OpenOfficeorg News

"I wouldn't count OO out just yet simply because of ONE reason... the license," said Slashdot blogger hairyfeet.

Now that Apache OpenOffice 3.4 has been released, IBM has begun to take formal steps to re-integrate its Lotus Symphony fork of OpenOffice.org back into the OpenOffice mainline.

Tielei Wang discovered that OpenOffice.org does not allocate a large enough memory region when processing a specially crafted JPEG object, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially arbitrary code execution.

Hash: SHA512 CVE-2012-2334 Vulnerabilities related to malformed Powerpoint files in OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 Reference: http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-2334.html Severity: Important Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions Affected: OpenOffice.org 3.3 and 3.4 Beta, on all platforms.

Oracle Presenter Console is a handy OpenOffice.org add-on which will provide additional control over your slide show presentation: the ability to see the upcoming slide, the slide notes, and a presentation timer whereas the audience see only the current slide.

EnhancedGraphicExportDialogs is an OpenOffice.org add-on that provides a new options dialog when you export slides or selections from OpenOffice.org Impress or OpenOffice.org Draw to either PNG, JPG or GIF bitmap files.

Full description=With new features, advanced XML capabilities and native support for the OASIS Standard OpenDocument format, OpenOffice.org 2.0 gives users around the globe the tools to be engaged and productive members of their society.

It used to be that OpenOffice.org was the leading open source alternative to proprietary productivity suites like Microsoft Office , and it was included in pretty much all the major Linux distributions.

Translator's Tools is a free OpenOffice.org that will help translators perform a range of tasks useful in every translation process.

OpenOffice is a full-featured office suite that comes as a more affordable alternative to the popular Microsoft Office .

The Translate Toolkit includes a number of tools and abilities useful for translators and localizers.

MetadataTouch is a small, powerful and easy to use application that enables you to view and edit metadata in Microsoft Office 2007 documents , OpenOffice.org / StarOffice documents, AVI video files, WAV audio files, and SVG image files.

The first release of Apache OpenOffice, 3.4, has been announced . The version numbering picks up from the last OpenOffice.org major release, which was 3.3. New features include improved ODF support, better pivot table support in Calc, native support for SVG, enhanced graphics, and more.

Access2Base is an open-source OpenOffice.org add-on that implements the OOo/LibO Basic library for Base applications.

Oracle PDF Import Extension is a free and open-source add-on for OpenOffice.org that enables you to import and modify PDF documents.

Also, ofx2calc allows you to export your accounting software. ofx2calc is cross-platform and it works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.