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Update: updating all the icons images; since version 3.2.1 they are aligned to ODF official logos. We may avoid deleting the older files, writing "until version 3.2.0 and entering the new ones "since 3.2.1".

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[edit] A database management program similar to Microsoft Access.

Whatever that means, it doesn't mean the same thing as

"A spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3." (Calc)

or

"A word processor similar to Microsoft Word and WordPerfect." (Writer)

So the statement is confusing and inconsistant with the rest of the table.

Calc is used like and as a replacement for Excel. Writer is used like and as a replacement for Word.

Base is not used as an alternative for Access or Framemaker or Crystal Reports. That is because it still has really limited functionality compared to those products. The most important working functionality is as a data connector. Base has got other stuff as well, but it's not very well developed. So Base is not really similar to Microsoft Access, which works as a data connector but is most importantly a report writer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.214.18.240 (talk) 11:33, 18 February 2011

[edit] aim of openoffice (historical)

Lead say that the aim was to "reducing the dominant market share of Microsoft Office by providing a free and open alternative". I was hoping to find a source, since a other article on Wikipedia was talking about the purpose of OpenOffice but since I cant find one, are there one? Belorn (talk) 12:24, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Article title

I've reverted the title back to "OpenOffice.org", per Wikipedia:Article_titles#Common_names. Similar examples in computing are VirtualBox and Microsoft Office 2007. If the naming "Apache OpenOffice.org" ends up being the most used name, then it can be changed, but for the moment that does not seems to be the case. Jerebin (talk) 23:33, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] screenshot os

once apache relases aoo 3.4 i think we should change the openoffice screenshots from apache-open-office (aoo) running in ubuntu to aoo running in windows.

my rationale is that aoo is soon to become primarily a windows app. all linux distros have abandoned it and moved to libreoffice, therfore the article should not show aoo running ubuntu because this is misleading and not the most repsentative example of the aoo interface.

what do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123465421jhytwretpo98721654 (talk • contribs) 02:53, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

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[edit] A database management program similar to Microsoft Access.

[edit] aim of openoffice (historical)

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