NeoOffice 2.1 Release Notes

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* Support for Microsoft Excel VBA macros * Support for Microsoft Excel VBA macros
* Novell's Solver for Calc * Novell's Solver for Calc
 +* Support for exporting to LaTeX and BibTeX
 +* Experimental support for importing Microsoft Works word processing documents
* Significant improvements in startup time <!--NB both in early Alphas and in Alpha 4 patches/Beta--> * Significant improvements in startup time <!--NB both in early Alphas and in Alpha 4 patches/Beta-->
* Support for Java 1.5 on Mac OS X 10.4 * Support for Java 1.5 on Mac OS X 10.4

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Current Version

The latest version of NeoOffice is: 2.1.

NeoOffice 2.1 requires a PPC Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.3.9 or 10.4.9 or an Intel Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.4.9. Some Aqua features will appear differently depending on your version of Mac OS X.

Patches

If you want to receive announcements whenever a patch or new release of NeoOffice is available, subscribe to the NeoJUpdate mailing list. To subscribe to the NeoJUpdate mailing list, send an e-mail to neojupdate-subscribe@heapsys.com.

Current Patch

There is no patch available for NeoOffice 2.1.

Older Patches

NeoOffice 2.1 includes all of the fixes previously available in NeoOffice 2.1 Early Access with Patch-2, but it is based off of the OpenOffice.org 2.1 codebase and requires a new, full download

New Features in NeoOffice 2.1

If you have not downloaded a release of NeoOffice since version 1.2.2, there are dozens of new features in NeoOffice 2.1. Some of the most significant include:

  • Based on OpenOffice.org 2.1 codebase
  • Support for writing ISO 26300 OpenDocument (aka OpenOffice.org 2.0) file formats
  • Support for Microsoft OpenXML Word document format
  • Support for Microsoft Excel VBA macros
  • Novell's Solver for Calc
  • Support for exporting to LaTeX and BibTeX
  • Experimental support for importing Microsoft Works word processing documents
  • Significant improvements in startup time
  • Support for Java 1.5 on Mac OS X 10.4
  • New database component
  • Enhanced sound support
  • Runs on Intel Macintoshes
  • Native Cocoa Open and Save dialogues
  • Most widgets (scrollbars, buttons, checkboxes) are now Aqua
  • New Finder icons and splash screen with a more Aqua appearance
  • The new Akua set of toolbar icons with a more Aqua appearance
  • Enhanced support for Mac OS X themes, such as those offered by ShapeShifter

Archived Release Notes


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