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NeoOffice 2.1 to Support OpenXML Documents and VBA Macros in Q1 2007
Posted by pluby on Friday, January 05 @ 09:43:09 CST
NeoOffice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CLARA, CA—05 January 2007— NeoOffice.org is pleased to announce the development and forthcoming release of NeoOffice 2.1. Scheduled for release in Q1 2007, NeoOffice 2.1 will contain a number of unique features including:
  • The latest features from OpenOffice.org 2.1
  • Opening, editing, and saving of Microsoft Office 2007 OpenXML documents
  • Execution of Visual Basic for Applications macros in Excel documents
  • Support for linear programming extensions for spreadsheets
  • And more!
Support for interoperability with Microsoft Office 2007 OpenXML formatted documents and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is drawn from the ooo-build project, a branch of OpenOffice.org that includes several features which Sun has not yet integrated up-stream. ooo-build is a collaboration between many individuals & vendors spearheaded by Novell. Leveraging the ongoing contributions from ooo-build, NeoOffice.org is pleased to deliver the most compatible office productivity application suite for Mac OS X for today and beyond. NeoOffice.org is proud to collaborate with ooo-build to help make these important features available for all Mac owners. "It's great to have NeoOffice making their work available under the JCA to OpenOffice.org via. ooo-build, and building on our substantial investment here, I'm excited about working with them going forward." said Michael Meeks, Distinguished Engineer, Novell.

The NeoOffice 2.1 release will allow Mac users to utilize OpenXML documents prior to the announced availability of translators from Microsoft. With Microsoft's announced intention to remove VBA support in Microsoft Office Mac 2007, NeoOffice 2.1 will be one of the only available ongoing solutions for Mac users who use VBA macros in their Excel documents. NeoOffice 2.1 is currently scheduled for release on 27 March 2007. The scheduled preliminary availability for NeoOffice Early Access Program members is 27 February 2007. With many thanks to an anonymous donor and the work pioneered by Novell, NeoOffice.org is proud to be able to continue to provide the most advanced set of office productivity applications available for Mac OS X with industry leading support for cross platform document exchange. About NeoOffice.org NeoOffice.org is an open source project dedicated to delivering a first class free software office productivity suite for Mac OS X. Based on OpenOffice.org, NeoOffice provides word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database applications. In addition to all the features of OpenOffice.org, NeoOffice features a fully native Mac OS X user interface, Spotlight integration, drag and drop, and other features to provide the ultimate Mac OS X user experience. With nearly 500,000 downloads each month, NeoOffice is the leading open source office productivity suite for Mac OS X. For more information, visit http://www.neooffice.org. NeoOffice is a registered trademark of Planamesa, Inc. in the United States. Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. OpenOffice.org is a registered trademark of Team OpenOffice.org, e.V. Microsoft, Office, OpenXML, and Visual Basic for Applications are registered trademarks of Microsoft, Inc. Mac OS X is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
 
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Re: NeoOffice 2.1 to Support OpenXML Documents and VBA Macros in Q1 2007 (Score: 1)
by Glenner on Saturday, January 06 @ 02:06:20 CST
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Congratulations to all!

PS: Should this not read: NeoOffice 2.1 will be THE only available ongoing solution for Mac users who use VBA macros in their Excel documents?



virus compatible (Score: 1)
by bhuot on Saturday, January 06 @ 17:05:21 CST
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Now that Visual Basic programs/viruses are going to be read and run by NeoOffice, I won't be using it to open any Word or Open Document Text files I receive as they could potentially include viruses. Thanks for bringing viruses into the Open Document world.



Release 2.1 in Q1 2007 when 2.0 isn't released yet? (Score: 1)
by richmaine on Monday, January 08 @ 08:51:01 CST
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Version 2.1 is scheduled for release in Q1 2007, even though 2.0 has been in beta for over half a year and is not yet released? What's going on? Is someone perhaps confusing the release of a beta with the actual release of a version? They are not the same thing.

I've been waiting for the actual release of 2.0 before I install it on my newish home machine. I've got a beta of it on this work machine, but figured I'd wait for the real thing before installing it at home. It has been a lot longer wait than I had anticipated. I'm not complaining (I know better than that), but now I'm quite confused.

I hope we aren't in a mode where betas are confused with stable releases. One reason I've been waiting for the stable release is that I find one of the behaviors of the beta annoying - understandable for a beta, but annoying for an actual release. It has a tendency to automatically bring up the neooffice web page instead of the document I'm trying to open; that's distracting and slow if I'm in the middle of actual work.



Re: NeoOffice 2.1 to Support OpenXML Documents and VBA Macros in Q1 2007 (Score: 1)
by jon_goodfellow on Friday, January 12 @ 05:38:25 CST
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PLuby should be asking for more than donations. This should be straight forward shareware. The work is substantial for an Aquafied OpenOffice alternative to MS Office for OSX. A shareware fee of, say, $25 should be appropriate. "Free as Beer" doesn't make sense for the alternative here. I've been testing this since Alpha stage and plan on putting on my office Macs when 2.1 is released. So way to go Mr. Luby... some $$ will be coming from this quarter very soon. Thanks a bunch!



VBA Support (Score: 1)
by JackFalstaff on Saturday, February 24 @ 08:27:03 CST
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Why is VBA support being limited to Excel?

I am a Word developer (www.indelibleink.com) and have just finished porting one of my applications to Word:Mac only to find out it will only be usable in one version of Word.

It would be great if there were a reason to continue development for the Mac platform.

Please consider implementing a VBA layer in NeoWord as well, please.



it's my pleasure to sign up for the early 2.1 program... (Score: 1)
by donmontalvo on Tuesday, March 06 @ 21:03:29 CST
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...this is one significant software application.

don montalvo, nyc




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