![]() The basic interface is rather reminiscent of Microsoft Access. The database package is now relational and replete with tantalizing features. October 2005 saw the arrival of Release Candidate 1 and the fifth birthday of OpenOffice. By March 2005 the branch adopted the OpenDocument standard, and in early fall betas one and two were released. ![]() The first iterations of the database in December 2004 were simple flat files with little additional functionality beyond a spreadsheet. When the 2.0 branch forked, I began playing with the pre-release 1.9 versions. Since 19 January 2003 when I first started using OpenOffice I have moved into the newest builds. That's no typo: OpenOffice remains free for the downloading - Windows, OS X, and Linux. The increase in price from $0 to $0 is made quite tolerable by this addition. To this winning mix OpenOffice 2.0 adds a database. has always been cross-platform with a word processing module the equal of Microsoft Word called Writer, a spreadsheet that is nearly indistinguishable from Excel in capabilities, a presentation module that has all the capabilities of PowerPoint, and three other modules that Office has never offered: a WYSIWYG web page editor, a stand-alone math editor, and a drawing package with dozens of export options.
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