OpenOffice 3.0 Goes Live

Fans of the free office apps suite, OpenOffice, will be glad to know that version 3.0 is already out the door, and is available for download.

Among the more notable improvements for OpenOffice 3.0 include:

  • Out-of-the-box import filters for the latest Microsoft Office file formats, enabling OpenOffice 3.0 to read documents saved with Microsoft Office 2007 or 2008 in .docx, .xlsx and .pptx
  • The ability to read and write documents in standardized OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2.
  • Native compatibility with the Mac OS X platform. MacHeads rejoice!

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