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Though OpenOffice.org Writer has a spell checker, it lacks a built-in grammar checker though this is available as an extension. Writer's mail merge functions, although substantially rewritten in 2.0, are still less flexible than those of other word processors.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.linux.com/articles/47307 |title = FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord |date = 2005-08-23 |publisher = [[Linux.com]] |accessdate = 2008-08-07}}</ref> |
Though OpenOffice.org Writer has a spell checker, it lacks a built-in grammar checker though this is available as an extension. Writer's mail merge functions, although substantially rewritten in 2.0, are still less flexible than those of other word processors. |
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It has been confirmed in the Release Notes of OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 Release Candidate, that Writer will now have an intergrated grammar checker. |
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 OpenOffice.org Writer 3 | |
| Developer(s) | Sun Microsystems, community |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.0.0
/ October 13, 2008 |
| Operating system | Cross platform |
| Type | Word processor |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public Licence |
| Website | www.openoffice.org |
OpenOffice.org Writer is the word processor component of the OpenOffice.org software package. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect, with some of their features.
As with the entire OpenOffice.org suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Irix and Solaris. Released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence, Writer is free software.
Features
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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, RTF and XHTML.
Writer provides a number of features not present in Word, including the ability to export to the PDF format natively. It also includes a word completion mechanism for predictive writing that is not available in Microsoft Word as of June, 2008.[citation needed]
Features include:
- AutoCorrect
- AutoComplete
- Styles and Formatting
- Text Frames and Linking
- Tables of Contents
- Indexing
- Bibliographical References
- Illustrations
- Tables
Though OpenOffice.org Writer has a spell checker, it lacks a built-in grammar checker though this is available as an extension. Writer's mail merge functions, although substantially rewritten in 2.0, are still less flexible than those of other word processors. [1]
It has been confirmed in the Release Notes of OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 Release Candidate, that Writer will now have an intergrated grammar checker. [2]
See also
References
- ^ "FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord". Linux.com. 2005-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 Release Candidate 1 - Release Notes". Openoffice.org. 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
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