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Apple Mac OS X has become increasingly popular, in particular on notebook computers. At conferences and airport lounges you often find yourself surrounded by Apple laptops. StarOffice 9 has recognized this trend by adding Mac OS X to its long list of supported operating systems.
In addition, StarOffice 9 extends the already strong open standards support. An increasing number of governments around the globe have started to mandate and adopt the ISO standard PDF/A for archiving documents in a read-only format in addition to the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF) for editable documents. As a consequence, StarOffice 9 supports both PDF/A as well as the new features of the upcoming ODF 1.2 standard.
For the first time, StarOffice 9 is also able to import and edit PDF files via a new extension. And finally, StarOffice 9 provides import filters for the new Microsoft Office 2007 OOXML formats. Thus, StarOffice 9 is the perfect office suite for standard-based collaboration across various platforms.
h2. Mac OS X Support
StarOffice 9 is now able to run on Mac OS X (Intel) without the need for X11, and it behaves like any other Aqua application. StarOffice 9 supports Quicktime for movies and sound, and also integrates well with the Mac OS X accessibility APIs. StarOffice 9 offers better accessibility support than many other Mac OS X applications.
h2. ODF 1.2 Support
StarOffice 9 supports the features of the upcoming version 1.2 of the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF). ODF is being mandated and adopted in a growing number of countries. In addition, ODF is being implemented by many vendors for many different applications. The latest ODF 1.2 version includes a powerful formula language as well as a sophisticated meta data model based on the W3C standards RDF and OWL. StarOffice 9 allows you to preselect the ODF format version (v.1.1 or v.1.2).
h2. Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters
In addition to improvements for the Microsoft Office binary file formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt, etc.), StarOffice 9 is now capable of opening files created with Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.). Thus, StarOffice users can interact with users still using Microsoft Office. The various filters for the Microsoft Office file formats also make mixed environments possible, so that some users can stay on Microsoft Office while others can use StarOffice.
h2. Enhanced PDF support
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The PDF functionality in StarOffice 9 offers improved export options. For example, the PDF export filter is able to export documents with links made relative. Writer bookmarks, Impress slide names, Draw slide names, and Calc sheet names are exported as named destinations in the PDF document and can be linked directly from another PDF document. The default zoom level and number of disclosed levels in bookmark hierarchy can be set. Further improvements are:
h3. PDF Security Options
New security settings for the PDF export dialog control the encryption of the generated PDF. Printing permissions and document changes can be restricted.
h3. PDF/A Support
In addition to the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice.org also supports the the popular ISO standard PDF/A. While ODF is used for editable documents, PDF/A is popular for archiving read-only versions of documents.
h3. PDF Import
This feature is available as [an extension|http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/extensions.jsp?cid=925128#pdfimport].
h3. Hybrid PDF
*Note* - This feature requires the [Sun PDF Import Extension|http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/extensions.jsp?cid=925128#pdfimport].
A PDF and its original document, from which the PDF is created, are used for different purposes. If there are changes required in the PDF document, the author of the document normally makes edits in the original document and creates a new PDF. It is the responsibility of the document author to make sure that the original document does not get lost.
Often enough the original document of a PDF is not at hand when changes need to be made in the PDF. For these cases a "hybrid PDF" file is a way to solve the problem. A hybrid PDF file created with StarOffice 9 is a combination of ODF and PDF. A hybrid PDF document contains the original ODF document. This enables the user to store just a single PDF-file. When edits are necessary in this PDF, these files can be opened with StarOffice.
StarOffice auto-detects the attached ODF and opens it like a usual ODF file to allow full editing. When the changes are done, the document is again saved as a hybrid PDF. The result is that there is just one single file for editing and giving away. Other users, who do not have StarOffice or OpenOffice.org can view the PDF in Adobe Reader.
h2. More Feature Highlights
h3. Vista Support
The new File dialog and the visualization of meta data in Explorer is now supported for Windows Vista.
h5. How To Access
* Choose File > Open
h3. Preselect ODF version and size optimization for ODF Format
StarOffice 9 supports ODF 1.2 in addition to ODF 1.0/1.1. It is possible to preselect the ODF format version. Because ODF 1.2 is not approved as the ISO Standard yet, it is important for many customers to use the approved ODF 1.1 standard.
The size optimization option reduces the file size even more, although ODF is already a compressed file format.
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h5. How To Access
* Choose Tools> Options > Load/Save > General
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Apple Mac OS X has become increasingly popular, in particular on notebook computers. At conferences and airport lounges you often find yourself surrounded by Apple laptops. StarOffice 9 has recognized this trend by adding Mac OS X to its long list of supported operating systems.
In addition, StarOffice 9 extends the already strong open standards support. An increasing number of governments around the globe have started to mandate and adopt the ISO standard PDF/A for archiving documents in a read-only format in addition to the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF) for editable documents. As a consequence, StarOffice 9 supports both PDF/A as well as the new features of the upcoming ODF 1.2 standard.
For the first time, StarOffice 9 is also able to import and edit PDF files via a new extension. And finally, StarOffice 9 provides import filters for the new Microsoft Office 2007 OOXML formats. Thus, StarOffice 9 is the perfect office suite for standard-based collaboration across various platforms.
h2. Mac OS X Support
StarOffice 9 is now able to run on Mac OS X (Intel) without the need for X11, and it behaves like any other Aqua application. StarOffice 9 supports Quicktime for movies and sound, and also integrates well with the Mac OS X accessibility APIs. StarOffice 9 offers better accessibility support than many other Mac OS X applications.
h2. ODF 1.2 Support
StarOffice 9 supports the features of the upcoming version 1.2 of the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF). ODF is being mandated and adopted in a growing number of countries. In addition, ODF is being implemented by many vendors for many different applications. The latest ODF 1.2 version includes a powerful formula language as well as a sophisticated meta data model based on the W3C standards RDF and OWL. StarOffice 9 allows you to preselect the ODF format version (v.1.1 or v.1.2).
h2. Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters
In addition to improvements for the Microsoft Office binary file formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt, etc.), StarOffice 9 is now capable of opening files created with Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.). Thus, StarOffice users can interact with users still using Microsoft Office. The various filters for the Microsoft Office file formats also make mixed environments possible, so that some users can stay on Microsoft Office while others can use StarOffice.
h2. Enhanced PDF support
!01 - PDF Security Options.png|align=right,vspace=4,hspace=4!
The PDF functionality in StarOffice 9 offers improved export options. For example, the PDF export filter is able to export documents with links made relative. Writer bookmarks, Impress slide names, Draw slide names, and Calc sheet names are exported as named destinations in the PDF document and can be linked directly from another PDF document. The default zoom level and number of disclosed levels in bookmark hierarchy can be set. Further improvements are:
h3. PDF Security Options
New security settings for the PDF export dialog control the encryption of the generated PDF. Printing permissions and document changes can be restricted.
h3. PDF/A Support
In addition to the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice.org also supports the the popular ISO standard PDF/A. While ODF is used for editable documents, PDF/A is popular for archiving read-only versions of documents.
h3. PDF Import
This feature is available as [an extension|http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/extensions.jsp?cid=925128#pdfimport].
h3. Hybrid PDF
*Note* - This feature requires the [Sun PDF Import Extension|http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/extensions.jsp?cid=925128#pdfimport].
A PDF and its original document, from which the PDF is created, are used for different purposes. If there are changes required in the PDF document, the author of the document normally makes edits in the original document and creates a new PDF. It is the responsibility of the document author to make sure that the original document does not get lost.
Often enough the original document of a PDF is not at hand when changes need to be made in the PDF. For these cases a "hybrid PDF" file is a way to solve the problem. A hybrid PDF file created with StarOffice 9 is a combination of ODF and PDF. A hybrid PDF document contains the original ODF document. This enables the user to store just a single PDF-file. When edits are necessary in this PDF, these files can be opened with StarOffice.
StarOffice auto-detects the attached ODF and opens it like a usual ODF file to allow full editing. When the changes are done, the document is again saved as a hybrid PDF. The result is that there is just one single file for editing and giving away. Other users, who do not have StarOffice or OpenOffice.org can view the PDF in Adobe Reader.
h2. More Feature Highlights
h3. Vista Support
The new File dialog and the visualization of meta data in Explorer is now supported for Windows Vista.
h5. How To Access
* Choose File > Open
h3. Preselect ODF version and size optimization for ODF Format
StarOffice 9 supports ODF 1.2 in addition to ODF 1.0/1.1. It is possible to preselect the ODF format version. Because ODF 1.2 is not approved as the ISO Standard yet, it is important for many customers to use the approved ODF 1.1 standard.
The size optimization option reduces the file size even more, although ODF is already a compressed file format.
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h5. How To Access
* Choose Tools> Options > Load/Save > General
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