Mandriva OpenOffice Features
Desktop Training - Mandriva

Mandriva 2008 Spring comes with its own new version of OpenOffice.org and it has all of the improvements you've been expecting. The new version, OpenOffice 2.4, is a combination of fixes, new features and an overall steady improvement with new releases coming a couple times a year. OpenOffice is starting to gain ground on its office software competition and with so much participation and frequent improvements, it seems to be only a matter of time before we can accomplish everything we need in the office from free Open-Source software.

General

  • Connect to WebDAV servers via HTTPS
  • Custom icons for toolbars are imported
  • Control password-storing with a master password
  • Warning if document is from a newer ODF
  • PDF documents: relative links, document references, PDF/A-1 (ISO 19005-1) supported, and cross-document link behavior options
  • Mac OS X: Quicktime support for movies and sound / use the built in spell checker
  • Print dialog improvements in usability
  • Edit boxes: warning at limit of characters
  • DejaVu font is now default instead of BitStream Vera

Localization

  • Entries for 10 languages added

Base / DBA

  • Improved rendering of numeric(n) data from JDBC and Oracle
  • Easier choice of table name in "Copy table"
  • Editing of views in HSQLDB
  • Query designer for all properties which allow SQL command
  • Query designer in SQL view
  • Relation design accessible for MySQL databases
  • Setting to check for required fields on forms
  • Support for Access 2007 (.accdb files)
Writer
  • Selecting rectangular region of text
  • Find and Replace: backward references in regular expressions
  • Spell checking: easier selecting of the language
  • Insert&Insert Object toolbar redesign - Writer
  • Printing of hidden text can be turned on
  • Printing text place holders can be turned off
  • Shortcuts added for paragraph style Heading 4, Heading 5 and Textbody
  • Ctrl-click behaviour for hyperlinks can be changed

Impress

  • Navigation (tab) order of page objects
  • Thrilling 3D effects in slide transitions
  • Export slide names as PDF bookmarks
  • Easier to insert background picture

Draw

  • Navigation (tab) order of page objects
  • PDF export: page names as bookmark
  • Reduce complexity: no longer necessary display options removed

Chart

  • Regression curves: show equations and R² value
  • Reverse axes possible
  • Bars on different axes displayed next to each other
  • Data labels: Number format
  • Data point label: display both value and percentage
  • Data label: display each part in a separate line
  • Data labels: more flexible placement of labels
  • Labels on pie segments: avoiding overlapping
  • Data point label: can be removed with delete key

Calc

  • Convert text to columns: with this feature CSV data inside cells can be transformed into columns directly
  • Columns and rows in spreadsheet can be moved with drag and drop
  • Enter key returns to the column where the input started, one row below
  • Formula input: "+" and "-" can also be used to start
  • Individual zoom level per sheet
  • AutoFilter: choices clearer grouped and based on result of filtering in other columns
  • DataPilot: Manual Sorting / Double-click in DataPilot cell provides calculation data of that cell
  • Performance improvement with functions VLOOKUP and MATCH
  • Print dialog for Calc easier to use
  • PageUp and PageDown keys work in print preview
  • Sheet names in cell-hyperlinks: renamed properly

Base

  • Improved rendering of numeric(n) data from JDBC and Oracle
  • Easier choice of table name in "Copy table"
  • Editing of views in HSQLDB
  • Query designer for all properties which allow SQL command
  • Query designer in SQL view
  • Relation design accessible for MySQL databases
  • Setting to check for required fields on forms
  • Support for Access 2007 (.accdb files)
Please view http://www.OpenOffice.org for more information on OpenOffice and to get involved in the community.