Fastest, More Compatible Version of OpenOffice is Out

OpenOffice.org has announced its latest version, OpenOffice.org 3.2, with major improvements in speed, performance, functionality and compatibility with other document formats.

Better Performance can be found in OpenOffice.org 3.2 Calc and Writer, which have both reduced 'cold start' time by 46% since version 3.0 was released just over a year ago.

This version of OpenOffice.org provides enhanced support of ODF, the Open Document Format, a document standards promulgated by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), which set international compatibility criteria for the electronic/digital storage of documents.

"These standards recognize the importance of interoperability and intelligent information exchange and seek, for example, to ensure that office documents created today on any given computer system will be readable by other computer systems everywhere, including the technology of tomorrow." states OpenOffice.org website.

OpenOffice.org 3.2 also improved support for other common office document types, like password protected Microsoft Office XML files, OLE objects, form controls and pivot tables in MS Excel and encryption support within the Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP filter.

A list of all the new features of OpenOffice.org can be found here: http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2