First Look: OpenOffice 3.0

Ian Williams, vnunet.com, Tuesday 14 October 2008 at 17:44:00 Open source renews its fight against Microsoft's dominance in productivity tools The third iteration of the OpenOffice productivity suite has been released and we've taken a first look at the final product. The OpenOffice 3.0 installation file weighs in at about 127MB, so downloading it shouldn't tax anyone's internet connection, except possibly those still on dial-up. Installation is straightforward, and includes an option of removing any previous versions of OpenOffice. On first run there is an introduction, set-up and registration process where existing OpenOffice users are given the option to transfer settings and information from their previous installation. The latest version provides a total of six applications: word processor, spreadsheet, presentation... [read full story]                    

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