Editing OpenOffice.org (section)

== Features ==
OpenOffice.org 1.0 was launched under the following [[mission statement]]:<ref name=ooo1announce>{{cite web |title=OpenOffice.org community announces OpenOffice.org 1.0: free office productivity software |url=http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/ooo_release.html |date=30 April 2002 |access-date=16 March 2007 |publisher=Sun Microsystems |archive-date=21 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421173321/http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/ooo_release.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{blockquote|text=The mission of OpenOffice.org is to create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.}}

=== Components ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
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! Icon !! Title !! Description
|-
| class="noresize" | [[File:OOoWriter3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Writer icon|48px]]
| '''Writer'''
| A [[word processor]] analogous to [[Microsoft Word]] or [[WordPerfect]].
|-
| [[File:OOoCalc3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Calc icon|48px]]
| '''Calc'''
| A [[spreadsheet]] analogous to [[Microsoft Excel]] or [[Lotus 1-2-3]].
|-
| [[File:OOoImpress3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Impress icon|48px]]
| '''Impress'''
| A [[presentation program]] analogous to [[Microsoft PowerPoint]] or [[Apple Keynote]]. Impress could export presentations to [[Adobe Flash]] (SWF) files, allowing them to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. Presentation templates were available on the OpenOffice.org website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/presentations/index.html |title=Presentation templates at OpenOffice.org |publisher=documentation.openoffice.org |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428003904/http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/presentations/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template_2_x/impress/index.html |title=Impress Templates&nbsp;— User/Template |publisher=documentation.openoffice.org |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=10 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510051859/http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template_2_x/impress/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[File:OOoDraw3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Draw icon|48px]]
| '''Draw'''
| A [[vector graphics editor]] comparable in features to the drawing functions in Microsoft Office.
|-
| [[File:OOoMath3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Math icon|48px]]
| '''Math'''
| A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulas, analogous to [[Microsoft Equation Editor]]. Formulas could be embedded inside other OpenOffice.org documents, such as those created by Writer.
|-
| [[File:OOoBase3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Base icon|48px]]
| '''Base'''
| A [[database management program]] analogous to [[Microsoft Access]]. Base could function as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), [[Open Database Connectivity|ODBC]] data sources, [[MySQL]] and [[PostgreSQL]]. Base became part of the suite starting with version 2.0. [[HSQL]] was the included database engine. From version 2.3, Base offered report generation via [[Pentaho]].
|}

The suite contained no [[personal information manager]], [[email client]] or [[calendar application]] analogous to [[Microsoft Outlook]], despite one having been present in StarOffice 5.2. Such functionality was frequently requested.<ref name=lightning3.0/> The OpenOffice.org Groupware project, intended to replace Outlook and [[Microsoft Exchange Server]], spun off in 2003 as OpenGroupware.org,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/Exchange-targeted-by-open-source-group/2100-1012_3-1024994.html|title=Exchange targeted by open-source group|first=Matt|last=Hines|work=CNET News|publisher=CNet|date=11 July 2003|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001122742/http://news.cnet.com/Exchange-targeted-by-open-source-group/2100-1012_3-1024994.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which is now [[SOGo]]. The project considered bundling [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] and [[Mozilla Lightning]] for OpenOffice.org 3.0.<ref name=lightning3.0>{{cite web|first=Louis|last=Suárez-Potts|url=http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html|title=Interview: Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org|publisher=Openoffice.org|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230022618/http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Supported operating systems ===
The last version, 3.4 Beta 1, was available for [[IA-32]] versions of [[Windows 2000]] Service Pack 2 or later, [[Linux]] (IA-32 and x64), [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] and [[OS X]] 10.4 or later, and the [[SPARC]] version of Solaris.<ref name="ooo34b1">{{cite web|url=http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429112756/http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html|title=OpenOffice.org – Download Beta Release|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-date=29 April 2011|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="sysreqs">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs.html|title=System Requirements for OpenOffice.org|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514140306/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs.html|archive-date=14 May 2011|access-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The latest versions of OpenOffice.org on other operating systems were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Porting: The OpenOffice.org Porting Project: home|url=http://porting.openoffice.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109000427/http://www.openoffice.org/porting/|archive-date=9 January 2012|publisher=[[Apache Software Foundation]]|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210506072821/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_10.html System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 1.0.x]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210126195630/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_11.html System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 1.1.x]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210815094437/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 2]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210818080457/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_30.html System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 3.0 – 3.3]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104055215/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo34.html System Requirements for Apache OpenOffice 3.4]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo40.html |title=System Requirements for Apache OpenOffice 4.0 |access-date=29 October 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029220103/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo40.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html |title=System Requirements for Apache OpenOffice 4.1.x |access-date=29 October 2021 |archive-date=16 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216060244/https://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[IRIX]] ([[MIPS architecture|MIPS IV]]): v1.0.3<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/porting/irix/ |title=IRIX OpenOffice.org Porting Site |publisher=Openoffice.org |date=17 May 2003 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128065340/http://www.openoffice.org/porting/irix/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Linux 2.2]]: v2.x
* [[Linux 2.4]]: v3.3.x
* [[Mac OS X v10.2]]: v1.1.2
* [[Mac OS X v10.3]]: v2.1
* [[Mac OS X v10.4]]-[[Mac OS X v10.6]]: v4.0
* [[Windows 95]]: v1.1.5
* [[Windows NT 4.0 SP6]]: v1.1.x
* [[Windows 98]] and [[Windows ME]]: v2.4.3<ref name="sysreqs20">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529092059/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html|archive-date=29 May 2011|title=System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 2|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Windows 2000]] Service Pack 2 or later: v3.3.x
* [[Solaris 7]]: 1.0.x
* [[Solaris 8]], [[Solaris 9]]: v2.x
* [[Solaris 10]]: v3.4 Beta 1

=== Fonts ===
OpenOffice.org included [[OpenSymbol]], [[DejaVu fonts|DejaVu]],<ref name="modules-fonts">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=External%2FModules&oldid=91799#Fonts|title=External/Modules|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=4 September 2008|access-date=20 June 2013|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=External%2FModules&oldid=91799#Fonts|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Liberation fonts]] (from 2.4) and the [[Gentium]] fonts (from 3.2).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=89682 |title=OpenOffice.org&nbsp;— Issue 89682 — Include the Gentium open fonts |publisher=OpenOffice.org |access-date=3 February 2010 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075829/https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=89682 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77705 |title=OpenOffice.org&nbsp;— Issue 77705 – Liberation font and OOo |publisher=OpenOffice.org |access-date=5 February 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511113949/http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77705 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104723 |title=OpenOffice.org&nbsp;— Issue 104723 – Update Liberation fonts to v1.05.1.20090721 |publisher=OpenOffice.org |access-date=5 February 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511113839/http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104723 |url-status=live }}</ref> Versions up to 2.3 included the [[Bitstream Vera]] fonts.<ref name="modules-fonts" /><ref name="ooo240" /> OpenOffice.org also used the default fonts of the running operating system.

''Fontwork'' is a feature that allows users to create stylized text with special effects differing from ordinary text with the added features of gradient colour fills, shaping, letter height, and character spacing. It is similar to [[WordArt]] used by Microsoft Word.  When OpenOffice.org saved documents in Microsoft Office file format, all Fontwork was converted into WordArt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Documentation%2FOOoAuthors_User_Manual%2FImpress_Guide%2FUsing_Fontwork&oldid=78557|date=23 May 2008|title=Using Fontwork|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Documentation%2FOOoAuthors_User_Manual%2FImpress_Guide%2FUsing_Fontwork&oldid=78557|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started/Using_Fontwork|title=Using Fontwork|date=9 November 2007|access-date=22 September 2013|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316194556/http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started/Using_Fontwork|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Extensions ===
From version 2.0.4, OpenOffice.org supported third-party extensions.<ref>{{cite mailing list |last=Bergmann |first=Stephan |title=.oxt, .uno.pkg, .zip |mailing-list=dev@extensions.openoffice.org |date=7 July 2006 |url=http://markmail.org/thread/mqs2zu2razceqnr3 |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926192901/http://markmail.org/thread/mqs2zu2razceqnr3 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of April 2011, the OpenOffice Extension Repository listed more than 650 extensions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424015927/http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project|title=OpenOffice.org Extensions|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-date=24 April 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Another list was maintained by the [[Free Software Foundation]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Open Office und FSF streiten um Extensions|language=de|trans-title=OpenOffice and FSF argue about extensions|magazine=[[Linux Magazine|Linux Magazin]]|url=http://www.linux-magazin.de/NEWS/Open-Office-und-FSF-streiten-um-Extensions|access-date=16 May 2012|date=10 May 2010|first=Ulrich|last=Bantle|archive-date=20 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720234707/http://www.linux-magazin.de/NEWS/Open-Office-und-FSF-streiten-um-Extensions|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List|title=Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List|publisher=LibrePlanet|access-date=23 June 2013|archive-date=19 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619105248/http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== OpenOffice Basic ===
{{Main|OpenOffice Basic}}

OpenOffice.org included OpenOffice Basic, a [[programming language]] similar to Microsoft [[Visual Basic for Applications]] (VBA). OpenOffice Basic was available in Writer, Calc and Base.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bain |first=Mark Alexander |work=NewsForge |title=An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic |url=http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/09/20/1840248.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323022629/http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/09/20/1840248.shtml |archive-date=23 March 2006 |access-date=3 March 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> OpenOffice.org also had some Microsoft VBA macro support.

=== Connectivity ===
OpenOffice.org could interact with databases (local or remote) using ODBC ([[Open Database Connectivity]]), JDBC ([[Java Database Connectivity]]) or SDBC (StarOffice Database Connectivity).<ref>{{Cite conference
 |first1         = Editha D.
 |last1          = Dimalen
 |first2        = Davis Muhajereen D.
 |last2         = Dimalen
 |title         = An OpenOffice Spelling and Grammar Checker Add-in Using an Open Source External Engine as Resource Manager and Parser
 |url           = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/centers/adric/nlp/downloads/4NNLPRS/pdf/paper16.pdf
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 |archive-date   = 1 May 2011
 |conference    = 4th National Natural Language Processing Research Symposium: Philippine Languages and Computation
 |year          = 2007
 |page          = 70
 |place         = Manila
 |conference-url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/centers/adric/nlp/events.asp
 |access-date    = 16 October 2013
 |quote         = SDBC (StarOffice Database Connectivity) and ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) was used to bridge the postgreSQL engine with the OpenOffice document.
 |url-status       = dead
 |df            = dmy-all
}}
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