NeoOffice 1.2 Feature Comparison

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N.B. This information is considered mostly up-to-date for NeoOffice 1.2.2, a legacy version of NeoOffice. For a comparison between the current versions of NeoOffice, OpenOffice.org/X11, and Microsoft Office, see NeoOffice Feature Comparison.

The advantages of NeoOffice over other office suites, particularly Microsoft's, are legion. Most importantly, NeoOffice is free and open source software relieving you of costly licensing fees.

There is a strong community support forum that is also frequented by the developers at http://trinity.neooffice.org/

1 NeoOffice vs. Microsoft Office
2 NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice.org for Macintosh (X11)
3 Still To Do
4 Other Comparisons
5 Supported File Formats

NeoOffice vs. Microsoft Office

Apart from these benefits, NeoOffice 1.2.2 has features that outshine Microsoft Office:

Feature	NeoOffice	MS Office 2004 for Mac
General:
Price (standard edition)	$0.00	$349.95
Runs on Intel-based Macs	No	Using Rosetta
Type ahead functionality (optional) like many mobile phones have	YES	No
A logical, safe and suite-wide system for templates, so these are never accidentally updated	YES	No
Clean HTML code export (compliant with international web standards)	YES	No
Support for international standard ISO 26300 OpenDocument file formats	Import-only	No
Support for voice-dictation and similar software	YES	YES(?)
Unified User Interface, reducing learning time and costs	YES	No
Localized user interface (number of languages)	40*	7*
International spelling checkers and localized help	61**	12**
Support for text entry in non-Roman scripts including South Asian, East Asian, right-to-left and complex text layout scripts	YES	Some [1]
Supported scripts or languages:
Arabic	YES	No
Armenian	YES	No
Cyrillic	YES	YES
Cherokee***	YES	YES
Chinese (Simplified)	YES	YES
Chinese (Traditional)	YES	YES
Devanagari & Gujarati (Indic languages)	YES	No
Greek	YES	YES
Hebrew	YES	No
Inuktitut***	YES	YES
Japanese	YES	YES
Korean	YES	YES
Roman (Western and Eastern European languages)	YES	YES
Roman (Hawaiian, Northern Sami)	YES	YES
Roman (Vietnamese)	YES	No
Thai	YES	No
Other	Likely****	Unknown
Writer (word processor):
A logical style system that does not invent styles based on your layout choices	YES	No
Functional bullet/list numbering	YES	No
The ability to import WordPerfect documents (thanks to the libwpd project)	YES	No
Calc (spreadsheet):
More conditional layout options for cells	YES	No
Style-enabled layout system for text and cells	YES	No
Impress (presentation):
The ability to export to Flash animation	YES	No
Superior (3D) font art possibilities.	YES	No
Notes:
* NeoOffice ships with UIs for 12 languages; the other 28 are freely available in language packs. Office 2004 is available in English (all versions of Office 2004), and in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Swedish (for some versions of Office 2004; must be ordered separately) [2].
** NeoOffice includes help files and a growing number of writing (proofing) tools for many languages from the OpenOffice.org project [3], [4], [5], [6]. Microsoft Office 2004 ships with proofing tools for English, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, German, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, Finnish, and Dutch [7].
*** You must use the `Caps Lock` key to enable syllabics.
**** Because OpenOffice.org includes support for languages and scripts which do not have keyboard layouts in Mac OS X, and because Mac OS X includes system-level Unicode support for many of these languages even though Apple does not ship fonts or keyboards, it is very likely that NeoOffice will support text entry (and perhaps sorting) in the language/script if one installs third-party Unicode fonts and keyboard layouts. See Tom Gewecke's Your Multilingual Mac for more resources. For instance, there is a report that NeoOffice handles Khmer very well, and there has even been a report of using NeoOffice with characters in Unicode Planes 1 and 2.

NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice.org for Macintosh (X11)

NeoOffice is far more integrated with OS X than the Mac releases of OpenOffice.org. Rather than relying on X11, NeoOffice uses Java to bridge the gap between the OpenOffice.org interface code and Apple's OS X.

Feature	NeoOffice	OpenOffice.org for Mac (X11)
Uses your normal Mac fonts (no conversion required)	YES	No
Smooth font display (Quartz anti-aliasing)	YES	No
Allows international keyboards and input methods	YES	Partial
Switches keyboards and input methods along with your Mac	YES	No
Optimized PDF generation	YES	No
Supports ISO 26300 OpenDocument file formats	Import-only	YES
Native Aqua menus	YES	No
Native OS X printing	YES	No
Native (styled) copy and paste support	YES	No
Drag-and-drop between other applications	YES	No
Normal Mac keyboard shortcuts (command key)	YES	YES*
Mouse wheel scrolling	YES	???
Integrated with Finder and major mail clients	YES	Partial**
Usable with accessibility tools such as iListen, Proloquo, ViaVoice, and others	YES	No
OpenOffice.org codebase (version)	1.1.5	2.0.1***
Runs on Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.4.x	YES	YES
Runs on Intel-based Macs	No	No****
Notes:
* Available only with certain settings in Apple X11, which is available only to users of Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.4.x
** Finder integration provided by separate Start OpenOffice.org application; integration with Apple Mail only
*** The official Mac OS X version of OpenOffice.org is available as separate binary downloads for several languages; they are based on the OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 codebase and run on Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.4.x.
**** Unreleased, non-QAed development builds of OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 are available that run natively on Intel-based Macs.

Still To Do

In all fairness, NeoOffice is not perfect. No software is. Along with relatively large RAM requirements (minimum 256MB, 512MB recommended), there is always room for improvement. NeoOffice can (and will) get better. Take a look at the following comparison:

Feature	NeoOffice	MS Office 2004 for Mac	OpenOffice.org for Mac (X11)
Bitmap printing at >300 dpi	No	Yes	Yes
Standard Mac OS X open & save dialogues	No	Yes	No
Media (plugin) support	No	Yes	No
Non-Mac keyboard shortcuts	Some	Some	Some
Table drawing options	Good	Very good	Good
Aqua look-and-feel	Partial	Full	None

Other Comparisons

Additional feature comparisons between selected office suites and word processors are available at Mellel: Competitive Comparison (redlers.com; compares Mellel with Microsoftâ„¢ Office, OpenOffice.org 1.1.x, and Nisus Writer Express, but not NeoOfficeÂ®) and Word-Alternativen: Der Test (apfelwiki.de; compares AbiWord 2.2.x, Mellel 2.0.x, NeoOfficeÂ® 1.2.2, Nisus Writer Express 2.7, and Apple's Pages 2.0.x [de]).

Supported File Formats

NeoOffice can read and write a large variety of file formats, both current and legacy. Current and recent Microsoft Office file formats are just some of the import and export possibilities; for a more complete listing, see the NeoOffice File Formats matrix.

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-'''N.B.'''  ''Some of the information is out-of-date following the release of NeoOffice 1.2, and an update is in progress.  In particular, OpenOffice.org 2.0 for X11 has been released, and that application's column needs updating.  For a comparison between NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha 4, OpenOffice.org 2.0.x, and Microsoft Office 2004, see [[NeoOffice 2.0 Feature Comparison]].''
+'''N.B.'''  ''This information is considered mostly up-to-date for NeoOffice 1.2.2, a legacy version of NeoOffice.  For a comparison between the current versions of NeoOffice, OpenOffice.org/X11, and Microsoft Office, see [[NeoOffice Feature Comparison]].''
 The advantages of NeoOffice over other office suites, particularly Microsoft's, are legion. Most importantly, NeoOffice is free and open source software relieving you of costly licensing fees.
-There is a strong community support forum that is also frequented by the developers at http://www.trinity.org/
+There is a strong community support forum that is also frequented by the developers at http://trinity.neooffice.org/
 === NeoOffice vs. Microsoft Office ===
-Apart from these benefits, NeoOffice 1.2 has features that outshine Microsoft Office:
+Apart from these benefits, NeoOffice 1.2.2 has features that outshine Microsoft Office:
 <TABLE WIDTH=100%>
 <tr><th align="left">Feature</th><th valign="top">NeoOffice</th><th>MS Office 2004 for Mac</th></tr>
 <tr><th align="left" colspan="3">General:</th></tr>
 <tr><td>Price (standard edition)</td><td align="center">$0.00</td><td align="center">$349.95</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Type ahead functionality (optional) like many mobile phones have</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">No</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Runs on Intel-based Macs</td><td align="center">No</td><td align="center">Using Rosetta</td></tr><tr><td>Type ahead functionality (optional) like many mobile phones have</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">No</td></tr>
 <tr><td>A logical, safe and suite-wide system for templates, so these are never accidentally updated</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">No</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Clean HTML code export (compliant with international web standards)</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">No</td></tr>
 === NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice.org for Macintosh (X11) ===
-NeoOffice is far more integrated with OS X than the X11 version on which it is based. Rather than relying on X11, NeoOffice uses Java to bridge the gap between the OpenOffice.org interface code and Apple's OS X.
+NeoOffice is far more integrated with OS X than the Mac releases of OpenOffice.org. Rather than relying on X11, NeoOffice uses Java to bridge the gap between the OpenOffice.org interface code and Apple's OS X.
 <TABLE WIDTH=100%>
 <tr><td>Switches keyboards and input methods along with your Mac</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">No</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Optimized PDF generation</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">No</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Supports OpenDocument file formats</td><td align="center">Import-only</td><td align="center">YES</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Supports ISO 26300 OpenDocument file formats</td><td align="center">Import-only</td><td align="center">YES</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Native Aqua menus</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">No</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Native OS X printing</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">No</td></tr>
 <tr><td>OpenOffice.org codebase (version)</td><td align="center">1.1.5</td><td align="center">2.0.1***</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Runs on Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.4.x</td><td align="center">YES</td><td align="center">YES</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Runs on Intel-based Macs</td><td align="center">No</td><td align="center">Using Rosetta</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Runs on Intel-based Macs</td><td align="center">No</td><td align="center">No****</td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="3">'''Notes:'''</td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="3">* Available only with certain settings in Apple X11, which is available only to users of Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.4.x</td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="3">** Finder integration provided by separate [http://www.geocities.com/terry_teague/openoffice.html Start OpenOffice.org] application; integration with Apple Mail only</td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="3">*** The official Mac OS X version of OpenOffice.org is available as separate binary downloads for several languages; they are based on the OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 codebase and run on Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.4.x.</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="3">**** Unreleased, non-QAed development builds of OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 are available that run natively on Intel-based Macs.</td></tr>
 </table>
 === Other Comparisons ===
-Additional feature comparisons between selected office suites and word processors are available at [http://www.redlers.com/generalcomparison.html Mellel and other word processors] (redlers.com; compares Mellel with Microsoftâ„¢ Office, OpenOffice.org, and Nisus Writer Express, but not NeoOfficeÂ®/J) and [http://apfelwiki.de/wiki/Tests/WordAlternativenTest Word-Alternativen: Der Test] (apfelwiki.de; compares AbiWord, Mellel, NeoOfficeÂ®/J, Nisus Writer Express, and Apple's Pages [de]).
+Additional feature comparisons between selected office suites and word processors are available at [http://www.redlers.com/mellelcompetitive.html Mellel: Competitive Comparison] (redlers.com; compares Mellel with Microsoftâ„¢ Office, OpenOffice.org 1.1.x, and Nisus Writer Express, but not NeoOfficeÂ®) and [http://apfelwiki.de/wiki/Tests/WordAlternativenTest Word-Alternativen: Der Test] (apfelwiki.de; compares AbiWord 2.2.x, Mellel 2.0.x, NeoOfficeÂ® 1.2.2, Nisus Writer Express 2.7, and Apple's Pages 2.0.x [de]).
 ===Supported File Formats===
 NeoOffice can read and write a large variety of file formats, both current and legacy.  Current and recent Microsoft Office file formats are just some of the import and export possibilities; for a more complete listing, see the [[NeoOffice File Formats]] matrix.
-{{botlangbarEN|[[Fr:Comparaison des fonctionnalites|FranÃ§ais]] [[De:Funktionsvergleich mit anderen Programmen|Deutsch]]}}
+{{botlangbarEN|[[De:Funktionsvergleich mit anderen Programmen (NeoOffice 1.2)|Deutsch]]}}
-[[Category:NeoOffice]][[Category:OpenOffice.org]][[Category:Fixme]]
+[[Category:NeoOffice]][[Category:OpenOffice.org]]

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