OpenOffice.org Writer
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 OpenOffice.org Writer 3 |
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| Developer(s) | Sun Microsystems, community |
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| Stable release | 3.1.0 / 2009-05-07 |
| Operating system | Cross platform |
| Type | Word processor |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public Licence |
| Website | www.openoffice.org |
OpenOffice.org Writer is the word processor component of the OpenOffice.org software package. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect, with some of their features.
As with the entire OpenOffice.org suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Irix and Solaris. Released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence, Writer is free software.
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Writer is capable of opening and saving documents in a number of formats, including the OASIS Open Document Format 1.1 (its default format), Microsoft Word's DOC, DOCX, RTF and XHTML.
Writer provides a number of features not present in Word out of the box, including the ability to export to the PDF format natively, though that functionality can be added to Microsoft Word 2007 via free download. It also includes a word completion mechanism for predictive writing that is not available in Microsoft Word as of June, 2008.[citation needed]
Features include:
- AutoCorrect
- AutoComplete
- Styles and Formatting
- Text Frames and Linking
- Tables of Contents
- Indexing
- Bibliographical References
- Illustrations
- Tables
Though OpenOffice.org Writer has a spell checker, it lacks a built-in grammar checker, which is available only as an extension since version 3.0.[1]
Writer's mail merge functions, although substantially rewritten in 2.0, are still less flexible than those of other word processors. [2]
Writer lacks a "normal" or "draft view" found in most other word processors, where paper margins and some aspects of the layout are hidden in order to let the user focus on text editing rather than layout. This is one of the most voted for bug reports on the OpenOffice web site.[3]
Jumping back from a hyperlink inside the document is not possible, i.e. having jumped through a hyperlink, no 'back navigation' button is made available like the one found in web browsers.[4]
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- ^ New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, an Early Look
- ^ "FOSS word processors compared: OOo Writer, AbiWord, and KWord". Linux.com. 2005-08-23. http://www.linux.com/articles/47307. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Issue 4914 - "normal" view option needed". OpenOffice.org. 2002-05-15. http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4914. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
- ^ "Simple question on Back with Hyper Link". http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=24356.
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