More details have emerged about the forthcoming cloud-based version of Apache OpenOffice (AOO). A cloud version of OpenOffice writer, AOO's document editor, was shown at a presentation at the ...

Now OpenOffice has its first major update since 2011, Apache OpenOffice 4.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux. It promises hundreds of bug fixes, better compatibility with Microsoft Office documents, support ...

Once, whenever you referred to the free productivity suite that competes with Microsoft Office, people knew exactly which program you were talking about. Lately, though, OpenOffice — formerly of ...

As I reported on May 31st, 2011, Oracle has, with IBM's encouragement, given the open-source OpenOffice office suite to The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). IBM's Kevin Cavanaugh, VP of Collaboration ...

Despite the growing momentum of the LibreOffice fork of OpenOffice, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is urging the community of volunteer developers to rally around the OpenOffice code base as the ...

Microsoft’s Office may be the go-to productivity suite in the business world, but there’s apparently plenty of room out there for challengers to thrive: On Thursday, the Apache Software Foundation ...

Apache's OpenOffice suite supports almost three dozen languages through the installation of separate language packs. After you install a particular language, you can ...

Although Apache's OpenOffice is compatible with the rest of the Microsoft Office suite, it cannot convert Microsoft Publisher files. Zamzar, an online file conversion service, is a cost-free ...