OpenOffice.org 1.1Beta Features
2003-03-25
To download OpenOffice.org 1.1 Beta and for more information about the release please visit the download center. General
* The splash screen now has a progress bar. * PDF export. * Ability to mail a document as PDF. * DocBook XML import/export. * Support for mobile device formats (AportisDoc (Palm),Pocket Word and Pocket Excel). * Support for exporting as a flat XML file. * XHTML export. * OpenOffice.org ActiveX Control (Windows only). * Additional property pages for OpenOffice.org file types in Windows Explorer. * Accessibility support. * Improved configurability of dialogs and toolbars. * Configurable font for HTML and BASIC source code. * Improved online help (F1). * Autodetection of newly installed languages for spellchecker, thesaurus and hyphenator. * Support for copy/paste of bitmap graphics on Unix. * A new java-native-uno bridge with up to 10 times better performance. * Improved URL autocompletion in hyperlink dialog. * The context menu now contains 'Open Hyperlink' if opened on a URL. * Locking of user installations against accesses from multiple machines with shared directories. * Command line tools and an API for importing configuration data into the backend. * Document windows are now always created in a cascade to avoid new window completely overlapping the old one. * Support for registering add-ons and accessing add-ons via an auto-generated menu. * New FTP file access component. * The registration dialog will now display instead of addressbook data source selection on first run. * Accessibility support for Windows * Support for recovering slightly damaged OpenOffice.org files. * Detection of a misconfigured Java installation. * New ppd file for generic postscript printing with type42 font support. * Support for configuring font rendering via environment variables.
Internationalization
* support for Complex Text Layout (CTL) and vertical writing languages such as Thai, Hindi, Arabic and Hebrew. * Support for various 8-bit Arabic and Hebrew text encodings / code pages. * Support for the KOI8_U encoding. * New CTL options tab in language options dialog. * Rescue mode support for BiDi/CTL with X11 fonts. * Sequence Input Checking (SIC) for languages like Thai and Hindi. * Initial glyph fallback support.
Writer
* Enhanced footnote support. * Improved hyperlink support for TOCs. * Improved keyboard handling in toolboxes. * Plain text files will now be imported using a non-proportional font.
Draw/Impress
* Alternative language support for spell check on text drawing object. * SWF (Flash) export.
Spreadsheet:
* Import and export of areas in charts in Excel files that are formatted with bitmaps, textures or hatchings. * The sum button inserts a sum function or a subtotal function, depending on context.
Database:
* Table control via keyboard navigation in table designer. * Added ability to switch off brackets for bibliography fields. * New database type in data source administration dialog - MySQL. * Ability to add labels to field names in the report wizard. * A data source can now use any character set known to OpenOffice.org. * UI support for user installed database drivers.
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