Features

New features planned for OpenOffice.org

feedback

Intro

This page is a roadmap for the features planned in future OpenOffice.org releases.

Roadmaps elsewhere

OpenOffice.org roadmap

http://development.openoffice.org/releases/ooo_roadmap.pdf

OpenOffice.org 3.1: detailed schedule

OOoRelease31

For older releases, see the archives.

Caution:
The items listed here are under continuous development and the dates are therefore subject to change!

Project-Specific Wiki-Pages

Calc

See also the Calc Usability Activities page on this wiki.

Features planned for OOo 3.1 (not before Wednesday 15th April 2009 )

• Arabic / RTL UI

• High Document Fidelity (AntiAliasing of Drawing Object and optimized graphic primitives)

• Improved packaging, package pools

• New template dialog and template repository

• WebDAV compatibility for users of Mac OS X

• user data/feedback extention

• trackpad gestures for Mac OS X

Writer

• overline text

• transparent selection

• reply to existing notes

• search inside notes

• RichText Import/Export of notes for MS Word files

• Japanese Reconversion

• Bibliographic - New field type to support formatted text

• Bibliographic - meta data support for text objects in Writer in 3.1

Base

• SQL syntax highlighting

• MySQL integration

Impress

• Zoomslider for Draw and Impress

• [Integrated in DEV300_m35] Apple Remote support (Mac OS X only)

Articles

• Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1 highlights of new features with screenshots

Features planned for OOo 3.2 (November 2009)

• QA tracked
• OpenGL transitions in Impress (Mac OS X)

Features planned for OOo 3.x

• QA tracked

• XForms Enhancements