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AOO 4.0 Release Notes Page edited by Andre Fischer Changes (2) ... !screenshot-writer-context-text.png|thumbnail! !screenshot-writer-context-bitmap.png|thumbnail! !screenshot-writer-context-shape.png|thumbnail! _Screenshots of Writer with contexts for text, bitmap, and shapes (from left to right)._ _Screenshots of Writer with contexts for text, bitmap, and shapes (from left to right). The new OpenOffice logo has been pasted as bitmap (center) and editable outlines (right)._ If you discover that you don't use a particular panel very often, just click on its title and it is collapsed to a single line of text. A small + or - at the left side of the panel title indicates whether the panels is collapsed or expanded. ... Full Content General Remarks The Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is a major release with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Platform Support The following platforms are available in official releases from Apache OpenOffice: Microsoft Windows, OS X (Intel Mac), Linux (32 bit) and Linux (64 bit). Additionally, a number of community members are working on ports for Solaris, FreeBSD, and OS/2 and live/portable versions. You can learn more from our Ports and Distributions page at: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/. Upgrading/Installation When installing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 on a machine that already has OpenOffice 3.4.1 or 3.4.0 installed on it, the user will be prompted on whether they would like "personal data" from the previous version migrated over to the new version. This includes information like custom spell checking words, dictionaries, extensions, etc. By default this migration is enabled, but the user can disable it via the checkbox. In some cases, when the user first launches Apache OpenOffice 4.0 after an upgrade that included personal data migration, the user will see a dialog like this: It is safe to click OK on this dialog. After an upgrade is completed, there may be some files related to the older version of OpenOffice still on your machine. These can be safely deleted: The empty directory: C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\share\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages Install files directories from previous versions, often on your Desktop, iwith names like: OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.4 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.3 (en-US) Installation Files For Macintosh OS X Mountain Lion users, Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 will be flagged by the new Gatekeeper facility. This is a feature to help guard against malware on Mac systems. There is a procedure laid out at the following link to allow applications not installed from the Mac App store to run. See the article at Mac support at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290. For additional upgrade/installation information, please see the Install Guide. New Features New Sidebar The sidebar is a major new feature in the user interface of all OpenOffice applications. It takes better advantage of todays widescreen displays than traditional toolbars. The 'Properties' deck is context sensitive and shows panels with document properties that are most frequently used for the current task. Screenshots of Writer with contexts for text, bitmap, and shapes (from left to right). The new OpenOffice logo has been pasted as bitmap (center) and editable outlines (right). If you discover that you don't use a particular panel very often, just click on its title and it is collapsed to a single line of text. A small + or - at the left side of the panel title indicates whether the panels is collapsed or expanded. Different panels expanded or collapsed Eleven (11) property panels have been migrated from Symphony: Alignment, Area, Cell Appearance, Graphic, Line, Number Format, Page, Paragraph, Position and Size, Text and Wrap. Seven (7) panels come from the old Impress tool panel: Available for Use, Custom Animation, Layouts, Recently Used, Slide Transition, Table Design, Used in This Presentation. Four (4) are non-modal (ie non locking) dialogs: Functions, Gallery, Navigator, Syles and Formatting. One (1) is new: Insert. Panels from Symphony, the old Impress task pane, OpenOffice dialogs (from left to right). The width of the sidebar can be adjusted. The controls adapt their size accordingly. If you need more space then it can be undocked — and possibly moved to a second display — or it can be reduced to a thin tab bar. A single click on one of the icons and the sidebar is back. Different widths of the sidebar: maximum width, default width, too narrow to display content, collapsed to tab bar (from left to right). Floating sidebar, can be moved to second screen Of course, not all of OpenOf
[CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO 4.0 Release Notes
AOO 4.0 Release Notes Page edited by Andre Fischer Changes (7) ... It takes better advantage of todays widescreen displays than traditional toolbars. The 'Properties' deck is context sensitive and shows panels with document properties that are most frequently used for the current task. !screenshot-writer-context-text.png|thumbnail! !screenshot-writer-context-bitmap.png|thumbnail! !screenshot-writer-context-shape.png|thumbnail! _Screenshots of Writer with contexts for text, bitmap, and shapes (from left to right)._ If you discover that you don't use a particular panel very often, just click on its title and it is collapsed to a single line of text. A small + or - at the left side of the panel title indicates whether the panels is collapsed or expanded. !expand-and-collapse.png|thumbnail! _Different panels expanded or collapsed_ Many property panels have been migrated from Symphony. Some panels come from the old Impress tool panel. Others show frequently used non-modal (ie non locking) dialogs. Eleven (11) property panels have been migrated from Symphony: Alignment, Area, Cell Appearance, Graphic, Line, Number Format, Page, Paragraph, Position and Size, Text and Wrap. Seven (7) panels come from the old Impress tool panel: Available for Use, Custom Animation, Layouts, Recently Used, Slide Transition, Table Design, Used in This Presentation. Four (4) are non-modal (ie non locking) dialogs: Functions, Gallery, Navigator, Syles and Formatting. One (1) is new: Insert. !sidebar-panels.png|thumbnail! _Panels from Symphony, the old Impress task pane, OpenOffice dialogs (from left to right)._ The width of the sidebar can be adjusted. The controls adapt their size accordingly. If you need more space thaen it can be undocked --- and possibly moved to a second display --- or it can be reduced to a thin column of icons. tab bar. A single click on one of them the icons and the sidebar is back. !sidebar-different-widths.png|thumbnail! _Different widths of the sidebar: maximum width, default width, too narrow to display content, collapsed to tab bar (from left to right)._ !screenshot-calc-floating.png|thumbnail! _Floating sidebar, can be moved to second screen_ Of course, not all of OpenOffice's functionality can be represented by a couple of controls in the sidebar. If you need an advanced function then just click on the "more options" button in a panel the title bar of a panel to open a dialog with many more options and properties. _panel title bar, dialog_ !sidebar-more-options.png|thumbnail! _Click on 'more options' to get, well, more options._ More information can be found in the [OpenOffice wiki|http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Sidebar]. ... Full Content General Remarks The Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is a major release with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Platform Support The following platforms are available in official releases from Apache OpenOffice: Microsoft Windows, OS X (Intel Mac), Linux (32 bit) and Linux (64 bit). Additionally, a number of community members are working on ports for Solaris, FreeBSD, and OS/2 and live/portable versions. You can learn more from our Ports and Distributions page at: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/. Upgrading/Installation When installing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 on a machine that already has OpenOffice 3.4.1 or 3.4.0 installed on it, the user will be prompted on whether they would like "personal data" from the previous version migrated over to the new version. This includes information like custom spell checking words, dictionaries, extensions, etc. By default this migration is enabled, but the user can disable it via the checkbox. In some cases, when the user first launches Apache OpenOffice 4.0 after an upgrade that included personal data migration, the user will see a dialog like this: It is safe to click OK on this dialog. After an upgrade is completed, there may be some files related to the older version of OpenOffice still on your machine. These can be safely deleted: The empty directory: C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\share\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages Install files directories from previous versions, often on your Desktop, iwith names like: OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.4 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.3 (en-US) Installation Files For Macintosh OS X Mountain Lion users, Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 will be flagged by the new Gatekeeper facility. This is a feature to help guard against malware on Mac systems. There is a procedure laid out at th
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AOO 4.0 Release Notes Page edited by Andre Fischer Changes (8) ... !screenshot-writer-context-text.png|thumbnail! !screenshot-writer-context-bitmap.png|thumbnail! !screenshot-writer-context-shape.png|thumbnail! _Screenshots of Writer with contexts for text, bitmap, and shapes (from left to right)._ If you discover that you don't use a particular panel very often, just click on its title and it is collapsed to a single line of text. _collapse / expand panel_ !expand-and-collapse.png|thumbnail! _Different panels expanded or collapsed_ Many property panels have been migrated from Symphony. Some panels come from the old Impress tool panel. Others show frequently used non-modal (ie non locking) dialogs. _examples for each_ !sidebar-panels.png|thumbnail! _Panels from Symphony, the old Impress task pane, OpenOffice dialogs (from left to right)._ The width of the sidebar can be adjusted. The controls adapt their size accordingly. If you need more space than it can be undocked --- and possibly moved to a second display --- or it can be reduced to a thin column of icons. A single click on one of them and the sidebar is back. _regular sidebar, undocked, arrow when too narrow, icon tab bar_ !sidebar-different-widths.png|thumbnail! _Different widths of the sidebar: maximum width, default width, too narrow to display content, collapsed to tab bar (from left to right)._ !screenshot-calc-floating.png|thumbnail! _Floating sidebar, can be moved to second screen_ Of course, not all of OpenOffice's functionality can be represented by a couple of controls in the sidebar. If you need an advanced function then just click on the "more options" button in a panel title bar to open a dialog with many more options and properties. ... Full Content General Remarks The Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is a major release with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Platform Support The following platforms are available in official releases from Apache OpenOffice: Microsoft Windows, OS X (Intel Mac), Linux (32 bit) and Linux (64 bit). Additionally, a number of community members are working on ports for Solaris, FreeBSD, and OS/2 and live/portable versions. You can learn more from our Ports and Distributions page at: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/. Upgrading/Installation When installing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 on a machine that already has OpenOffice 3.4.1 or 3.4.0 installed on it, the user will be prompted on whether they would like "personal data" from the previous version migrated over to the new version. This includes information like custom spell checking words, dictionaries, extensions, etc. By default this migration is enabled, but the user can disable it via the checkbox. In some cases, when the user first launches Apache OpenOffice 4.0 after an upgrade that included personal data migration, the user will see a dialog like this: It is safe to click OK on this dialog. After an upgrade is completed, there may be some files related to the older version of OpenOffice still on your machine. These can be safely deleted: The empty directory: C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\share\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages Install files directories from previous versions, often on your Desktop, iwith names like: OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.4 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.3 (en-US) Installation Files For Macintosh OS X Mountain Lion users, Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 will be flagged by the new Gatekeeper facility. This is a feature to help guard against malware on Mac systems. There is a procedure laid out at the following link to allow applications not installed from the Mac App store to run. See the article at Mac support at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290. For additional upgrade/installation information, please see the Install Guide. New Features New Sidebar The sidebar is a major new feature in the user interface of all OpenOffice applications. It takes better advantage of todays widescreen displays than traditional toolbars. The 'Properties' deck is context sensitive and shows panels with document properties that are most frequently used for the current task. Screenshots of Writer with contexts for text, bitmap, and shapes (from left to right). If you discover that you don't use a particular panel very often, just click on its title and it is collapsed to a single line of text. Different panels expanded or collapsed Many property panels have been migrated from Symphony. Some panels come from the old Impress tool panel. Oth
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AOO 4.0 Release Notes Page edited by Andre Fischer Changes (2) ... h2. New Features h3. New Sidebar Feature The sidebar is a major new feature in the user interface of all OpenOffice applications. It takes better advantage of todays widescreen displays than traditional toolbars. The 'Properties' deck is context sensitive and shows panels with document properties that are most frequently used for the current task. !screenshot-writer-context-text.png|thumbnail! !screenshot-writer-context-bitmap.png|thumbnail! !screenshot-writer-context-shape.png|thumbnail! _Screenshots of Writer with contexts for text, bitmap, and shapes._ If you discover that you don't use a particular panel very often, just click on its title and it is collapsed to a single line of text. _collapse / expand panel_ Many property panels have been migrated from Symphony. Some panels come from the old Impress tool panel. Others show frequently used non-modal (ie non locking) dialogs. _examples for each_ The width of the sidebar can be adjusted. The controls adapt their size accordingly. If you need more space than it can be undocked --- and possibly moved to a second display --- or it can be reduced to a thin column of icons. A single click on one of them and the sidebar is back. _regular sidebar, undocked, arrow when too narrow, icon tab bar_ Of course, not all of OpenOffice's functionality can be represented by a couple of controls in the sidebar. If you need an advanced function then just click on the "more options" button in a panel title bar to open a dialog with many more options and properties. _panel title bar, dialog_ More information can be found in the [OpenOffice wiki|http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Sidebar]. h2. Enhancements and Improvements ... Full Content General Remarks The Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is a major release with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Platform Support The following platforms are available in official releases from Apache OpenOffice: Microsoft Windows, OS X (Intel Mac), Linux (32 bit) and Linux (64 bit). Additionally, a number of community members are working on ports for Solaris, FreeBSD, and OS/2 and live/portable versions. You can learn more from our Ports and Distributions page at: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/. Upgrading When installing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 on a machine that already has OpenOffice 3.4.1 or 3.4.0 installed on it, the user will be prompted on whether they would like "personal data" from the previous version migrated over to the new version. This includes information like custom spell checking words, dictionaries, extensions, etc. By default this migration is enabled, but the user can disable it via the checkbox. In some cases, when the user first launches Apache OpenOffice 4.0 after an upgrade that included personal data migration, the user will see a dialog like this: It is safe to click OK on this dialog. After an upgrade is completed, there may be some files related to the older version of OpenOffice still on your machine. These can be safely deleted: The empty directory: C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\share\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages Install files directories from previous versions, often on your Desktop, iwith names like: OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.4 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.3 (en-US) Installation Files For additional upgrade/installation information, please see the Install Guide. New Features New Sidebar The sidebar is a major new feature in the user interface of all OpenOffice applications. It takes better advantage of todays widescreen displays than traditional toolbars. The 'Properties' deck is context sensitive and shows panels with document properties that are most frequently used for the current task. Screenshots of Writer with contexts for text, bitmap, and shapes. If you discover that you don't use a particular panel very often, just click on its title and it is collapsed to a single line of text. collapse / expand panel Many property panels have been migrated from Symphony. Some panels come from the old Impress tool panel. Others show frequently used non-modal (ie non locking) dialogs. examples for each The width of the sidebar can be adjusted. The controls adapt their size accordingly. If you need more space than it can be undocked — and possibly moved to a second display — or it can be reduced to a thin column of icons. A single click on one of them and the sidebar is back. regular sidebar, undocked, arrow when too narrow, icon tab bar Of course, not all of OpenOffice's functionality can be represented by a couple of contr
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