tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-28271326460923346232008-04-17T09:00:00.007-06:002008-06-04T08:13:41.289-06:00<p><a href="http://www.oooninja.com/search/label/openoffice.org 3.0">OpenOffice.org 3.0</a> (UPDATED) <del>DEV300_m7</del> <a rel="external nofollow" href="http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html" title="Download the latest OpenOffice.org developer's snapshot">BEA300_m1</a> is out. The title bar reads "beta."</p> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/OOoNinja/SAddbCanxnI/AAAAAAAAA3M/OcbsHc-7QTQ/s640/OOo_DEV300_m7_splash.png" alt="OpenOffice.org 3.0 DEV300_m7 welcome center" /> <p>The about dialog reads OpenOffice.org 3.0 "beta" twice.</p> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/OOoNinja/SAddayanxlI/AAAAAAAAA28/-Qu1M3ug9sw/s640/OOo_DEV300_m7_about.png" /> <p>It looks like a beta. It smells and tastes like a beta, but is this really OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta? No. It's a development snapshot which is like an alpha version.</p> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/OOoNinja/SAddbCanxmI/AAAAAAAAA3E/oDjmHILJD5g/s640/OOo_DEV300_m7_intro.png" alt="OpenOffice.org DEV300_m7 splash screen" /> <p>The real OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta is due April 30. You are welcome and encouraged to test any version to find and <a rel="external nofollow" href="http://qa.openoffice.org/ooQAReloaded/ooQA-ReportBugs.html">report bugs</a> and to discover <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-new-features.html" title="New features in OpenOffice.org 3.0">new features</a>. The stable OpenOffice.org 3.0 release is still due September 2008.</p> <p>Since I wrote about <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-new-features.html">OpenOffice.org 3.0 DEV300_m3</a> a month ago, changes in DEV300_m7 include:</p> <ul> <li>Bug fixes</li> <li>Ability to install 3.0 development snapshot in parallel to 2.x on Windows</li> <li>Improvements to the window title bars</li> <li>Changing welcome center from blue to green</li> <li>Part of what is needed for <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/06/pdf-import-hybrid-odf-pdfs-extension-30.html">PDF import</a></li> <li>An <a rel="external nofollow" href="http://www.linux.com/feature/134684">extension for publishing directly to a MediaWiki wiki</a> such as Wikipedia</li> <li>Changes to support OpenDocument 1.2</li> </ul> <p>DEV300_m9 adds a <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/04/desktop-start-launch-icons.html">desktop start link</a> on Windows.</p> <p>Two other features available now I didn't mention earlier are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/04/interactive-picture-crop-in-draw-and.html">Interactive cropping of graphics</a></li> <li>Choice of number of slides when printing handouts in Impress</li> </ul> <h3>Related articles</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-new-features.html">New features in OpenOffice.org 3.0, an early look</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/04/desktop-start-launch-icons.html">Desktop icons</a> in OpenOffice.org 3.0</li> <li><a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/04/galaxy-icon-set-theme-look.html">Galaxy icon theme</a> for OpenOffice.org 3.0</li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8544609315733972726-2827132646092334623?l=www.oooninja.com'/></div>Andrew Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108637160465346326noreply@blogger.com12