Larry Ellison, head of Oracle, which recently bought Sun, said he wants to see JavaFX-based OpenOffice applications, according to DevX. OpenOffice is currently a C++-based application. I think this announcement refutes the unfounded concerns of those who though that the buyout of Sun would mean doomsday for Java or OpenOffice. Oracle has an interest in [...]
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OpenOffice.orgNinja (oooninja.com) has a look at OpenOffice 3.1 here. The new features include: Antialiased drawings Solid dragging Translucent selections in Writer Chart axes and labels Outline levels Replying to notes Increase font size button Grammar checking Overlining Hyperlinks management Accept tracked changes Control slideshow media Sorting improvements Macros in Base SQL syntax highlighting Relative database [...]
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Linux.com reports that OpenOffice will offer PDF editing in the next version. Linux.com :: OpenOffice.org extension will add PDF editing This is interesting in that OpenOffice has been in the forefront of PDF support: It offered “export to PDF” in previous versions, which was available in Microsoft Word only through third-party plugins. What’s even more [...]
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