The well known alternative to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice 3.0 finally came out from months of beta testing and it is now ready for public download. You can download OpenOffice 3.0 in various mirror sites ahead of the official announcement that is scheduled this Monday 13. For those who are new to OpenOffice, the path to the final download usually resides in the following path (stable/3.0.0/).
This latest version offers several new features and improvements from its last major release, including better Mac support and collaboration capabilities.
OpenOffice.org 3.0 also offers enhanced support for PDF files, allowing you greater control over security, printing, and editing options. You can set passwords for opening and editing, restrict permissions on the file, select how the file can be printed and at what resolution, and control who can alter your documents.
To keep pace with other competitors it now provides support for both previous version of Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt etc.) and the latest Office 2007 & 2008 formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx etc.). It also supports multiple platforms i.e Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.
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