Beta Version of OpenOffice.org 3.0 Announced

The developers of OpenOffice have released version 3.0 of this productivity suite. This is not a production release but intended to make the software available for testing by the general public.

Highlights:

• A new Start Centre
• New fresh-looking icons
• Zoom control in status bar
• New solver component in Calc
• Increase to max. 1024 columns per spreadsheet
• Support for OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2
• Runs on Mac OS X without X11

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