So extensions adapted to OpenOffice 4.0 will remain compatible for 4.1, 4.2, etc.” LibreOffice “We make such API changes only at major version increments. “However some extensions written for earlier versions may need to be updated due to API changes,” Weir said. In the case of OpenOffice 4.0, Weir noted that documents are forwards/backwards compatible with earlier versions of Apache OpenOffice and. Typically, a major number change for an open source application also tends to indicate some degree of break with previous versions. In addition to Sidebars, Apache OpenOffice 4.0 also improves performance, particularly in the areas of rendering drawings and bitmaps. “The Sidebar, as the name indicates, is on the side of the UI, and is designed to take full advantage of the additional horizontal space available on modern wide-screen displays,” Weir said.
There is at least one major different between the Microsoft Ribbon and the OpenOffice Sidebar. “Microsoft’s Ribbon and our Sidebar are both approaches to improving user productivity by making the most-commonly used settings and actions available without having to pull down a menu and enter into a dialog box,” Weir said. In a way, it’s somewhat analogous what Microsoft has introduced in Office with its Ribbon approach. The general idea behind sidebars is to make it easier for users to access commonly needed tools. One of the major new features in OpenOffice 4.0 is the sidebars capability. OpenOffice became a top-level project at Apache in October of 2012. OpenOffice came to Apache after being donated by Oracle in June of 2011. “The volume of changes in Apache OpenOffice, the more visible ones as well as the many improvements behind the scenes, justifies a major version increment.”
“This is a big update, a release nearly a year in the making,” Rob Weir, Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee, told Datamation. The new OpenOffice 4 release marks a major new stage in the evolution of the open source project at Apache. The Apache Software Foundation is out with a major new milestone release of the open source OpenOffice suite.
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