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What's New in OpenOffice.org 2.4? A Few Things to Keep You Occupied While Waiting for v3.0
by BrainStorm, Inc.
Novell Connection Magazine - August 2008

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The release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is right around the corner. Time sure flies, doesn't it?

It seems as if OpenOffice.org 2.3 just made it's own debut, with a slew of great new charting features, improved Calc functionality, Base upgrades and so on. Between last year's 2.3 rollout and this year's upcoming 3.0 debut, a number of additional improvements have been made to the OpenOffice suite. To keep you happy until you hit the upgrade button this fall, here is a review of some of the new features the developers of OpenOffice.org have added in the past six months.

Nine New Charting Features in Calc

OpenOffice.org's charting features continue to improve, both in functionality and in appearance. With the release of version 2.4, you can now perform the following tasks:

• Add the regression equation to a regression curve with the click of a button
• Draw bars side-by-side (rather than stacked) in a double-axis bar chart
• Reverse the Y or X axis to display an “upside-down chart”
• Show values in a chart as both numbers and percentages
• Put each part of a data label on a separate line
• Choose your own number format for data labels (rather than having to choose formatting from the data source)
• Place data labels more efficiently and stylishly in bar charts
• Use best-fit technology to avoid overlapping of labels on pie charts
• Remove labels from individual data points on a chart.

Let's take quick look at a few of these features.

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