FYI... -------- Original Message -------- From: Zaheda Bhorat <zaheda [ at ] mac [ dot ] com> Subject: [ooo-announce] OPENOFFICE.ORG 1.0 X11 FOR MAC OS X - FINAL BETA ANNOUNCED To: announce [ at ] openoffice [ dot ] org CC: discuss list <discuss [ at ] openoffice [ dot ] org>, dev [ at ] marketing [ dot ] openoffice [ dot ] org,dev [ at ] porting [ dot ] openoffice [ dot ] org OPENOFFICE.ORG 1.0 X11 FOR MAC OS X - FINAL BETA ANNOUNCED January 8, 2003 - MacWorld San Francisco - The OpenOffice.org community today announced a Final Beta release of OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11, for Mac OS X and Darwin. This release brings the popular open source office suite, OpenOffice.org 1.0, to users running Apple's Mac OS X v10.2 or higher operating system, as well as Apple's open-source Darwin OS. Mac users can now download OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11 for Mac OS X and Darwin (Final Beta) at <underline><color><param>1998,1998,FFFE</param>http://www.openoffice.org</color></underline>, start to use this free office suite and contribute to the final release community testing. OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11 for Mac OS X and Darwin (Final Beta) offers Mac users the same open file formats, unlimited language portability and cross-platform compatibility enjoyed by users across all the other supported platforms, including Linux, Windows, Solaris and FreeBSD. Users can 'OPEN' and 'SAVE' MS Office file formats and will enjoy the confidence of permanent file access granted by OpenOffice.org 1.0 X11 for Mac OS X and Darwin (Final Beta)'s use the international standard XML file format specification. All four main components of OpenOffice.org 1.0, Writer, Draw, Calc, and Impress, may be used productively to create, save, load, print, present, and manipulate all common types of documents. OpenOffice.org offers compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats, allowing any Microsoft Office file to be opened and manipulated natively. For the Mac OS X/Darwin Final Beta release, printing support has been significantly improved. OpenOffice.org now supports printing to all printers that have drivers for Mac OS X, both networked and local. New features include printing directly to PDF files, full international keyboard support, improved font support, for Mac OS X version 10.2, automatic detection of all printers listed in the Print Center and more. Today's release of the software will be followed closely by the full OpenOffice.org 1.0 for Mac OS X and Darwin (Final) release in Spring 2003. In the interim, this Final Beta release is intended for general public consumption to help the OpenOffice.org team fix bugs before the 1.0 X11 (Final) version is released. "While this release is intended to solicit feedback, bug reports, and to attract developers to the project, it is feature-complete for our first X11 (Final) release." said Dan Williams, OpenOffice.org, Community OS X Developer. "Work will be ongoing to create a Mac OS X port on OpenOffice.org 1.0.1 (and later 1.1), this will include both the XWindows version and a Mac OS X Quartz/Aqua graphics version, where more developers with Mac OS X skills are needed. Everyone is invited to join the project and lend a hand! " ABOUT OPENOFFICE.ORG ( <underline><color><param>1998,1998,FFFE</param>http://www.openoffice.org)</color></underline> OpenOffice.org is the home of the open source project and its community of developers, users and marketers responsible for innovation and development of the open source office suite - OpenOffice.org 1.0. OpenOffice.org - Changing the world through opening minds. MORE INFORMATION: - FAQ - <underline><color><param>1997,1997,FFFD</param>http://openoffice.org/about_us/pressfaq_ooo-osx.html</color></underline> - OpenOffice.org will be at MacWorld San Francisco Booth 3637 PRESS CONTACTS: Zaheda Bhorat (408) 348 9191 <underline><color><param>1998,1998,FFFE</param>Zaheda [ at ] openoffice [ dot ] org</color><color><param>1980,1980,FFE6</param> </color></underline> Sam Hiser (917) 375-8644 <underline><color><param>1998,1998,FFFE</param>swhiser [ at ] openoffice [ dot ] org</color></underline>