Will also help with importing complex Microsoft Word documents. Nested table support has also improved in this version, which To count words in a selection, in addition to counting words in the entireĭocument. There are a number of noteworthy new features in Writer aside from

With Writer already will be able to jump right in to the next The interface for Writer has changed very little, so users who are familiar One Word document, for example, looked almost perfect, with theĮxception of a bulleted list presented outside the page borders. Importing Microsoft Office files than 1.1.3. Word documents than AbiWord, and 1.9.65 does a slightly better job of Writer is still better at importing Microsoft Reporter searched for Microsoft Office documents on Google using the To test out the Word and other Microsoft document import features, this This is also true of other Īpplications, so we spent a good deal of time testing Office compatibility. If it fails to import Microsoft Word documents well, it will have a tough That could be the best word processor ever invented - but Let's start with the word-processing application, Writer. At this point inĭevelopment, the startup for OpenOffice 1.9.65 is not noticeably faster One of the goals for the 2.0 release of is for theĪpplication to start faster than previous releases.

The Linux build is available as an RPM rather than the old Version 1.9.x is being distributed in 'native' installer format for We installed 1.9.65 from the snapshot builds page

certainly lives up to that expectation, and should only be Since 2.0 is still in development, it's to beĮxpected that some features do not work or work poorly, and that its stability isn'tĪt a level appropriate for a finished application. Thought we'd take a look at the suite and see how the 2.0 version is This article was contributed by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier.Īs the development team closes in on the 2.0 release, we

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