NeoOffice/J Press Kit

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This is the page where we will collect additional resources for the use of the press/media.

Welcome to the NeoOffice® Press Kit. This page aims to provide those interested in writing a story about NeoOffice®/J with some background materials. The initial press release is available at the NeoOffice/J 1.1 Announcement page.

Contents 1 Features 1.1 NeoOffice/J vs. Microsoft Office 1.2 NeoOffice/J vs. OpenOffice.org for Macintosh (X11) 2 Graphics 2.1 Medium- and High-Res Logos, Headers, Application Icons 2.2 Screenshots 3 Background Info 3.1 "Executive Summary" of other info 3.2 Real-world stories 4 What Else? 4.1 Discussion

Features

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

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

NeoOffice/J vs. Microsoft Office

Apart from these benefits, NeoOffice/J 1.1 has features that outshine Microsoft Office:

Feature	NeoOffice/J	MS Office for Mac
General:
Localized user interface for 40 languages.	YES	No
Free international spelling checkers and help files in many languages through OpenOffice.org.	YES	No
Support for text entry in non-Roman scripts including South Asian, East Asian, right-to-left and complex text layout scripts.	YES	No
Clean HTML code export (especially when compared to MS Office).	YES	No
Unified User Interface, reducing learning time and costs.	YES	No
Type ahead functionality (optional) like many mobile phones have.	YES	No
Writer (word processor):
A logical style system that does not invent styles based on your lay-out 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 lay-out options for cells	YES	No
he ability to export to Flash animation	YES	No
Style-enabled lay-out system for text and cells.	YES	No
Impress (presentation):
Superior (3D) font art possibilities.	YES	No

NeoOffice/J vs. OpenOffice.org for Macintosh (X11)

NeoOffice/J is far more integrated with OS X than the X11 version on which it is based. Rather than relying on X11, NeoOffice/J uses Java to bridge the gap between the OpenOffice.org interface code and Apple's OS X.

This has the following benefits:

• Uses your normal Mac fonts
• Allows international keyboards and switches keyboards along with your Mac
• Optimized PDF generation
• Native Aqua menus
• Native OS X printing
• Native copy and paste support
• Native drag-and-drop support
• Normal keyboard shortcuts
• Mouse wheel scrolling
• Integrated with Finder and Mail

Graphics

Medium- and High-Res Logos, Headers, Application Icons

• sardisson has some of these (the wiki and websites have smaller, lo-res versions to keep pageloads quick for dialup), but we may need to contact foxcorner for others.

• The icon used for this site is located at http://www.neooffice.org/ship2.jpg

Screenshots

Several screenshots of NeoOffice/J are available:

• The Official Screenshot at Planamesa Software. +
• Four screenshots at this Wiki. +
• A screenshot of NeoOffice/J with an alternative icon set.

Background Info

"Executive Summary" of other info

• NeoHistory/relationship with OOo summary, link to the full version

• Links to other relevant articles [what? sardisson has a number of things bookmarked for future additions to the NeoHistory article]

• Links to and/or some key FAQs reposted

Real-world stories

• Can we get to write up a brief bit about his migration of the World Scout Bureau from Microsoft Office to Neo/J?

• Others?

What Else?

• Other things we should have here?

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Discussion

This trinity thread is for further discussion of the development of the Press Kit, as needed.

As we add items to the kit, we wipe out the "comments" or "place-holders" for them.