Features/Archive/OOo v3.0

Features for 3.0 Release (mid-October 2008)

General

• OpenDocument:
  • ODF 1.2 Specification
  • ODF formula specification
  • ODF Toolkit: installation set, aka ODF_Toolkit/Efforts/Packaging_Modularization
  • ODF Toolkit: Java tools for odf
• Bibliographic
  • Basic API & UNO support for bibliographic enhancements

Performance Improvements

• Drawing Engine

Writer

• new Notes2 module for displaying notes in the margins
• Office 12 (.docx) import filter
• ODF documents' metadata editor
• Preview of hyperlinks inside the document

Calc

• Office 12 (.xlsx) Import Filter
• Compliance with ODF formula specification
• GETPIVOTDATA function
• Live sharing of Calc workbooks

Impress

• Office 12 (.pptx) Import Filter
• Table support in Impress
• Interactive cropping of images

Extensions

For end users

• MediaWiki Extension, available at Extension Site
• PDF Import, available at Extension Site
• Presenter Screen, available at Extension Site

For developers

• API enhancements
• 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).
• Option page

Various

• Better VBA? [1]

• MacOSX Aqua Port

• Windows_Vista Enhancements:
  • new File Dialog
  • visualization of Meta data in Explorer

• Web services
  • Web Services wizard?

• OpenOffice.org Repackaging
  • Repackaging step one [2]

• Articles
  • New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.0 (March 18, 2008)