OpenOffice.org OpenOffice - 3.0 Quick Start Guide download pdf (Page 13)

• No vendor lock-in. OOo3 uses OpenDocument, an XML

(eXtensible Markup Language) file format developed as an

industry standard by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of

Structured Information Standards). These files can easily be

unzipped and read by any text editor, and their framework is open

and published.

• You have a voice. Enhancements, software fixes, and release

dates are community-driven. You can join the community and

affect the course of the product you use.

You can read more about OpenOffice.org, its mission, history, licensing,

and other organizational information on the OpenOffice.org website.

Minimum requirements

OpenOffice.org 3 requires one of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 (Service

Pack 2 or higher), Windows XP, Windows 2003, or Windows Vista

• GNU/Linux Kernel version 2.2.13 and glibc 2.2.0 or newer

• Mac OS X 10.4.x, X11 required; Mac OS X 10.5+ without X11

• Solaris version 8 or higher

Some OpenOffice.org features (wizards and the HSQLDB database

engine) require that the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) be installed

on your computer. Although OOo will work fine without Java support,

some features will not be available. You can download OOo with or

without JRE included. If you have a slow machine and do not often

need the features requiring JRE, you can try to disable it to speed up

the loading of the program.

For a more detailed (and up-to-date) listing of requirements, see

http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_30.html.

How to get the software

Many new computers come with OpenOffice.org installed. In addition,

most Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, include OpenOffice.org.

If you need to install it yourself, it’s very easy to do. You can download

the OpenOffice.org installation package from the project’s home page

or by using a Peer to Peer client such as BitTorrent. Instructions for

BitTorrent are here.

The installation package is approximately 150MB. People with slow

Internet connections may prefer to purchase a copy on a CD or DVD

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