Thu, 20 Mar 2008 OpenOffice for Mac effort gathers steam
The Mac developers at OpenOffice have released a third pre-beta build of the software
Work on porting OpenOffice to the Mac as a true native application continues to gather pace.
The OpenOffice.org Mac Porting team last night released the third development snapshot of the Aqua version of OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X.
The new release ushers in a vast range of improvements and fixes for the in-development software, hinting that final release is just a few steps away.
The developers are warning users that this snapshot is a pre-beta release and isn't yet suitable for any essential work, as the software's still liable to crashes and data loss.
"A backup of all documents used in OpenOffice.org Aqua is recommended. TimeMachine supplied with Leopard is ideal for this," the developers state.
Final release of native software is closing in. The developers say OpenOffice.org 2.4.x will be the last release for an X11 version on OpenOffice.org.
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