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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

j2 Global Communications, Inc.’s eFax faxing service has been integrated into the menu bar of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org so customers can create documents within these productivity suites and fax them instantaneously. The link includes a fax send form and links to the eFax website for account management. Documents can be attached to the form, a cover page is automatically created and the fax is delivered with the click of a button. eFax is also available to StarSuite productivity users.

Downloads for the eFax service is located at these URLs:

- http://www.efax.com/downloads

- http://www.sun.com/staroffice/extensions.jsp#efax