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OpenOffice.org Novell Edition

You don't need to pay for basic office applications; these come free. The Novell edition of OpenOffice.org includes a word processor, presentation and spreadsheet applications, an HTML editor, and a drawing tool. This version of OpenOffice.org is extensively compatible with Microsoft Office, allowing users to better share files between platforms. It provides capabilities for creating, processing, reviewing, and revising the documents required in daily business. OpenOffice.org also exports documents in Adobe portable document format (PDF) with no additional software required.

This version of OpenOffice.org has extensive file-format compatibility with Microsoft Office, allowing users to better share files between platforms. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop includes fonts that are geometrically compatible with Microsoft fonts to provide better format fidelity when reading native Microsoft Office files. OpenOffice.org also exports documents in Adobe portable document format (PDF) with no additional software required.

While not an exact feature-for-feature match to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org provides the majority of capabilities for creating, processing, reviewing, and revising the documents required in daily business. The user interface requires little retraining for current Windows and Microsoft Office users and the file-import and export tools ensure that users never have to worry about file formats when collaborating with Microsoft Office users.

OpenOffice.org Novell Edition Features

Integration with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
The Novell Edition of OpenOffice.org features redesigned menus and tool bars for maximum consistency with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, including support for desktop appearance or theme changes. These features provide users with a consistent interface across the Linux desktop, which enhances overall usability and helps minimize enterprise training and support requirements.

Enhanced Support for Microsoft Office File Formats
OpenOffice.org supports import and export of Microsoft Office file formats, even taking advantage of geometrically compatible fonts to match document length. Transparent document sharing makes OpenOffice.org the best choice for customers who are deploying Linux desktops in a mixed Linux/Windows environment.

Improved Software Quality
The Novell Edition of OpenOffice.org also includes a number of back-ported fixes for improved Microsoft Office file sharing, including full conversion of embedded objects and improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel functions.

Enhanced Fonts
For the Novell Edition of OpenOffice.org, Novell licensed fonts from AGFA that contain the same or similar names to those available in Microsoft Office and which are geometrically similar to those used by Microsoft. This allows OpenOffice.org to match fonts when opening documents originally composed in Microsoft Office and very closely match pagination and page formatting.

Integration with Novell Evolution™
The Novell Edition of OpenOffice.org is tightly integrated with Novell Evolution, allowing users to send documents as e-mail and to perform mail merges using the Evolution addressbook as a datasource.