OpenOffice.org (Intel) 2.4.1

• Popularity:

  #4 in Applications (out of 155 products)

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 30 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  168,077

• Requirements:

  Mac OS X 10.4/10.5

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  July 03, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version OpenOffice.org (Intel) 2.4.0 OpenOffice.org (Mac Intel) 2.3.1 OpenOffice.org (PowerPC Mac) 2.3 OpenOffice.org (Mac Intel) 2.3 OpenOffice.org 2.2 OpenOffice 1.0.3

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Publisher's description of OpenOffice.org (Intel)

This office productivity suite for Mac OS X includes desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, and a drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to that of other office suites. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.

Note: In order to use OpenOffice, you first have to download and install the latest build of X11 from Apple. See Apple's page on X11 for information and download links. This is a very large (133MB) file and may take several hours to download via dial-up modem.

Version 2.4.1 includes unspecified updates.

Editor's review of OpenOffice.org (Intel)

• 5.0 stars

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A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents. Not only does it let you edit basic documents, such as letters and faxes, it also handles equations and complex and multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes.

The interface is similar to that of MS Office, and even advanced Office users will find almost everything they're used to: templates, collaborative features (versions, recording changes), macros, and even a programming language. OOo, as it's known, lets you open and save documents in formats as diverse as MS Office formats, PDF, HTML, and XML. It can also import files from those formats, as well as WordPerfect and others. However, it normally saves files in the open-standard Oasis OpenDocument XML format, for maximum compatibility with other applications.

The latest versions of OpenOffice have seen a spurt of growth in the extensions available for the program. These include templates for professional writers, an export tool for bidirectional functionality with Google Docs, blog publishing, and others. Blog publishing assistance especially strikes us as a natural area for word processing to grow toward.

We were pleased to find that stability has improved too. No doubt about it, the multilingual and crossplatform OpenOffice.org is a compelling option for anyone in search of an alternative office suite.

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  Version: OpenOffice.org (Intel) 2.4.1

  "Fed up!"

  by andeyejah on July 9, 2008

  Pros: Doesnt work keeps telling me i dont have X11 installed.Then when i download X11 it wont let me install as the machine says i already have a newer version on my damn hard drive!.

  Cons: Stuff apple im going back to windows too many problems with this os.By the way im using tiger.

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