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{{Infobox software
| name = Apache OpenOffice
| logo = [[File:Aoo4-main-tm-logo-rgb.svg|alt=Apache OpenOffice 4 logo|300px]]
| logo caption = Apache OpenOffice 4 logo
| screenshot = [[File:AOO Writer 4.0.0 Windows in Wine.png|300px]]
| caption = Apache OpenOffice Writer 4.0.0
| developer = [[Apache Software Foundation]]
| released = 3.4.0 / {{Start date and age|2012|05|08|df=yes}}<ref name="press34"/>
| programming language = [[C++]] and [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[OS X]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform = [[IA-32]] and [[x86-64]]
| language = 32 languages<ref name=aoo401announce/>
| status = Active
| genre = [[Office suite]]
| latest release version = 4.0.1
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2013|10|01}}<ref name=aoo401announce>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/announcing_apache_openoffice_4_0|title=Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1|first=Rob|last=Weir|work=Apache OpenOffice blog|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=1 October 2013|accessdate=1 October 2013}}</ref>
| license = [[Apache License]] 2.0<ref name="License">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/license.html |title=Licenses|publisher=Apache Software Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref>
| size = 136.3 MB (4.0.1 [[British English|en-GB]] Windows .exe)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.1/binaries/en-GB/ |title=Apache OpenOffice – Browse /4.0.1/binaries/en-GB/| publisher=Sourceforge.net |date= |accessdate=1 October 2013}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|openoffice.org}}
| standard = [[OpenDocument]] (ISO/IEC 26300)
}}
'''Apache OpenOffice''' ('''AOO''') is an [[open-source software|open-source]] [[office suite|office productivity software suite]]. It descends from [[OpenOffice.org]] and [[IBM Lotus Symphony]],<ref name="symphony_allegro_moderato"/> and is a close cousin of [[LibreOffice]].
Apache OpenOffice contains a [[word processor]] (Writer), a [[spreadsheet]] (Calc), a [[presentation program|presentation]] application (Impress), a [[Graphics software|drawing]] application (Draw), a [[Formula|formula editor]] (Math), and a [[Relational database management system|database management]] application (Base).<ref name="why1">{{cite web |title=Why OpenOffice.org|url=http://why.openoffice.org/ |publisher=[[Apache Software Foundation]]}}</ref>
Apache OpenOffice's default [[file format]] is the [[OpenDocument]] Format (ODF), an [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] standard, which [[OpenDocument standardization|originated]] with OpenOffice.org. It can also read a wide variety of other file formats, with particular attention to those from [[Microsoft Office]].
Apache OpenOffice is developed for [[Linux]], [[OS X]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], with ports to other [[operating system]]s. It is distributed under the [[Apache License]].<ref name="License" /> The first release was version 3.4.0, on 8 May 2012.<ref name="press34"/>
== History ==
{{see also|OpenOffice.org#History|label 1=History of OpenOffice.org}}
After acquiring [[Sun Microsystems]] in January 2010, [[Oracle Corporation]] continued developing OpenOffice.org and StarOffice, which it renamed Oracle Open Office. In September 2010, the majority<ref name=reg20110314>{{cite news|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/page2.html|title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME: Fork, yeah: LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice|quote=LibreOffice came about last year when the majority of OpenOffice developers, concerned about the future of the project under new owner Oracle, broke away.|last=Gilbertson|first=Scott |date=14 March 2011 |accessdate=30 December 2012|newspaper=The Register}}</ref><ref name="ARS02Nov10">{{Cite news|url=http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/11/fork-off-mass-exodus-from-ooo-as-contributors-join-libreoffice/|title=Fork off: mass exodus from OOo as contributors join LibreOffice|accessdate=26 December 2012|last=Paul|first=Ryan |date=2 November 2010 |work=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref> of outside OpenOffice.org developers left the project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@native-lang.openoffice.org/msg04865.html |title=[native-lang] Every end is a new beginning |publisher=Mail-archive.com |date=2010-10-31 |accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenOffice-wird-zu-LibreOffice-Die-OpenOffice-Community-loest-sich-von-Oracle-1097356.html|title=OpenOffice wird zu LibreOffice: Die OpenOffice-Community löst sich von Oracle|language=German|trans_title=OpenOffice to LibreOffice: The OpenOffice community dissolves Oracle|work=Heise Online|date=28 September 2010|accessdate=21 June 2013}}</ref> due to concerns over Sun's, and then Oracle's, management of the project,<ref name="ARS28Sep10">{{cite news|url=http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/|title=Document Foundation forks OpenOffice.org, liberates it from Oracle|accessdate=26 December 2012|last=Paul|first=Ryan |date=28 September 2010 |work=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LibreOffice und The Document Foundation: Die Freiheit, die ich meine ...|url=http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/Die-Freiheit-die-ich-meine-1170972.html|language=German|trans_title=LibreOffice and The Document Foundation: The freedom that I mean ...|first1=Thorsten|last1=Behrens|first2=Florian|last2=Effenberger|date=February 2011|accessdate=21 June 2013|work=iX Magazine|publisher=[[Heinz Heise]]}}</ref> to form [[The Document Foundation]] (TDF). TDF released the [[fork (software development)|fork]] [[LibreOffice]] in January 2011,<ref>{{cite web|author= Florian Effenberger |url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3/ |title=The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3 |publisher=Blog.documentfoundation.org |date=25 January 2011 |accessdate=16 November 2011 }}</ref> which most [[Linux distribution]]s soon moved to,<ref name="nww20120525">{{cite news|url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html|title=Most OpenOffice users run Windows|first=Jon|last=Gold|work=Network World |date=25 May 2012 |accessdate=27 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="debian-lo">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice?action=recall&rev=6|title=LibreOffice has replaced OpenOffice in Debian|work=Debian wiki|publisher=Debian|date=26 February 2012|accessdate=20 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="ubuntu-lo">{{cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |title=Ubuntu opts for LibreOffice over Oracle's OpenOffice |publisher=ZDNet |date=23 January 2012 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |accessdate=19 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="suse-lo">{{cite news |last=Gilbertson|first=Scott|title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME |publisher=The Register |date=14 March 2011 |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/|accessdate=19 January 2012}}</ref> including [[Oracle Linux]].<ref name="techrepublic-oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/open-source-development-the-history-of-openoffice-shows-why-licensing-matters/1079|title=Open-source development: The history of OpenOffice shows why licensing matters|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|work=TechRepublic|date=2 October 2012|accessdate=22 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="derstandard-oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/1342947279200/Ironie-Oracle-liefert-nun-LibreOffice-aus|title=Ironie: Oracle liefert nun LibreOffice aus|language=German|trans_title=Irony: Oracle now provides LibreOffice|work=derStandard.at|date=22 July 2012|accessdate=22 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U3-en.html|title=Oracle Linux 6.3 Release Notes |publisher=oss.oracle.com |date=June 2012 |accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref>
In April 2011 Oracle stopped development of OpenOffice.org<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emeapressoffice.oracle.com/Press-Releases/Oracle-Announces-Its-Intention-to-Move-OpenOffice-org-to-a-Community-based-Project-1ca9.aspx|title=Oracle Announces Its Intention to Move OpenOffice.org to a Community-based Project|date=15 April 2011|author=Oracle Corporation|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref> and fired the remaining development team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Open-Xchange takes aim at no less than Microsoft Office, Google Docs|url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040913-open-xchange-268535.html|first=Jon|last=Gold|work=Network World|date=9 April 2013|accessdate=23 June 2013}}</ref> Its reasons for doing so were not disclosed; some speculate that it was due to the loss of mindshare with much of the community moving to LibreOffice<ref name="ARS18Apr11">{{Cite news |url= http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars |title=Oracle gives up on OpenOffice after community forks the project |accessdate=19 April 2011 |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=18 April 2011 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref> while others suggest it was a commercial decision.<ref name="Phipps20May11">{{Cite news|url = https://lwn.net/Articles/443989/|title = OpenOffice.org and contributor agreements|accessdate = 29 January 2014|author =Simon Phipps|authorlink =Simon Phipps (programmer) |date=May 2011| work = LWN.net}}</ref> In June 2011 Oracle contributed the trademarks to the [[Apache Software Foundation]].<ref name="MW01June">{{Cite news |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm |title=Statements on OpenOffice.org Contribution to Apache |accessdate=15 June 2011 |author=Oracle Corporation |publisher=MarketWire |date=June 2011|type=[https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution Oracle blog version]}}</ref> It also contributed Oracle-owned code to Apache for re-licensing under the [[Apache License]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/19052|title=RE: LibreOffice relicensing efforts|first=Dennis|last=Hamilton|work=Apache Incubator mailing list|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=24 May 2012|accessdate=13 October 2013}}</ref> at the suggestion of [[IBM]] (to whom Oracle had contractual obligations concerning the code),<ref name="thonline2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20131207051759/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html|archivedate=7 December 2013|accessdate=9 May 2012|date=6 July 2011|title=OpenOffice – splits and pirouettes|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|publisher=[[Heinz Heise]] |work=The H online}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025|title=What the heck is happening with OpenOffice? (UPDATE)|last=Vaughan-Nichols|first=Steven J.|work=[[ZDNet]] Linux and Open Source |date=31 May 2011 |accessdate=27 December 2012}}</ref> as IBM did not want the code put under a [[copyleft]] license.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us|title=Symphony is alive and well and living at Apache: Explaining IBM's document strategy|first=Douglas|last=Heintzman|publisher=IBM|work=IBM Software Blog|date=12 March 2012|accessdate=16 June 2013}}</ref> The developer pool for the Apache project was seeded by IBM employees,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/raw/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E/2|title=Original incubator project proposal|type=attachment to [https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E]|last=Kowalsk|first=Luke|publisher=Oracle|date=1 June 2011|accessdate=22 September 2013}}</ref> who {{As of|2014|lc=y}} continued to do the majority of the development.<ref name=infoworld20130826>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoworld.com/print/225555|title=In defense of Apache|first=Andrew|last=Oliver|date=26 August 2013|accessdate=28 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="hillesley20120404">{{cite news|url=http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/apache-openoffice-who-knows-where-the-time-goes|title=Apache OpenOffice: who knows where the time goes?|last=Hillesley|first=Richard|date=4 April 2012|work=LinuxUser|accessdate=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="sjvn20121028">{{cite news|url=http://www.zdnet.com/does-openoffice-have-a-future-7000006480/|title=Does OpenOffice have a future?|last=Vaughan-Nichols|first=Steven J.|work=[[ZDNet]] Linux and Open Source |date=28 October 2012 |accessdate=27 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="brillblog"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/05/open-source-suites-highly-active/index.htm|title=Open Source Suites Highly Active|first=Simon|last=Phipps|authorlink=Simon Phipps (programmer)|work=Computerworld UK|date=9 May 2012|accessdate=2 July 2013}}</ref>
The project was accepted to the [[Apache Incubator]] on 13 June 2011,<ref name="ApacheOOo">{{cite web |url=http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html |title=OpenOffice.org Incubation Status |accessdate=18 June 2011 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |date=June 2011}}</ref> the Oracle code drop was imported on 29 August 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-3862|title=Infrastructure / INFRA-3862: Load initial SVN dump for OOO Podling|work=Apache JIRA issue tracker|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=29 August 2011|accessdate=19 October 2013}}</ref> Apache OpenOffice 3.4 was released 8 May 2012<ref name="press34"/> and Apache OpenOffice graduated as a top-level Apache project on 18 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Darryl K. Taft |url=http://www.eweek.com/it-management/apache-openoffice-becomes-top-level-project/ |title=Apache OpenOffice Becomes Top-Level Project |publisher=Eweek.com |date=2012-10-18 |accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces35 |title=The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache OpenOffice™ as a Top-Level Project : The Apache Software Foundation Blog |publisher=Blogs.apache.org |date= |accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/openoffice_graduates_from_the_apache |title=OpenOffice Graduates from the Apache Incubator|work=Apache OpenOffice blog|first=Rob|last=Weir|publisher=Apache Software Foundation |date= 18 October 2012|accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref>
IBM donated the [[IBM Lotus Symphony|Lotus Symphony]] codebase to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012, and Symphony was deprecated in favour of Apache OpenOffice.<ref name="brillblog">{{cite web|author=Ed Brill |url=http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/more-on-the-lotus-symphony-and-desktop-productivity-roadmap |title=More on the Lotus Symphony and desktop productivity roadmap |publisher=Ed Brill |date= |accessdate=18 October 2012}}</ref> Many features, including the sidebar and bug fixes, were merged.<ref name="joab_jackson">{{cite web|author=Joab Jackson |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045000/apache-openoffice-now-comes-with-a-handy-sidebar.html|title=Apache OpenOffice gets a handy-dandy sidebar |publisher=PCWorld |date= 23 July 2013|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> The [[IAccessible2]] screen reader support from Symphony was being merged {{As of|2013|1|lc=y}}.<ref name="symphony_allegro_moderato">{{cite web|author=Rob Weir |url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato|title=Merging Lotus Symphony: Allegro moderato |publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date= 21 January 2013|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref>
== Naming ==
By December 2011, the project was being called Apache OpenOffice.org (Incubating);<ref name="Apache OpenOffice">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/open_letter_to_the_open |title=Open Letter to the Open Document Format Ecosystem |accessdate=1 January 2012 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |date=December 2011}}</ref> in 2012, the project chose the name Apache OpenOffice,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/openoffice_org_is_now_apache|title=OpenOffice.org is now Apache OpenOffice|first=Rob|last=Weir|work=Apache OpenOffice blog|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=4 June 2012|accessdate=17 June 2013}}</ref> a name used in the 3.4 press release.<ref name="press34" />
== Component applications ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2" | Module !! Notes
|-
| [[File:Aoo4writer.png|alt=AOO 4.0 Writer icon|48px]]
| '''Writer'''
| A [[word processor]] analogous to [[Microsoft Word]] and [[WordPerfect]].
|-
| [[File:Aoo4calc.png|alt=AOO 4.0 Calc icon|48px]]
| '''Calc'''
| A [[spreadsheet]] analogous to [[Microsoft Excel]] and [[Lotus 1-2-3]].
|-
| [[File:Aoo4impress.png|alt=AOO 4.0 Impress icon|48px]]
| '''Impress'''
| A [[presentation program]] analogous to [[Microsoft PowerPoint]] and [[Apple Keynote]]. Can export presentations to [[Adobe Flash]] (SWF) files, allowing them to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed.
|-
| [[File:Aoo4draw.png|alt=AOO 4.0 Draw icon|48px]]
| '''Draw'''
| A [[vector graphics editor]] comparable in features to the drawing functions in [[Microsoft Office]].
|-
| [[File:Aoo4math.png|alt=AOO 4.0 Math icon|48px]]
| '''Math'''
| A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, analogous to [[Microsoft Equation Editor]]. Formulae can be embedded inside other Apache OpenOffice documents, such as those created by Writer. It supports multiple [[typeface|fonts]].
|-
| [[File:A004base.png|alt=AOO 4.0 Base icon|48px]]
| '''Base'''
| A [[database management program]] analogous to [[Microsoft Access]]. Base can function as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), [[Open Database Connectivity|ODBC]] data sources and [[MySQL]]/[[PostgreSQL]]. Native to the suite is a version of [[HSQL]].
|}
=== Fonts ===
Apache OpenOffice includes [[OpenSymbol]], [[DejaVu fonts|DejaVu]],<ref name="modules-fonts">{{cite web |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=External/Modules&oldid=91799#Fonts |title=OpenOffice.org Wiki — External/Modules |date=4 September 2008|accessdate=20 June 2013}}</ref> the [[Gentium]] fonts, and the Apache-licensed ChromeOS fonts Arimo (sans serif), Tinos (serif) and Cousine (monospace).<ref name="ipclearance">{{cite web|url=https://cwiki.apache.org/OOOUSERS/ipclearance.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120817183845/https://cwiki.apache.org/OOOUSERS/ipclearance.html|title=IP_Clearance |publisher=Cwiki.apache.org |date= |accessdate=18 October 2012|archivedate=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/IP_Clearance+Impact|title=IP_Clearance Impact |publisher=Cwiki.apache.org |date= |accessdate=18 October 2012}}</ref>
=== OpenOffice Basic ===
{{Main|OpenOffice Basic}}
Apache OpenOffice includes OpenOffice Basic, a [[programming language]] similar to Microsoft [[Visual Basic for Applications]] (VBA). Apache OpenOffice has some Microsoft VBA macro support. OpenOffice Basic is available in Writer, Calc and Base.
=== File formats ===
Apache OpenOffice inherits its handling of file formats from OpenOffice.org (excluding some supported only by [[copyleft]] libraries,<ref name="ipclearance"/> such as [[WordPerfect]] support). There is no definitive list of what formats the program supports other than the program's behaviour.<ref>{{cite web|title=Re: question|url=https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-dev/201306.mbox/%3CCAP-ksojzETD8wBZBbV_7fiFpCpegvOoPhdjZShebHSKFWh5TxA@mail.gmail.com%3E|first=Rob|last=Weir|work=Apache openoffice-dev mailing list| date=28 June 2013|accessdate=16 August 2013|quote=The definitive list is what shows up in the File/Open and File/Save As... dialogs. Any other source of information lags.}}</ref> Notable claimed improvements in file format handling in 4.0 include improved interoperability with [[Office Open XML]]<ref name="release400"/> (import only).
=== Use of Java ===
Apache OpenOffice does not bundle a JVM with the installer (as OpenOffice.org did),<ref name=bundled-java/> although the suite still requires Java for "full functionality."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html |title=Instructions for Downloading and Installing Apache OpenOffice 3.4 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |date=1 September 2012 |accessdate=18 October 2012}}</ref>
== Supported operating systems ==
Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 was released for [[x86]] versions of [[Microsoft Windows]] XP or later, [[Linux]] (32-bit and 64-bit), and Macintosh [[OS X]] 10.4 or later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo40.html|title=System Requirements for Apache OpenOffice 4.0|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|accessdate=2013-07-23}}</ref>
Other operating systems are supported by community ports; completed ports for 3.4.1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openoffice.org/porting/porting_overview.html |title=Technical Overview of Porting |publisher=Openoffice.org |date= |accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref> included various other Linux platforms, [[FreeBSD]], [[OS/2]] and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] [[SPARC]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adfinis-sygroup.ch/aoo-solaris-sparc/ |title=Apache OpenOffice Solaris Sparc |publisher=adfinis-sygroup.ch |date=2012-08-31 |accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref> and ports of 3.4.0 for [[Mac OS X Tiger|Mac OS X v10.4]]–[[Mac OS X Leopard|v10.5]] [[PowerPC]]<ref name="openoffice2">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html |title=Openoffice.org |publisher=Download.openoffice.org |date= |accessdate=22 May 2012}}</ref> and Solaris x86.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adfinis-sygroup.ch/aoo-solaris-x86/ |title=Apache OpenOffice Solaris x86|publisher=adfinis-sygroup.ch |date=2012-06-04 |accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref>
== Development ==
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="width: 30em; margin-left:1em;"
|+ Release history
|-
! Version
! style=white-space:nowrap | Release date
! Description
|-
|3.4
|2012-05-08<ref name="press34">{{Cite press release |url=http://www.openoffice.org/news/aoo34.html |accessdate=9 May 2012 |date=8 May 2012 |title=The Apache OpenOffice Project Announces Apache OpenOffice™ 3.4 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}}</ref>
|First Apache release.
|-
|3.4.1
|2012-08-23
|Bug fixes, more languages.<ref name="release341">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/announcing_apache_openoffice_3_41 |title=Announcing Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1|first=Rob|last=Weir|work=Apache OpenOffice blog |publisher=Apache Software Foundation|accessdate=10 September 2012 |date=23 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
|4.0.0
|2013-07-23
|New sidebar, Symphony merge, additional features.<ref name="release400">{{cite web |url=https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Notes|title=Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 Release Notes|work=Apache OpenOffice |publisher=Apache Software Foundation|accessdate=17 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
|4.0.1
|2013-10-01
|Bug fixes, 9 new languages.<ref name="release401">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/4.0.1.html|title=AOO 4.0.1 Release Notes |work=Apache OpenOffice|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|accessdate=4 October 2013}}</ref>
|}
As an Apache project, Apache OpenOffice is under the governance of the Apache Software Foundation.
The project has no regular release schedule; it eschews [[Release early, release often|time-based release schedules]], releasing only "when it is ready".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/when_will_openoffice_version_x|title=When will OpenOffice version X be released?|first=Rob|last=Weir|work=Apache Open Office blog|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=10 June 2013|accessdate=4 July 2013|quote=It is tempting to give the response, 'It will be released when it is ready'. But that sounds a bit snarky, although it is accurate.}}</ref>
[[File:Apache OpenOffice logo and wordmark (2012-2013).svg|thumb|left|Apache OpenOffice 3.4 logo]]
=== Apache OpenOffice 3.4 ===
Oracle released a beta version of OpenOffice.org 3.4 on 12 April 2011, including new SVG import, improved ODF 1.2 support, and spreadsheet functionality.<ref name="3.4beta">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/news/index.html#OOo340beta |title=News |publisher=OpenOffice.org |date= |accessdate=14 January 2012}}</ref>
A few days after the beta release, Oracle cancelled development of the proprietary Oracle Open Office derivative<ref>{{cite web| url=https://emeapressoffice.oracle.com/Press-Releases/Oracle-Announces-Its-Intention-to-Move-OpenOffice-org-to-a-Community-based-Project-1ca9.aspx | title=Oracle Announces Its Intention to Move OpenOffice.org to a Community-based Project | date=15 April 2011 | accessdate= 15 December 2012}}</ref> and, a few months later, announced that stewardship of OpenOffice.org would be transferred to the Apache Software Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Toulas |first=Bill |url=http://www.unixmen.com/why-oracle-chose-to-donate-openoffice-to-apache/ |title=Why Oracle choose to donate OpenOffice to Apache? |publisher=Unixmen |date=9 May 2012 |accessdate=18 October 2012}}</ref>
With the donation to Apache, development slowed while the foundation moved the codebase and infrastructure to its servers. Apache OpenOffice 3.4 was released on 8 May 2012.<ref name="press34" /><ref name="zdnet34">{{Cite news |last=Rooney |first=Paula |title=Apache OpenOffice 3.4 makes official debut; LibreOffice makes its case |publisher=[[ZDnet]] |date=8 May 2012 |url= http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |accessdate=9 May 2012}}</ref> Apache OpenOffice 3.4 differed from the thirteen-month-older OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta mainly in license-related details:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.0.html|title=AOO 3.4 Release Notes}}</ref> as much code and fonts under licenses unacceptable to Apache was removed as possible.<ref name="ipclearance"/><ref name=asflegal>{{cite web|url=https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html |title=ASF Legal Previously Asked Questions |publisher=Apache.org |date= |accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref> Language support was considerably reduced, to 15 languages<ref name="press34" /> from 121 in the last Oracle OpenOffice.org version.<ref name=langcount>{{cite web | url= http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Languages&oldid=195965 | title= Language localization status | work= OpenOffice Language Localization Project |date=12 April 2011| accessdate=20 June 2013}}</ref> Java is not bundled with the software.<ref name=bundled-java>{{cite web|url=https://www.openoffice.org/download/common/java.html |title=Java & Apache OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org |publisher=Apache Software Foundation|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref> 3.4.1, released 23 August 2012, added five more languages,<ref name="release341"/> with a further eight added 30 January 2013.<ref name="341respin">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_now_available_in|first=Rob|last=Weir |title=Apache OpenOffice now available in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Polish, Basque, Asturian and Scottish Gaelic |work=Apache OpenOffice blog|publisher=Apache Software Foundation |date= |accessdate=2013-02-11}}</ref>
=== Apache OpenOffice 4.0 ===
Apache OpenOffice 4.0 was released July 23, 2013.<ref name="Openoffice 4.0.0 released">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/a_short_celebration_and_then|title=A short celebration, and then back to work|accessdate=5 January 2014|first=Rob|last=Weir|work=Apache OpenOffice blog|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=23 July 2013}}</ref> Features include merging the Symphony code drop, reimplementing the sidebar-style interface from Symphony, improved install, MS Office interoperability enhancements, and performance improvements.<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-dev/201211.mbox/%3COF4001E706.639542BF-ON85257AA9.00590116-85257AA9.005C165D%40lotus.com%3E |title=AOO.Next IBM Priorities |date={{dts|2012-11-01}} |accessdate=19 December 2012 |mailinglist=openoffice-dev |author=Robert Weir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Contribution&oldid=201171|title=Contribution|work=Apache OpenOffice Wiki|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=17 May 2012|accessdate=20 June 2013}}</ref> 4.0.1 added nine new languages.<ref name="release401"/>
=== Apache OpenOffice 4.1 ===
Various features proposed for 4.1 include extended accessibility support via IAccessible2, patch updating, choice of encryption for ODF 1.2 documents, inclusion of the [[ODF Toolkit]] with the [[software development kit]], and [[OpenSocial]] integration.<ref name="AOO-4.1-Planning">{{cite web
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== Distribution ==
The project strongly recommends all downloads be made from its own download page,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/how_to_safely_download_apache|title=How to Safely Download Apache OpenOffice|first=Rob|last=Weir|work=Apache OpenOffice blog|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=28 June 2012|accessdate=13 October 2013}}</ref> which supplies binaries from the project's [[SourceForge]] page. SourceForge reported 30 million downloads for the Apache OpenOffice 3.4 series by January 2013, making it one of SourceForge's top downloads;<ref>{{cite web |last=Galoppini |first=R |title=Apache OpenOffice Extensions and Templates Upcoming Features |work=SourceForge |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=2 January 2013 |url=http://sourceforge.net/blog/apache-openoffice-extensions-and-templates-upcoming-features/ |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> the project claimed 50 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.x as of 15 May 2013, slightly over one year after the release of 3.4.0 (8 May 2012),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_one_year_50|title=Apache OpenOffice: One Year, 50 Million Downloads|first=Rob|last=Weir|work=Apache OpenOffice blog|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=15 May 2013}}</ref> and 85,083,221 downloads of all versions by 1 January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg15500.html|title=85 million downloads|work=dev@openoffice.apache.org mailing list|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|first=Rob|last=Weir|date=1 January 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref>
As of May 2012 (the first million downloads), 87% of downloads via SourceForge were for Windows, 11% for Macintosh and 2% for Linux;<ref name="nww20120525"/> statistics in the first 50 million downloads remained consistent, at 88% Windows, 10% Macintosh, 2% Linux.<ref>{{cite web|title=Re: Download stats per platform?|url=https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-dev/201306.mbox/%3C55C3AA79-7709-4D25-9501-B54616B7A0B7@slashdotmedia.com%3E|first=Roberto|last=Galoppini|work=Apache openoffice-dev mailing list| date=18 June 2013|accessdate=6 October 2013}}</ref>
In distributions, Apache OpenOffice is available in [[Gentoo Linux]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-office/openoffice-bin|title=app-office/openoffice-bin: Apache OpenOffice productivity suite.|publisher=Gentoo Linux|accessdate=27 June 2013}}</ref> and the FreeBSD [[FreeBSD Ports|ports]] tree.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/porting/freebsd/|title=Apache OpenOffice FreeBSD porting status page|author= OpenOffice porting team, NAKATA, Maho, and Jackson Low|accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref>
== Derivatives ==
Derivatives include AndrOpen Office<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pianetatech.it/p2p-download/download/openoffice-sbarca-su-android.html|title=OpenOffice sbarca su Android|language=Italian|trans_title=OpenOffice lands on Android|author=Mirko|work=P2P Download|publisher=PianetaTech|date=20 September 2013|accessdate=5 October 2013}}</ref> for [[Android (operating system)|Android]].
LibreOffice also reuses some Apache OpenOffice code, acknowledging 4.5% of commits in LibreOffice 4.1 as coming from Apache contributors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=ReleaseNotes/4.1&oldid=74120#Bug_fixes_.2F_commits|title=LibreOffice 4.1 ReleaseNotes: Bug fixes / commits|work=The Document Foundation Wiki|publisher=The Document Foundation|date=1 September 2013|accessdate=5 October 2013}}</ref> It is also [[rebasing]] its [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] version 3 codebase on the Apache OpenOffice 3.4 source code release, to allow wider (but still [[copyleft]]) licensing under [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]] v2+ and LGPL v3+.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/498898/|title=Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice|first=Jonathan|last=Corbet|publisher=LWN.net|date=28 May 2012|accessdate=13 October 2013}}</ref>
[[NeoOffice]] includes stability fixes from Apache OpenOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=64520#64520|title=Mac App Store complaints|date=7 November 2013|author=pluby|publisher=trinity.neooffice.org|accessdate=25 December 2013}}</ref>
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