft Office 2007 Word documents and VBA, as well as the Solver-like module in NeoOffice's spreadsheet, is drawn from the ooo-build project, a branch of OpenOffice.org that includes several features which Sun has not yet integrated into the main OpenOffice.org code. Spearheaded by Novell, ooo-build is a collaboration between many individuals and vendors, including major Linux distributors. NeoOffice.org is proud to be cooperating with the ooo-build project to help make important features like OpenXML and VBA macro support available for all Mac owners. "It's great to have NeoOffice making their work available under the JCA to OpenOffice.org via ooo-build and building on our substantial investment here. I'm excited about working with them going forward," said Michael Meeks, Distinguished Engineer, Novell.

Improved Mac OS X Intel and Aqua Support

NeoOffice 2.1 is the only complete Macintosh office suite (with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications) that runs natively on Intel-based Macs. Other office suites either lack a key application, run under the Rosetta emulator on Intel Macs, or require the separate X11 environment.

During the year-long effort to ensure NeoOffice would run just as well on Intel Macs as on PowerPC-based Macs, the NeoOffice team was also hard at work improving the application's look and feel. "After three years of development and fixing bugs, the foundations of NeoOffice were finally in place," Peterlin said. "NeoOffice had proved itself stable and useful and was deserving of the fit and finish of a true Mac application." As a result of those efforts, NeoOffice 2.1 now includes near-complete Aqua widget support and a brand-new community-produced icon set called Akua.

Open Source Development

NeoOffice uses the open source development model to leverage the resources of a global community of volunteer programmers, users and testers.

"My goal was to create a self-supporting, volunteer-based project to build an office suite for Mac OS X," said Luby. "I felt that if people really wanted an application like NeoOffice, they would help by reporting bugs, answering support questions, and maybe even making donations."

"As the user base has grown and become more involved, NeoOffice has benefited and improved accordingly," Luby added. "It is the combined contributions of our users and donors that have made NeoOffice what it is today, and together we can continue to make great Mac software."

Availability

Released as free, open source software under the GNU General Public License, NeoOffice 2.1 is available now at http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/. Users are encouraged to download and freely distribute the software. Development of the application is ongoing by volunteer programmers, beta-testers, artists and writers. Interested parties are invited to visit http://trinity.neooffice.org/ for more information about helping with the project.

More Information

Homepage: http://www.neooffice.org/
Community: http://trinity.neooffice.org/
Download: http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/download.php
Press Kit: http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_2.1_Press_Kit
Screenshots: http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Screenshots

About Planamesa Software

Planamesa Software is a small software development company located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its founder, Patrick Luby, has spent more than a decade working as a software developer in a variety of commercial and open source projects including OpenOffice.org and Apache Tomcat using the C, C++ and Java programming languages on a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows.

About NeoOffice.org

NeoOffice.org is home for the NeoOffice open-source community and features news, downloads, FAQs, discussion forums, a bug reporting system and more for NeoOffice developers and end users. NeoOffice's "Aquafication" and other development is ongoing, and interested parties are invited to help with all aspects of the project.

About OpenOffice.org

To learn more about OpenOffice.org, visit http://www.openoffice.org/.


NeoOffice® is a registered trademark of Planamesa Inc. Other product and company names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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