trinity - NeoOffice 3.0 Released

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CLARA, CA—31 March 2009— NeoOffice.org is pleased to announce the release of NeoOffice 3.0. NeoOffice 3.0 is available for all users from the NeoOffice download page. NeoOffice is a full-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office. NeoOffice is one of the most stable office suites for Mac OS X. We have created an office suite that is adapted to the unique needs of Mac users by taking the features in Sun Microsystems' OpenOffice.org office suite and adding improvements such as:

Fast, free, and friendly support for all users
Extremely stable Mac OS X code that has been in daily use by hundreds of thousands of NeoOffice users since 2003
Significant speed improvements to the OpenOffice.org code
Dozens of features requested by our users designed specifically for the Mac

NeoOffice 3.0 includes nearly all of the features in OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 and includes many of the most commonly used features in Microsoft Office. The only OpenOffice.org feature that is missing from NeoOffice 3.0 is Mac OS X Universal Access support. Unfortunately, we have not been able integrate OpenOffice.org's Universal Access code into NeoOffice so if you need Universal Access support, we recommend that you use OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, or Apple iWork. Below is a list of some of the Mac OS X features requested by our users that are in NeoOffice 3.0 but are not in OpenOffice.org 3.0.1:

Mac OS X Services support
Media Browser support
Native floating tool windows
Magnify and swipe trackpad gestures
Menus available when no documents are open
Import images from scanners and cameras
Command-clicking on window titlebar
Mac OS X Leopard grammar checking support (Mac OS X 10.5.x only)

Special thanks also go to the following organizations and people:

All of NeoOffice donors. The NeoOffice project is funded entirely by the time and money donated by our users. Without the generous donations and volunteer hours made by our users, this release would not have been possible.
OpenOffice.org for creating their well-supported Windows, Linux, and Solaris code upon which NeoOffice is built.
The ooo-build project for their many enhancements to the OpenOffice.org code.

Like NeoOffice.org, these organizations and people are dedicated to providing open source software as a public service to people throughout the world at no cost. Their generosity helps make free applications like NeoOffice possible.

NeoOffice 3.0 can be downloaded by all Mac OS X users from the NeoOffice download page. The NeoOffice project is funded entirely by donations from our users so please consider making a small donation before downloading to help us continue to improve NeoOffice. If you have any support questions, please visit the NeoWiki or ask your question in the NeoOffice Support forum. Since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. So please post any bugs that you find in the NeoOffice Support forum so that we can continue to improve NeoOffice: About NeoOffice.org Since 2003, NeoOffice has been the leading open source office software created and supported by Mac users specifically for Mac OS X and is used by over half a million people worldwide. NeoOffice.org is funded NeoOffice entirely by the time and money donated by our users. For more information, visit http://www.neooffice.org/.