OpenOffice.org
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About
OpenOffice.org (more commonly known as OpenOffice) is the most popular office suite for Linux; The "writer" word processor and "calc" spreadsheet components from OpenOffice 2.3.0 are preinstalled in MEPIS 7.0. The remainder of the modules from 2.3.0 are available from the MEPIS repository. The applications in OpenOffice are listed below:
| Name | Launch command | Type of documents |
|---|---|---|
| Writer | oowriter | Text, HTML, or XML documents |
| Calc | oocalc | Spreadsheets, Charts |
| Impress | ooimpress | Presentations |
| Base | oobase | Personal Database, Database front-end |
| Draw | oodraw | Graphics |
| Math | oomath | Mathematical Equations |
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Updating to a newer version on MEPIS 6.5
The installed version of OpenOffice on MEPIS 6.5 is older than the current release. If you want to get the latest version installed, see this page.
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Links
- extra templates
- extra macros
- training videos
- manuals
- latest betas .deb
- The OxygenOffice Professional project has OpenOffice.org extensions that provide additional clipart, templates, samples, fonts, and VBA support. Both free and non-free (as in licensing, not cost) content is available.
