OpenOffice.org is the leading open source software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more . Available in many languages and works on all common computers . Now this free computer programs is out with a new version , packed with new amazing features .

Open Office 3.3 is a free alternative to Microsoft Office Applications with a word processor, a spread sheet program and a presentation software similar to microsoft office applications . It is released under the LGPL licence . It can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees .

Open Office 3.3 Features :

• Increased Document Protection

  OpenOffice.org Writer and Calc now allow two levels of document protection. As before, you can save a document with a password that prevents unauthorized users to read the content. Now you can also set a password to protect a document against unwanted changes.

  This way, you can make the content of a document available for reading to a selected group of people, and for reading and editing to a different group. This behaviour is now compatible with Microsoft Word and Excel file protection.

• New Options for CSV

  Two new options are available when importing CSV files that contain data separated by specific characters.

  These options determine whether quoted data will always be imported as text, and whether OpenOffice.org Calc will automatically detect all number formats, including special number formats such as dates, time, and scientific notation. The detection depends on the language settings.

• Insert Drawing Objects in Charts

  The Chart functionality is enhanced and now supports drawing objects. The drawing toolbar allows to insert simple shapes such as lines, rectangles and text objects and even complex shapes such as cubes, symbols, block arrows, flowcharts and stars. The drawing objects can be edited by several dialogs which can be opened via the context menu. Also the font and formatting of text objects can be changed.

• Improved Slide Layout Handling in Impress

  Handling of slide layouts in presentations is vastly improved. The content type of slide sections is now defined directly on the slide by clicking on one of the four content type icons: table, chart, picture, or movie, or entering text directly.

  Improved Slide Layout Handling in Impress This reduces the number of slide layout varieties making the layout selection much clearer. In addition, you can now also assign layouts to slides and create new slides with a specific layout using the toolbar. One new toolbar element is used to add a new slide (or duplicate the currently selected slide).

  A similar toolbar element is used to assign a layout to the currently selected slide, or reset the layout to the assigned layout after making changes.

• Redesign of Thesaurus

  The thesaurus dialog has been redesigned for better usability. In addition, a new “Synonyms” sub menu in the default context menu allows you to select a synonym for the currently selected word right away.