NeoOffice/J 1.1 Release Notes

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Contents 1 Current Version 2 Patches 2.1 Current Patch 2.2 Older Patches 3 New Features in NeoOffice/J 1.1 4 Archived Release Notes

Current Version

The latest version of NeoOffice/J is: 1.1.

Patches

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Current Patch

Patch-0 is now available.

The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

• Certain files were missing from the full NeoOffice/J 1.1 download. This patch includes the missing files and restores the function of the "Preferences..." menu item.
• Update to the latest version of NeoLight

Note: Patch-0 requires a full installation of NeoOffice/J 1.1 or NeoOffice/J 1.1 Release Candiate with Patch-8 and will not install on NeoOffice/J 1.1 Alpha or Beta or pre-Patch-8 versions of NeoOffice/J 1.1 Release Candidate.

Older Patches

NeoOffice/J 1.1 includes all of the fixes previously available in NeoOffice/J 1.1 Release Candidate with Patch-8.

New Features in NeoOffice/J 1.1

If you have not downloaded a release of NeoOffice/J since version 0.8.4, there are dozens of new features in NeoOffice/J 1.1. Some of the most significant include:

• Compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger"
• Spotlight integration via NeoLight
• Quickstart service: no document or grey window needed to keep NeoOffice/J open
• Quickstart menu items also appear as a Dock menu
• Installer for localized Help files
• Use of system colors in parts of the application's user interface
• OpenOffice.org security fix
• Based on OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 codebase
• Right-to-left and complex text layout (e.g., Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Hindi)
• Faster program startup
• Native Aqua menus
• New professional-quality splash screen, application and document Finder icons, and other artwork
• Localized user interfaces for 40 languages
• Mouse wheel support
• Text drag-and-drop support
• Improved PDF export
• Import of WordPerfect documents
• Support for Macintosh file aliases in open and save dialogues
• Automatic notification of new patches and versions (disabled by default in 1.1)
• Patches available as standard Mac OS X installer packages
• Drag-and-drop between NeoOffice/J and other applications
• Does not quit when clicking the red "close" widget on the last document window
• Support for Eudora, Entourage, and Mail as external mailer applications

Archived Release Notes

• NeoOffice/J 1.1 Release Candidate Release Notes
• NeoOffice/J 1.1 Beta Release Notes