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Wed, 30 Aug 2006 OpenOffice to be 'true' Mac application

Macworld staff

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Microsoft Office alternative, OpenOffice, will ship in a native version for OS X next month.

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

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Until now the software has required that users install the X11 Window System, a graphical interface that lets Unix-based applications work on Macs. The new version of the software won't require X11, and will work just like any other OS X-native application.

A huge collection of screenshots of the application running natively on a Mac are available on an OpenOffice developer website.

The release also seems likely to debut at OOoCon in Lyon, France, which runs between 11-13 September.

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