Applications

 

NeoOffice

NeoOffice is a port OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X that fully supports the Aqua user interface.

The general version of OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X requires an X Window extension that does use it's own look and feel for user interactions.

NeoOffice is an office suite, including a applications for word processing, presentations, vector graphics, formula editing, spreadsheet calculations, and databases. It is available for Mac OS X only.

NeoOffice is the very same functional code that OpenOffice.org provides. The only difference is that it is still in beta stage of the development and that its user interface works (as far as implemented) according to the standards set by Apple for Mac OS X.

Various versions of NeoOffice have been released:

• NeoOffice 2.1 Aqua Beta was released March 27, 2007 and is based on OpenOffice.org release 2.1.
• NeoOffice 2.0 Aqua Beta was released August 29, 2006 and is based on OpenOffice.org release 2.0.3.
• NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha 4 was released July 1, 2006 and is based on OpenOffice.org release 2.0.2.

You can learn more about NeoOffice at www.neooffice.org.

There are other derivatives of OpenOffice.org

• StarOffice is a commercial product by Sun Microsystems based on StarOffice, adding commercial components such as additional fonts and improved spell checking dictionaries.
• OpenOffice Novell Edition is open source version and maintained by Novell. It add new components that are developed by Novell Inc. and donated back to the full project, but haven't made it yet back into the general code base.

Using NeoOffice

As a close cousin of OpenOffie.org, you can use most of the screencasts in Plan-B for OpenOffice.org as well. However, due to the nature of the different user interface , you might have to search for certain menu items in different places and some dialogs can look different.

The following screencasts demonstrate features of OpenOffice.org such as how to start using Open Office:

• Download OpenOffice.org from the official website.
• Installing OpenOffice.org under Windows®.
• Starting OpenOffice.org for the first time and walking through the registration process.
• Upgrading OpenOffice.org under Windows®.
• Remove installation of OpenOffice.org under Windows®.
• Determine what version of OpenOffice.org is running, using the "About" dialog.
• Installing OpenOffice.org under Windows®.

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