Monday, October 13, 2008

OpenOffice for OS X finally goes native on Intel Macs

OpenOffice has released version 3 of its eponymous open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, which finally includes a native version for Mac OS X, although it does appear to be Intel powered systems only - no PPC.

According to Insanely Great Mac, the software includes:

  • ODF 1.2 Support
  • Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters
  • Solver component which allows solving optimization problems
  • Support for displaying custom error bars and regression equations
  • Improved Crop Feature in Draw and Impress

The software is only available for Macs with Intel processors. There are projects for converting OpenOffice for PowerPC, but an official version was not included in this 3.0.0 release.

OpenOffice's site is running very slowly this morning due to the demand for the new release, but the official download link is here. There are mirrors available, and this one seemed to work for me. For Mac users, the file to download includes MacOSXIntel_AQUA_install in the name.

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