The goal of this page is to list free and commercial solutions that might be important and helpful to companies, organizations, and individuals who want to adopt OpenOffice.org.
For each category first those solutions are listed that focus on "vanilla" OpenOffice.org (the OpenOffice.org that can be downloaded from OpenOffice.org) instead of OpenOffice.org-based products like the StarOffice software or Novell's edition of OpenOffice.org. For companion products like the email and calendar servers the actual office suite flavor makes no difference, and thus does not affect the order in this list. The next order criteria is price. Solutions free of cost are listed first whereas commercial solutions are listed last. Within the commercial solutions those are listed first where it is known that the vendors/organizations contribute or have contributed to OpenOffice.org.
DISCLAIMER: Since the status of and the information about solutions can change, please check always the solution's website for the latest information.
CD's & Documentation
Language Packs, Dictionaries & localized Versions
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| OpenOffice.org l10n Project |
Official OpenOffice.org localizations |
no charge |
OpenOffice.org |
See: people responsible for l10n work, credits page, signed JCA's |
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| BharateeyaOO.o |
Indian language packs: English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythili, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu |
no charge |
BharateeyaOO.o Team, CDAC (Formerly NCST) |
These language packs |
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| StarOffice & StarSuite |
Supported OpenOffice.org-based multi-platform office solution available in: Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese |
commercial |
Sun Microsystems |
OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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| OxygenOffice Professional |
OxygenOffice Professional is a free and multilingual office suite that runs fine on your Windows and Linux. This open source project based on OpenOffice.org that is the leader open source office productivity suite. The OxygenOffice Professional comes with many useful accessories like templates, cliparts, fonts, samples. The product is compatible with all other major office suites like Microsoft Office and StarOffice. OxygenOffice Professional is free to download, use and distribute for corporate, enterprise, home and non-profit application. It is easy to use, easy to learn. The OxygenOffice Professional 2.4.1 is available in English, German, French, Italian, Hungarian, Brazilian, Chinese (简体中文), Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Georgian (ქართული ენა), Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and Türkçe (Turkish) languages. |
no charge |
OOOP 2.4.1 |
See: people responsible for l10n work, credits page, signed JCA's |
OxygenOffice Professional homepage
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| EuroOffice |
OpenOffice.org-based multi-platform office solution available in: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Polish |
no charge |
MultiRacio Ltd. |
OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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| EuroOffice Professional |
OpenOffice.org-based multi-platform office solution available in: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Polish |
commercial |
MultiRacio Ltd. |
OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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Add-on Components & Extensions
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| OpenOffice.org Extensions Repository |
"Official" OpenOffice.org Extensions Repository |
free and commercial |
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| OOo.HG |
French collection of OpenOffice.org extensions for creating geographical and historical maps, diagrams, etc. |
no charge |
OOo.HG |
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| Dmaths |
A set of tool to write formulas in OpenOffice.org. Dmaths is dedicated to those who use the formula editor on a daily basis |
no charge |
Dmaths |
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| dxf2calc |
Tool for importing CAD drawings in spreadsheet |
no charge |
A. B. Jensen Maskinfabrik A/S |
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| OOoLilyPond |
Tool for inserting music notation in OpenOffice.org |
no charge |
OOoLilyPond on SourceForge |
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| Sun Report Builder |
Extension for OpenOffice.org and StarOffice that allows creating database reports |
no charge |
Sun Report Builder |
OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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| Screenwright(R) Script Formatters |
Formatting templates for screenplays, sitcoms, radio, theater / stage plays, and audio-visual dual-column corporate videos / industrial films - in both A4 and 8½×11" formats |
free |
Anikó J. Bartos & Alan C. Baird |
OOo/Sun Community Innovation Program Award Recipient |
Templates
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| OxygenOffice Professional contents for OpenOffice.org as extension - Free templates and galleries |
Extension version of OxygenOffice Professional's extra contents for OpenOffice.org like templates and galleries. |
no charge |
OxygenOffice Professional and Extension downloads |
OpenOffice.org and OxygenOffice Professional Community |
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| EuroOffice Extensions in the OpenOffice.org Extensions Repository |
Free and commercial OpenOffice.org extensions: EuroOffice Dictionary (dictionary toolbar and translation aid), EuroOffice Map Chart, EuroOffice Solver |
free/no charge and commercial |
MultiRacio Ltd. |
OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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| Sun Weblog Publisher |
Extension for OpenOffice.org and StarOffice that allows publishing Writer documents as blog entries |
commercial |
Sun Weblog Publisher |
OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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| Professional Template Pack for OpenOffice.org |
Professional document templates for OpenOffice.org |
commercial |
Professional Template Pack for OpenOffice.org |
OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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| CalcLink |
A bi-directional link between Mathematica and Calc |
commercial |
Lauschke Consulting |
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| PAVONE OfficeGateway for OpenOffice.org |
PAVONE OfficeGateway for OpenOffice.org. PAVONE OfficeGateway offers the direct use of office documents via IBM Lotus Notes or a web browser. It creates a connection between comfortable word processing and calculation in office suites and the communication, coordination and knowledge platform IBM Lotus Notes / Domino. |
commercial |
PAVONE AG |
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Assistive Technology
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| Orca |
Screen Reader |
no charge |
Orca |
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| GOK |
On-screen Keyboard |
no charge |
GOK |
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| EuroOffice Adaptive Interface |
Adaptive menus based on user behaviour, works with EuroOffice only |
no charge |
MultiRacio Ltd. |
OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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Migration Tools, Services & Training
Enterprise Management Tools
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| OpenOffice-Enterprise |
Windows Group Policy management for the OpenOffice.org office suite |
commercial |
Open Office Technology, Inc. |
OpenOffice.org marketing support, bug reports, community-based technical support |
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Communication Clients (Email, Calendar, IM)
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| Evolution |
Integrated mail, address book and calendaring functionality |
no charge |
GNOME |
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| Mozilla Lightning |
Integrated calendar extension for Mozilla Thunderbird email client |
no charge |
Mozilla |
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| Pidgin |
Multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client |
no charge |
Pidgin |
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Communication Servers (Email, Calendar, IM)
Imaging & Publishing
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| Scribus |
Open source desktop publishing application with OpenDocument format support |
no charge |
Scribus |
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| Inkscape |
Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics Editor |
no charge |
Inkscape |
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| The GIMP |
Image manipulation software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring |
no charge |
The GIMP |
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| FontMarketplace |
TrueType fonts for purchase and download |
commercial |
FontMarketplace |
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Project Management & Note Taking
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| PAVONE Project Management |
PAVONE Project Management IBM Lotus Notes based project management solution. It helps project managers optimize and supervise work loads and resource distribution. PAVONE Project Management has an interface for the direct use of office documents via IBM Lotus Notes or a web browser. It creates a connection between comfortable word processing and calculation in office suites and the communication, coordination and knowledge platform IBM Lotus Notes / Domino. |
commercial |
PAVONE AG |
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| FreeMind |
Java technology based mind mapper with OpenOffice.org file format export |
no charge |
SourceForge.net |
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| GanttProject |
Project management tool for creating gantt charts and resource load charts |
no charge |
GanttProject |
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| OpenProj |
Open source project management tool |
no charge |
Projity |
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| EverNote |
Note taking software similar to Microsoft OneNote |
commercial |
EverNote Corporation |
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| DEVONnote |
Note taking software with ODF support for the Mac platform |
commercial |
DEVONtechnologies |
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| Open Workbench |
Open Workbench is a free and powerful alternative to Microsoft Project |
no charge |
Open Workbench |
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Fully-integrated Desktop Stack
Bibliography / Citation Tools
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| Zotero |
Open source reference management software with OpenOffice.org support |
no charge |
Zotero |
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| Citavi |
Reference management software with OpenOffice.org support |
no charge / commercial |
Citavi |
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Content & Document Management Systems, Search Technology
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| PAVONE Enterprise Office |
PAVONE Enterprise Office is an IBM Lotus Notes based solution for the document, address and contact data management. It has an interface for direct use of office documents via IBM Lotus Notes or a web browser. It creates a connection between comfortable word processing and calculation in office suites and the communication, coordination and knowledge platform IBM Lotus Notes / Domino. |
commercial |
PAVONE AG |
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| OpenOffice.org Plugin for Alfresco |
"The purpose of the plugin is to provide Alfresco functionality from within OpenOffice.org. This functionality includes the ability to: navigate Alfresco spaces, search and open documents; check documents in and out; view document details; and invoke some actions, such as work flow steps." |
no charge |
OpenOffice.org Plugin for Alfresco |
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| Plone |
Plone has full openDocument support with free plug-ins. AROfficeTransforms provides ODF support for indexing and online preview for Plone2 and Plone3. Plone.ConvertDaemon provides full ODF support for Plone3 and future versions. ExternalEditor provides direct link between OpenOffice.org and Plone in order to directly edit files. OOFill allows to fill ODF files with Plone native data. POD Python Open Document allows to include python commands in ODT templates in order to generate pre-filled documents. TextIndexNG is a full text indexer that supports ODF and other formats |
no charge |
Plone service providers |
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| Symfoni Document Manager |
Symfoni Document Manager is a general-purpose document management solution based on IBM Lotus Notes. |
Commercial |
Symfoni Software |
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| Collanos Workplace |
P2P multi-platform team collaboration software |
no charge |
Collanos Software |
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Blog Forum Tour Press Download
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| KnowledgeTree Document Management Made Simple |
Open Source Document Management System that leverages OpenOffice.org for internal document management tasks |
no charge |
KnowledgeTree Document Management System |
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Blog Forums Download
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| Typo3 |
Open Source Content Management Framework |
no charge |
TYPO3 Association |
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| eZ publish |
Open Source Enterprise CMS |
no charge |
eZ systems |
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| Lodel |
Lodel is a high quality web publishing system. Document to be published may be prepared locally using OpenOffice.org |
no charge |
Lodel |
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| icoya OpenContent |
icoya OpenContent is the web based all-purpose solution for the creation and maintenance of powerful websites or intranets. |
commercial |
struktur AG |
OpenOffice.org Conference Sponsor |
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| O3 Spaces |
Collaboration and document management platform similar to Microsoft Sharepoint |
commercial |
O3 Spaces |
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| Fabasoft Folio |
Content management and e-government solution |
commercial |
Fabasoft |
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| OpenIndexer 3.0 |
Network fulltext search engine, SQL data storage, backup & restore of ODF, PDF and more file formats, creation of mobile archives on CD/DVD, for Win2003/XP/2K/Vista |
Freeware |
SAN |
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Flash presentation Download
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| Metaliquid |
Fully web-based integrated content management and collaboration system |
commercial |
Metaliquid |
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| PengYou - discontinued, source code still available |
Document collaboration server with OpenOffice.org client (extension) |
Freeware |
PengYou |
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| Paperiton DMS |
Document Management System with a very easy-to-use integration to OpenOffice.org. |
Commercial |
Paperiton |
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| dtSearch |
"... over two dozen indexed, unindexed, full-text and fielded data search options ... built-in HTML converters for hit-highlighted display of other popular file types (MS Office, OpenOffice, ..." |
Commercial |
dtSearch |
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| ServPDF 2 |
ServPDF 2 is a web based document conversion solution which uses OpenOffice too. ServPDF 2 supports also Adobe Acrobat (incl. 3D-PDF), Microsoft Office 2007, Ghostscript 8.61, Python Imaging and CATIA V5 |
no charge |
Görmezer |
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| DataDirect XQuery |
"XQuery implementation that plugs easily into any Java architecture and accesses almost any data source without being dependent on underlying servers or proprietary extensions to XQuery" |
Commercial |
DataDirect |
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| FABIS basic |
Adress- and Contactmanagement: documents saved with the addressee, all file formats are to be saved for an overview of the in- and outgoing correspondence |
Commercial |
FABIS |
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Thin Client Solutions & Hardware Bundling OpenOffice.org
Document Conversion
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| StarOffice 9 Server |
Special version of StarOffice optimized for server-side document conversion to PDF and document processing |
commercial |
Sun Microsystems |
OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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| deskUNPDF Professional |
"deskUNPDF allows you to turn your PDF documents into fully editable documents", "Supported document-based formats include the Open Document Format (.ODT) and Excel (.XLS)." |
commercial |
docudesk |
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| Office2fO |
"Export Filter to transform ODF documents into the XSL-FO format" |
no charge |
OpenEdge |
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Archiving
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| Xena |
Software for Digital Preservation |
no charge |
Xena |
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Database Tools & Database Development Tools
ERP, CRM and Industry Specific Solutions
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| PAVONE Sales |
PAVONE PAVONE Sales is an IBM Lotus Notes based solution for customer relationship management. It has an interface for direct use of office documents via IBM Lotus Notes or a web browser. It creates a connection between comfortable word processing and calculation in office suites and the communication, coordination and knowledge platform IBM Lotus Notes / Domino. |
commercial |
PAVONE AG |
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| Elexis |
Medical practice software for the Swiss market with OpenOffice.org support |
no charge |
Elexis |
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| Propylon Legislative Workbench |
Creation, amendment, translation and multi-channel publishing of legislative documents |
commercial |
Propylon |
Code contributions |
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| DATEV Software Solutions |
Software solutions for attorneys and tax counselors |
commercial |
DATEV |
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| abas Business Software |
ERP software with OpenOffice.org support |
commercial |
abas |
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| ZuckerReports |
ZuckerReports extends Sugar with reporting features (incl. OpenOffice.org mail merge support). |
commercial |
go-mobile |
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| OpenOffice.org Extension for SugarCRM |
Using the OpenOffice.org mail merge feature with address data from SugarCRM |
no charge |
java.net |
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| Tabellio |
Parliamentary Toolbox (parliament workflow ("Procedures") management, electronic and paper delivery management, ...) |
no charge |
Tabellio |
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| Propylon Legislative Workbench |
"The Legislative Workbench Core Modules provide the common services and architectural framework used by the Lawmaking and Chamber Business Management modules." |
commercial |
Propylon |
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| OpenPlenum |
German e-government software for managing hearings / meetings |
commercial |
PROTEXT |
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| fd-klinika |
German healthcare software for clinics |
commercial |
fliegel data |
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| Advolux |
German attorney solution with OpenOffice.org support |
commercial |
Advolux |
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| NVinity 2.0 |
German ERP solution with OpenOffice.org support |
commercial |
Nissen & Velten Software |
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| Strategie-Portfolio |
German portfolio analysis solution with OpenOffice.org support |
commercial |
Aplan A |
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| GnuAccounting |
"GnuAccounting is a open source java accounting software that creates and administrates e.g. invoices and credit notes. It embeds OpenOffice to design templates and output invoices and uses MySQL or OpenOffice's HSQLDB to store transactional metadata on a central server or on the client computer." |
no charge |
GnuAccounting |
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| Inforama |
"Inforama allows companies to carry out document templating, generation and distribution. Create templates using OpenOffice and import existing acroforms using Inforama studio. Merge data at runtime to produce high quality PDF documents which can be emailed, printed and viewed." |
no charge / commercial |
OpenEdge |
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| FABIS basic 5.0 |
Office solution with Address-and contactmanagement, correspondence integrates seamless OpenOffice, letters stored with the receiver, integrated masters, documentmanagement |
commercial |
FABIS Bertram Strätz |
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ODF Viewers and ODF Development Tools
| Product / Solution Name |
Short Description |
Costs / Charges |
Source / Vendor |
Known Contributions to OpenOffice.org by the Vendor |
Additional Resources
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| ODFReader |
Add-on for Mozilla Firefox allowing to view ODF files |
no charge |
ODFReader |
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| odfviewer |
Standalone ODF viewer |
no charge |
odfviewer |
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| Visioo-Writer |
Standalone ODF viewer |
no charge |
Visioo-Writer |
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| Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office |
Plugin that allows opening and saving ODF files within Microsoft Office |
no charge |
Sun Microsystems |
OpenOffice.org hosting costs, OpenOffice.org development, OpenOffice.org Conference sponsor |
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