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== Archieve of Open Office.org Release Roadmaps ==
 
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== Intro ==
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This page is a roadmap for the features planned in future OpenOffice.org releases.
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For older releases, see [[/Archive|the archives]].
 
For older releases, see [[/Archive|the archives]].
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'''Caution:'''
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This Page has been discontinued. Apache is maintaining the Open Office Roadmap in the Confluence Wiki.
The items listed here are under continuous development and the dates are therefore subject to change!
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=== Project-Specific Wiki-Pages ===
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[[Planning]]
 
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==== Calc ====
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See also the [[Calc/To-Dos/Usability|Calc Usability Activities]] page on this wiki.
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== Current Release ==
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=== Features for the [[OOoRelease24|2.4 Release]] (March 2008) ===
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For a comprehensive list, see the [[New_Features_2.4|New Features in OOo 2.4]] page.
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=== Writer ===
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* [http://www.OOoNinja.com/2007/12/block-selection-mode-new-feature.html Block selection]
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* [http://www.OOoNinja.com/2007/12/backreferences-in-replacements-new.html Support for backward references in Find & Replace]
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/set-select-language-spell-check-switch.html New ways to change language for spell check]
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=== Calc ===
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* [http://so-web.germany.sun.com/EIS2/changesmails.EditFeature?ReadOnly=true&Id=4087 Separate zoom per sheet]
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/text-columns-calc-convert-openoffice.html Convert text to columns]
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/drag-drop-move-copy-link-cells-calc.html Move, copy, and link cells using drag and drop]
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=== Impress ===
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/eye-candy-3d-opengl-transitions-impress.html Thrilling 3D slide transitions using OpenGL]
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=== Chart ===
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* [http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/DisplayTrendlineEquations.odt Display Trendline equations] ([http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/more_than_just_a_check GullFOSS article], [http://www.OOoNinja.com/2007/12/display-equations-for-regression-lines.html OOoNinja article])
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* [http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/Chart_Scales_and_Intervals.odt Scale and Intervals in Chart]
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** [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/reverse-axis-chart-bar-graph.html Reverse direction of axis]
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** Logarithmic scale
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** Axis at
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** [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/data-label-options-calc-chart.html Number Format for Data Labels]
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** [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/data-label-options-calc-chart.html Display both, the Value and the Percentage]
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** [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/data-label-options-calc-chart.html Flexible Placement of Data Labels]
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** [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/data-label-options-calc-chart.html Best Fit Data Label Positioning for Pie Charts]
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* [http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/BarChartOptions.odt Options for Bar Charts]
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** Show Bars Attached to Different Axes Side-by-side ([http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_chart_features_in_openoffice GullFOSS article], [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/show-bars-side-by-side-double-column.html OOoNinja article])
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** Spacing (gap width)
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** Overlap
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* Article: [[Chart2/Features2.4|Chart2 features in 2.4]] (this wiki)
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* Article: [http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_chart_features_in_openoffice  New Chart features in OpenOffice.org 2.4] (GullFOSS)
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=== Base ===
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* [http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/changesmails.EditFeature?Id=4061 views in HSQLDB database can be edited]
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* [http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/changesmails.EditFeature?Id=4062 property browser: query designer now also available for list box content]
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* [http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/changesmails.EditFeature?Id=4063 property browser: query designer also available for "native" SQL commands]
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* [http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/changesmails.EditFeature?Id=4081 Base now supports also MS Access 2007 files (*.accdb)]
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=== General ===
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* [http://so-web.germany.sun.com/EIS2/changesmails.EditFeature?ReadOnly=true&Id=4069 Relative links now available in PDF export filter, plus other features added.]
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* [http://www.OOoNinja.com/2008/01/generating-pdfa-for-long-term-archiving.html PDF/A export]
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/create-relative-links-in-pdfs.html Create relative links in PDFs]
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/convert-document-references-pdf-targets.html Convert document references in PDF targets]
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== Planned Features for [[OOoRelease30|3.0 Release]] ==
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=== General ===
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* OpenDocument:
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** ODF 1.2 Specification
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** [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula ODF formula specification]
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** ODF Toolkit: installation set, aka [[ODF_Toolkit/Efforts/Packaging_Modularization]]
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** ODF Toolkit: Java tools for odf
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* Bibliographic
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** [[Bibliographic/Developer_Page#1st_Stage.2C_Bibliographic_Facility_Redevelopment | Basic API & UNO support for bibliographic enhancements]]
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** [[Bibliographic/Writer_enhancements_for_OOBib#Enhanced_Bookmark_Function_to_Include_Formatted_Text | New field type to support formatted text]]
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** [[Bibliographic/Developer_Page#2nd_Stage_Bibliographic_Facility_Redevelopment |Bibliographic enhancements Stage 2]]
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=== Performance Improvements ===
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* Drawing Engine
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=== Writer ===
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* new [[Notes2]] module for displaying notes in the margins
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* Office 12 (.docx) import filter
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* ODF documents' metadata editor
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* Preview of hyperlinks inside the document
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=== Calc ===
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* Office 12 (.xlsx) Import Filter
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* Compliance with ODF formula specification
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* GETPIVOTDATA function
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/04/shared-calc-spreadsheets-documents.html Live sharing of Calc workbooks]
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=== Impress ===
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* Office 12 (.pptx) Import Filter
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* Table support in Impress
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/04/interactive-picture-crop-in-draw-and.html Interactive cropping] [http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/improved_picture_cropping_for_draw of images]
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=== Extensions ===
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==== For end users ====
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* [[MediaWiki Extension]]
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* [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/06/pdf-import-hybrid-odf-pdfs-extension-30.html PDF Import]
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* [[Presenter Screen]]
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==== For developers ====
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* API enhancements
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* GUI enhancements - The GUI should be redesigned to get a more modern look. A good guideline is the new IBM Lotus Symphony that uses dynamic panels. This is better than MS Office's "ribbon", at least for documents, because it saves space on the top (normally documents are vertical).
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* [http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/packagemanager/options_dialog_for_extensions.odt Option page]
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=== Various ===
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* Better VBA? [http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/sun_and_novell_work_together]
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* [http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/news/index.html MacOSX Aqua Port]
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* [[Windows_Vista]] Enhancements:
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** new File Dialog
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** visualization of Meta data in Explorer
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* Web services
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** Web Services wizard?
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* OpenOffice.org Repackaging
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** Repackaging step one [http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/transition.html]
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* Articles
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** [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-new-features.html New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.0] (March 18, 2008)
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== Planned Features for 3.x Release ==
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* XForms Enhancements
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Latest revision as of 19:06, 6 December 2016

Archieve of Open Office.org Release Roadmaps

For older releases, see the archives.


This Page has been discontinued. Apache is maintaining the Open Office Roadmap in the Confluence Wiki.

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