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StarOffice software is affordable, easy to use, and based on open standards. It offers word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities. Its familiar interface enables quick productivity and results for the business user, and elegant output for the consumer.
Top 10 New and Enhanced Features
Improved Microsoft Office compatibility
Enhanced import and export filters give you seamless word processing, spreadsheet, presentations and support for password-protected Microsoft Word and Excel documents. Your tables, headers, footers, and formatting, even complex Excel formulas and text frames, will all look better.
OpenDocument is the new default file format
Now StarOffice files are saved by default in an open XML-based format, specified by the OASIS OpenDocument 1.0 schema, for easier file sharing. IBM, Novell, and Red Hat also support OpenDocument. For backward compatibility, you can still open and save files in the StarOffice 6/7 XML-format. See Oasis-Open.org for more info.
XForms supported here
A new editor lets you create XML Form documents. That significantly boosts your interoperability with other programs that support the XForms standard, which has emerged to replace traditional HTML Web forms. See the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) page for more info.
Digital signatures can be applied to documents
A digital signature offers reliable authentication of a document's sender as well as an assurance that the document has not been altered since it was signed. Now your incoming and outgoing StarOffice documents can have this same level of security.
Have your own resident database wizard
The completely redesigned database wizard helps you to set up new databases (using the included HSQLDB engine) or connect to existing mySQL, ADO, Oracle, ODBC, and JDBC databases. The wizard also helps you create forms, reports, queries, tables, views, and relations.
The mail merge wizard really delivers
This new wizard makes it easy to merge form letters with address book information for label printing or emails. It's no longer a difficult, time-consuming task.
Easier to use than ever before
StarOffice 8 sports a new set of interface improvements that make all of the applications easier to learn and use. For example, default toolbar configurations have been simplified and appear only in context, the mail merge wizard has been redesigned, and enhancements have been made for headers, footers, bulleted lists, text and table selection, spreadsheet cell formatting, email attachments, and online help. The result: lower support costs and higher productivity.
Your native desktop theme applies
StarOffice 8 uses the native objects, themes, and settings of your platform desktop. Whether you're running the Windows XP, Linux, or Solaris operating systems, StarOffice takes on a look and feel similar to your other native applications.
Migration tools simplify the move
You can use the new Macro Migration Wizard to help you convert Visual Basic macros in Microsoft Word and Excel documents to the StarOffice Basic macro language. It significantly reduces the time and effort needed to convert macros through automatic conversion (where possible) and notes on issues encountered during migration. The analysis reports estimate how long a migration would take and which problems would need to be addressed. For StarOffice 8 Enterprise Edition users, the new Document Analysis Wizard helps you assess the migration issues of your Microsoft Office documents.
Export your documents to Adobe PDF
Convert your files to the popular PDF format directly from StarOffice. You'll enjoy using the new PDF hyperlinks, table of contents, document outline, document notes, PDF controls, and tags.
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Here's what customers say about StarOffice 8 and the competition.
Burlington Coat Factory - Mike Prince, CIO"StarOffice 8 allows our employees to easily go from Microsoft Office files to StarOffice effortlessly. Burlington Coat Factory has been using StarOffice for the enterprise for years, so we are doubly pleased that we can roll out StarOffice 8 today." Bristol City Council - Gavin Beckett, Principal ICT Strategy Officer"StarOffice 8 combines low cost with support for open standards, ease of use, a full range of business features, and compatibility with other products...Sun has consistently listened to our feedback and continuously improved StarOffice, implementing features that matter to us. The low acquisition cost of StarOffice has enabled us to direct investment into staff skills and knowledge, improving our efficiency and productivity."
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