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The OpenOffice.org community is looking for regular users of OpenOffice.org to test and evaluate the just released OpenOffice.org 3.0 public beta release, which is immediately available in US English for MS-Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and OpenSolaris platforms.

New core features included in this beta release:

• 1.1 Mac OS X Support
• 1.2 ODF 1.2 support
• 1.3 Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters
• 1.4 Solver
• 1.5 Chart Enhancements
• 1.6 Improved Crop Feature in Draw and Impress
• 1.7 Spreadsheet Collaboration Through Workbook Sharing
• 1.8 1024 Columns Per Calc Sheet (Instead of 256)
• 1.9 Display of Multiple Writer Pages While Editing
• 1.10 Improved Notes Feature in Writer
• 1.11 New, Fresh-Looking Icons
• 1.12 Start Center

For the complete list of features since version 2.0: http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/featurelistbeta.html

For information on reporting bugs, testing new features, etc.: http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html

Download: http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta

Tags: OpenOffice.org

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