OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows contains enhancements and bug fixes, especially for interoperability with Microsoft* Office and other word processing programs, that are not available in the standard edition. The enhancements include:
* Scalable Vector Graphics Supportvia a built-in SVG import filter
* Excel Compatibility: Improved Excel compatibility for certain built-in functions (e.g. CELL, INFO, INDIRECT), hyperlinks and filters, improved ergonomics, 'merge and center' fix. Adds support for 'R1C1' style addresses. Performance enhancement on certain text functions such as SEARCH. Natural sorting option in cell range sorting.
* Excel VBA Macro Interoperability: OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows eases the migration of many macros from Microsoft* Excel. Although not all macros can be successfully migrated, this interoperability offers more than the standard edition, which does not support migration of macros.
* Enhanced Fonts: Licensed fonts from AGFA Monotype which are metrically identical and visually compatible with some of the key Microsoft fonts. This allows OpenOffice.org to match fonts when opening documents originally composed in Microsoft Office, and very closely match pagination and page formatting. The fonts have different names, but are transparently mapped on export and import to their equivalents.
* EMF+The ability to render EMF+ formatted graphics
* Data Pilots: Data Pilots are interoperable with Microsoft Office Pivot Tables*. The Novell edition substantially improves the Data Pilot feature, making it possible to edit pilots after creation.
* Import File Formats: Microsoft Works, WordPerfect text and graphics, T602 Import, OfficeOpen XML
* Groupwise Integration:OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows includes improved integration with ODMA (Open Document Management Architecture) services, for example for GroupWise. If you have the GroupWise client installed on the machine, OpenOffice.org will offer to open documents from GroupWise, or save documents in GroupWise. If you want to open or save documents using the normal Windows file dialog instead, click Use Application Dialog when offered to select a document from GroupWise or to save a document into GroupWise. To avoid the GroupWise dialogs altogether, toggle the corresponding button in the Tools > Options > General dialog. |
