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>>NOTE: this announcement is also available online at=C2=A0http://s.apache.=
org/3KA=0A=0ALeading Open Source office productivity solution introduces ma=
jor new user experience and improvements=0A=0A23 July 2013 --Forest Hill, M=
D-- The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, ste=
wards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, t=
oday announced the immediate availability of Apache OpenOfficeTM 4.0=0A=0AA=
pache OpenOffice is the leading Open Source office document productivity su=
ite, providing six productivity applications: Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, =
Draw and Formula, with native support for OASIS Open Document Format 1.2 (O=
DF). OpenOffice supports multiple platforms, including Linux, OS X=C2=AE an=
d Microsoft Windows=C2=AE, with additional 3rd party ports to other operati=
ng systems. Apache OpenOffice is translated by community volunteers into do=
zens of languages, including major market languages as well as regional and=
 minority languages that are often ignored by commercial vendors.=0A=0AMore=
 than 58 million copies of Apache OpenOffice v3.4 have been downloaded sinc=
e its release in May 2012. Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is available for download =
at: http://www.openoffice.org.=C2=A0=0A=0AOpenOffice 4.0 features a new, mo=
re modern user interface, improvements to Microsoft Office interoperability=
, enhanced graphics support and many other improvements, which are detailed=
 in the Release Notes: http://s.apache.org/fw=0A=0A"With Apache OpenOffice =
=C2=A0we are making major improvements to our user experience by introducin=
g the Sidebar, the first radical improvement to the OpenOffice user interfa=
ce in years," said Andrea Pescetti, Vice President, Apache OpenOffice. "Tog=
ether with major new improvements in Microsoft Office interoperability, enh=
ancements in graphics and color palette management as well as improvements =
in Calc, Chart and Draw editor modules, Apache OpenOffice 4.0 adds up to a =
compelling new release. With a rigorous quality assurance testing process, =
we wholeheartedly recommend our user community begin to upgrade. =C2=A0Inno=
vation happens at Apache and is immediately available to everybody who wish=
es to build upon the OpenOffice source code."=0A=0A"IBM is proud to see its=
 source code contribution of IBM=C2=AE Lotus=C2=AE Symphony=E2=84=A2 coming=
 to fruition with the release of Apache OpenOffice 4.0," said Kevin Cavanau=
gh, Vice President, IBM Collaboration Solutions. "The time is right for wid=
e-scale enterprise adoption, especially with the upcoming end-of-support fo=
r Microsoft Office 2003. By choosing Apache OpenOffice, enterprises will fr=
ee up resources for their cloud and mobile infrastructure investments."=0A=
=0AUnder the Hood=0A=0AThe new Sidebar makes better use of today's widescre=
en displays. Users may easily edit their document properties in-context, wi=
th the most-frequently needed controls available in panels in the Sidebar. =
=C2=A0Panels may be expanded or collapsed as needed. =C2=A0Twenty-two panel=
s were implemented, offering users a major productivity improvement.=0A=0AA=
 new framework was implemented allowing application developers to build ext=
ensions to the Sidebar. =C2=A0With this new framework Apache OpenOffice 4.0=
 offers a robust extensibility mechanism, enabling applications that integr=
ate business application data, =C2=A0seamlessly integrate with cloud and mo=
bile document editing environments, and automate common document workflow t=
asks.=C2=A0=0A=0AApache OpenOffice Extensions may be downloaded from the ne=
w version of the Apache OpenOffice Extension Repository, maintained by Sour=
ceForge: http://extensions.openoffice.org=0A=0A"We at SourceForge are proud=
 to actively support the Apache OpenOffice community", said Alice Hill, Pre=
sident, Slashdot Media. "The new versions of OpenOffice extensions and temp=
lates websites provide an enhanced user experience complete with notificati=
ons for new versions. We think the Apache OpenOffice community will be thri=
lled with these upgrades."=0A=0AApache OpenOffice provides new Office Open =
XML (OOXML) support, including support for docx outline levels, support for=
 table background color from table style in docx files, more bullet and num=
bering support in docx and support for font color in pptx files.=0A=0A"Micr=
osoft Office interoperability is a very high priority for the project," sai=
d Juergen Schmidt, Apache OpenOffice Release Manager. "We are working hard =
to ensure that our users can successfully exchange documents and document c=
ontent with colleagues who continue to use Microsoft Office. Moving forward=
 we plan to continue our focus on OOXML document interoperability."=0A=0AAp=
ache OpenOffice an all volunteer led project. All are welcome to make contr=
ibutions to any aspect of the project. To get involved visit: http://openof=
fice.apache.org/get-involved.html=0A=0AAvailability and Oversight=0AAs with=
 all Apache products, Apache OpenOffice software is released under the Apac=
he License v2.0, and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contribu=
tors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Projec=
t's day-to-day operations, including community development and product rele=
ases. Apache OpenOffice release notes, source code, documentation, and rela=
ted resources are available at http://openoffice.apache.org/. =C2=A0Follow =
Apache OpenOffice @ApacheOO on Twitter.=0A=0AAbout The Apache Software Foun=
dation (ASF)=0AEstablished in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees n=
early one hundred fifty leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP=
 Server --the world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's m=
eritocratic process known as "The Apache Way," more than 400 individual Mem=
bers and 3,500 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely availa=
ble enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thou=
sands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and t=
he community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiati=
ves, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, a=
nd expo. The ASF is a US 501(3)(c) not-for-profit charity, funded by indivi=
dual donations and corporate sponsors including AMD, Basis Technology, Citr=
ix, Cloudera, Facebook, Go Daddy, Google, HP, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, InM=
otion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, PSW Group, VMware, WANdisco, and =
Yahoo!.=0AFor more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @The=
ASF on Twitter.=0A=0A"Apache", "Apache OpenOffice", "OpenOffice", and "Apac=
heCon" are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Found=
ation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and tra=
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