The OpenSource Community OpenOffice.org announced o­n May 21st that their free office suite, OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 Japanese Version has been officially released. It is currently available as a free download o­n their website.Side note, the OpenOffice.org website is stating OpenOffice has been localized in Aynu! This is the language spoken by the indigenous people of Japan. Someone has got too much free time...

The OpenSource Community OpenOffice.org announced on May 21st that their free office suite, OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 Japanese Version has been officially released. It is currently available as a free download on their website.

OpenOffice.org is an open source office suite software package. It includes a Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Figure Mapping software, and others. This product has been attracting attention because it has multiplatform capabilities as it can be run on Windows or Linux, and it is also has compatibility with Microsoft Office documents.

The 1.1.1 Japanese version includes 509 bug fixes and multiple new features since the 1.1.0 version that was released in October 2003. The main new functions are the inclusion of a "00oDic auto pilot" which downloads necessary components from a total of 87 different dictionaries. These include dictionaries such as a spelling dictionary, a thesaurus, and a hyphenation dictionary. It also includes Japanese support of the standard file format DXF (R14 or later) used by CAD. There are other new features described on their website as well.

Supported Platforms include Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, and GNU Linux(x86).


Inspired by: http://enterprise.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/software/2004/05/21/2353.html

Press release: http://www.openoffice.org/