Sun Microsystems unveils StarOffice 9
Sun Microsystems has announced the availability of StarOffice 9 and its Asian language counterpart, StarSuite 9, which have new versions of word processor, presentation, spreadsheet, database and drawing software.
This update to Sun’s productivity suite comes with native support for Mac OS X, delivers significant enhancements and provides advanced, extensible productivity tools for all users, the company says.
With Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail client and Lightning extension for calendaring as part of its distribution, StarOffice 9 software aims to provide a simple, comprehensive solution for businesses of all sizes, from SMEs to large enterprise customers.
The suite is said to include extensions that make it easier to perform common tasks, such as editing PDF files, creating reports, blogging, and publishing wikis.
Additionally, Sun Services can provide enterprise tools to assist customers who are migrating from Microsoft Office to StarOffice 9, the company adds.
StarOffice 9 is said to be completely open-sourced, with the same binaries as OpenOffice.org 3.0.
Many new features, multiple page editing in Writer, an optimisation Solver tool and 1024 columns in Calc, native table support in Impress, and effective handling of poster-size graphics in Draw, are intended to increase productivity and to make StarOffice 9 very easy to use.
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