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StarOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, database, and the ability for users to create their own custom extensions and applications.
StarOffice 8 Fam Tour
If you're unfamiliar with StarOffice, take this tour of StarOffice 8 to get a feel for how capable and powerful this office productivity tool is.
The StarOffice team at Sun listened closely to feedback from current StarOffice users and also listened to users of other office suites when designing StarOffice 9. The goal was to make the new version as powerful and feature-rich as any other office suite on the market, and achieve the highest level of user satisfaction possible.
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Feature Rich, Very Capable
The StarOffice 9 includes important new capabilities in several areas. You can give them all a try in the beta, and use many more features not listed here:
Interoperability
- Improved Microsoft Office compatibility, including OOXML support
- PDF import and one-click PDF export
Communication and Collaboration
- Lightning, a Calendar extension for Mozilla Thunderbird
- Publishing tools for blogs and wikis
Productivity
- Improvements to each of the StarOffice applications, including a Solver tool in Calc, a Database Report Builder in Base, and fine-tuned control of presentation slides in Impress
Usability
- Updated icon set
- Online update feature
Mac Platform Support
- Native port for Mac OS X
- StarOffice users on all major platforms can easily shares files and other information
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