OpenOffice.org Novell Edition

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop provides the Novell edition of OpenOffice.org. The Novell edition has several enhancements that are not included in the standard edition:

General

  • Many performance improvements for a better user experience

  • Built-in extensions

  • Google Docs and Zoho load and save

  • Support for Open Document Format (ODF) v1.2

Base

  • Built-in extensions. Report designer for creating smart-looking database reports.

Calc

  • Extended row limit (1,048,576 rows) and related performance improvements

  • Improved load and save of files in .xlsx format.

  • Improved support for VBA macros.

  • Usability improvements in selections and copying.

  • Built-in extensions and non-linear solver.

  • Support for Comments.

  • New chart types, like Bubble.

Writer

  • Improved load and save of files in .docx format.

  • Built-in extensions for PDF import and MediaWiki export.

  • Autocorrection improvements.

Impress

  • Improved load and save of files in .pptx format.

  • Built-in extensions provided: Presenter console for better overview of the presenter (time, next slide); Presentation minimizer to clean up the presentation before sending it to others

Additionally, the following features are known from older versions:

Excel VBA Macro Interoperability:

OpenOffice.org Novell edition eases the migration of many macros from Microsoft Excel. Although not all macros can be successfully migrated, this interoperability offers more than the standard edition, which does not support migration of macros.

Data Pilots:

Data Pilots are interoperable with Microsoft Office PivotTables*. OpenOffice.org Novell edition substantially improves the Data Pilot feature, making it possible to edit pilots after creation.

Enhanced Fonts:

Licensed fonts from Agfa* Monotype* which are metrically identical and visually compatible with some of the key Microsoft fonts. This allows OpenOffice.org Novell edition to match fonts when opening documents originally composed in Microsoft Office, and very closely match pagination and page formatting.

EMF+Support:

The ability to render EMF+ formatted graphics.

SVG Support:

The ability to import scalable vector graphics.

Import File Formats:

Microsoft Works, WordPerfect* text and graphics, T602 files, Office Open XML, and more.

GroupWise® Integration:

OpenOffice.org Novell edition includes improved integration with ODMA (Open Document Management Architecture) services, for example for GroupWise. If you have the GroupWise client installed on the machine, OpenOffice.org Novell edition will offer to open documents from GroupWise, or save documents in GroupWise.

You can also use the standard edition of OpenOffice.org rather than the Novell edition. If you install the latest version of OpenOffice.org, all of your Novell edition files remain compatible. However, the standard edition does not contain the enhancements made in the Novell edition.

For a full list of new core features available with OpenOffice.org 3.2.0, refer to http://development.openoffice.org/releases/3.2.0.html.