[Indic-computing-users] NEWS: Open Office 1.1 speaks Hindi

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

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Message: 9
   Date: 07 May 2003 07:26:17 +0530
   From: Sunil Abraham <su...@ma...>
Subject: Open Office 1.1 speaks Hindi

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>From Linux Tips at TechRepublic.com
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The open source cousin of Sun's StarOffice suite, OpenOffice.org, grows
more mature with every revision. OpenOffice.org 1.1 beta, the most
current and stable beta release, offers several improvements. 

Some of the features of OpenOffice.org 1.1 beta include new import and
export formats, such as DocBook, PDF, Macromedia Flash, flat XML, and
XHTML. It also includes new support for languages such as Thai, Hindi,
Arabic, and Hebrew. 

OpenOffice.org contains virtually the same feature set as StarOffice,
making it a true alternative to expensive, proprietary office suites
like Microsoft Office and WordPerfect Office. In addition,
OpenOffice.org runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X. The
ability to use the same office suite software, regardless of which OS
you use, has definite appeal. 

Many Linux distributions are opting to include OpenOffice.org as the
default office suite--even Mandrake Linux, which previously bundled its
distribution with StarOffice. Since more people are using OpenOffice.org
every day, bugs are found faster, more developers are attracted to the
project, and each release promises to be better than the last. 

The OpenOffice.org office suite contains a word processor, spreadsheet,
presentation manager, and drawing program. Ports for other OSs,
including FreeBSD and IRIX, are in the works. To install this office
suite on your Linux system, download it from the OpenOffice Web page. 

Linux gurus unite! 

Have you downloaded OpenOffice.org 1.1 beta? If so, take a few moments
to tell your peers about its pros and cons in our Linux discussion
thread. If not, let us know what alternative you currently use. Visit
the Discussion Center today! 
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