Apache OpenOffice Writer
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 Apache OpenOffice Writer 3.4 |
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| Developer(s) | StarOffice StarDivision (1984-1999) OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems (1999-2010) Oracle Corporation (2010-2011) Apache OpenOffice Apache Software Foundation (2011 – present) |
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| Stable release | 3.4.1 (August 24, 2012) [±] |
| Preview release | None [±] |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, Linux |
| Type | Word processor |
| License | LGPL version 3[1] (OpenOffice.org 2 Beta 2 and earlier are dual-licensed under the SISSL and LGPL)[2] Apache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later)[3] |
| Website | www.openoffice.org |
Apache OpenOffice Writer formerly known as OpenOffice.org Writer is the word processor component of the Apache OpenOffice software package. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect, with some of their features.
As with the entire Apache OpenOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Irix and Solaris. Released under the Apache V2 license, Writer is open source software.
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Features [edit]
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Writer is capable of opening and saving documents in a number of formats, including the OASIS Open Document Format 1.1 (its default format), Microsoft Word's DOC, DOCX, RTF and XHTML[citation needed].
It has ability to export to the PDF format natively similar to that in Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Word 2007.
Features include:[4]
- Templates and styles
- Page-layout methods, including frames, columns, and tables
- Embedding or linking of graphics, spreadsheets, and other objects
- Built-in drawing tools
- Master documents—to group a collection of documents into a single document
- Change tracking during revisions
- Database integration, including a bibliography database
- Export to PDF, including bookmarks
- MailMerge[5]
- Equation editor (OpenOffice Math)[6]
- Scriptable and Remote Controllable via the UNO API
- Indexing
- AutoCorrect
- AutoComplete
Supported File formats [edit]
OpenOffice uses ISO/IEC 26300:2006[7] OpenDocument as its native format. Versions 2.0–2.3.0 of OpenOffice default to the ODF 1.0 file format; OpenOffice versions 2.3.1–2.4.3 default to ODF 1.1.
Up to 1.x, OpenOffice used OpenOffice.org XML. This was contributed to OASIS and OpenDocument was developed from it.[8][9]
OpenOffice also claims support for the following formats:[10][11]
| Format | Extension | Reading | Writing | Notes |
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| OpenOffice.org XML | SXW, STW, SXC, STC, SXI, STI, SXD, STD, SXM | Yes | Yes | native up to 1.x |
| Microsoft Word for Windows 2 | DOC, DOT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Word 6.0/95 | DOC, DOT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Word 97-2003 | DOC, DOT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Word 2003 XML (WordprocessingML) | XML | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Excel 4/5/95 | XLS, XLW, XLT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Excel 97-2003 | XLS, XLW, XLT | Yes | Yes | |
| DocBook | XML | Yes | Yes | since 1.1 |
| WordPerfect | WPD | Yes | ||
| WordPerfect Suite 2000/Office 1.0 | WPS | Yes | ||
| StarOffice StarWriter 3/4/5 | SDW, SGL, VOR | Yes | Yes | |
| Ichitaro 8/9/10/11 | JTD, JTT | Yes | ||
| ApportisDoc (Palm) | PDB | Yes | Yes | Requires Java |
| Hangul WP 97 | HWP | Yes | ||
| Microsoft Pocket Word | PSW | Yes | Yes | Requires Java |
| Microsoft Pocket Excel | PXL | Yes | Yes | Requires Java |
| Microsoft RTF | RTF | Yes | Yes | "you are likely to experience loss of formatting and images"[11] |
| Plain text | TXT | Yes | Yes | various encodings supported |
| Portable Document Format | Yes | Yes | Export from 1.1;[12] PDF/A-1a (ISO 19005-1) export from 2.4;[13][14] some readable in Impress | |
| Comma-separated values | CSV, TXT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Excel 2003 XML | XML | Yes | Yes | |
| Lotus 1-2-3 | WK1, WKS, 123 | Yes | ||
| Data Interchange Format | DIF | Yes | Yes | |
| StarOffice StarCalc 3/4/5 | SDC, VOR | Yes | Yes | |
| dBase | DBF | Yes | Yes | |
| SYLK | SLK | Yes | Yes | |
| HTML | HTML, HTM | Yes | Yes | |
| Quattro Pro 6.0 | WB2 | Yes | ||
| Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 | PPT, PPS, POT | Yes | Yes | |
| StarOffice StarDraw/StarImpress | SDA, SDD, SDP, VOR | Yes | Yes | |
| Computer Graphics Metafile | CGM | Yes | Binary-encoded only; not those using clear-text or character based encoding | |
| StarOffice StarMath | SXM | Yes | Yes | |
| MathML | MML | Yes | ||
| BMP file format | BMP | Yes | Yes | |
| JPEG | JPG, JPEG | Yes | Yes | |
| PCX | PCX | Yes | ||
| PhotoShop | PSD | Yes | ||
| SGV | SGV | Yes | ||
| Windows Metafile | WMF | Yes | Yes | |
| AutoCAD DXF | DXF | Yes | ||
| MET | MET | Yes | Yes | |
| Netpbm format | PGM, PBM, PPM | Yes | Yes | |
| SunOS Raster | RAS | Yes | Yes | |
| SVM | SVM | Yes | Yes | |
| X BitMap | XBM | Yes | ||
| Enhanced Metafile | EMF | Yes | Yes | |
| HPGL plotting file | PLT | Yes | ||
| SDA | SDA | Yes | ||
| Truevision TGA (Targa) | TGA | Yes | ||
| X PixMap | XPM | Yes | Yes | |
| Encapsulated PostScript | EPS | Yes | Yes | |
| PCD | PCD | Yes | ||
| Portable Network Graphic | PNG | Yes | Yes | |
| SDD | SDD | Yes | ||
| Tagged Image File Format | TIF, TIFF | Yes | Yes | |
| Graphics Interchange Format | GIF | Yes | Yes | |
| PCT | PCT | Yes | Yes | |
| SGF | SGF | Yes | ||
| Adobe Flash | SWF | Yes | Export from Impress | |
| Scalable Vector Graphics | SVG | Yes | Export from Draw | |
| Software602 (T602) | 602, TXT | Yes | ||
| Unified Office Format | UOF, UOT, UOS, UOP | Yes | Yes | since 3.0 |
Limitations [edit]
- Grammar checking requires the installation of an extension.[15] Document templates are also available as extensions for OpenOffice Writer.[16]
- Writer lacks a "normal" or "draft view" found in most other word processors, where paper margins and some aspects of the layout are hidden in order to let the user focus on text editing rather than layout. This is one of the most voted for feature requests on the OpenOffice web site.[17]
- Cannot have a single document viewable in a split window view (either horizontally or vertically split), whereby you can view two different locations in the document at once (for comparison, editing, copy or cut and paste operations, etc.).
- Cannot open multiple documents in one task window (either horizontally or vertically split, or tiled with one another) and keep each document visible at the same time (for comparison, editing, copy or cut and paste operations, et al.) rather than having only a single document viewable at a time.
See also [edit]
- LibreOffice Writer
- Comparison of office suites
- Comparison of word processors
- List of word processors
References [edit]
- ^ "LGPL v3". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ "License Simplification FAQ". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Licenses & Copyrights". Apache Software Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ Openoffice.org
- ^ Openoffice.org
- ^ Openoffice.org
- ^ "ISO and IEC approve OpenDocument OASIS standard for data interoperability of office applications". ISO Press Releases. ISO. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2006.
- ^ "OpenOffice.org XML File Format". Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "File extension SXW — OpenOffice.org Writer document". Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "OpenOffice.org Wiki — File formats OOo can open". Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Getting Started Guide for OpenOffice.org 2.x — File formats". Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "1.1 Features". Openoffice.org. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "New Features in OpenOffice.org 2.4". 2008-03. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "API/Tutorials/PDF export". Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, an Early Look
- ^ Openoffice.org
- ^ "Issue 4914 - "normal" view option needed". OpenOffice.org. 2002-05-15. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Feature+Planning
- ^ https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Planning
External links [edit]
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The Wikibook OpenOffice.org/Writer has a page on the topic of: OpenOffice Writer |
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- Writer home page
- OpenOffice.org Processing Project
- Word Processor Writer FAQ
- OpenOffice.org Bibliographic Project
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