NeoOffice

Licence: GPL
Version 2.2.4 Patch-1 | Release Date: 2008-06-23 | Download
  • Fixed an issue where clipping of background images failed when printing
  • Fixed a problem where Fontwork was missing or banded when printing
  • Fixed possible crashes at startup or when editing a form in Base due to preferences corruption
Version 2.2.4 | Release Date: 2008-06-17 | Download
  • Media Browser for accessing media from iLife applications (Mac OS X 10.4 and higher)
  • Native floating palettes (Mac OS X 10.4 and higher)
  • Support for horizontal scrolling
  • Support for zoom and page up/down (swipe) on multi-touch trackpads
  • All the bug fixes of NeoOffice 2.2.3 with Patch-6
Version 2.2.3 Patch-6 | Release Date: 2008-06-10 | Download
  • Fixed a problem where the presence of PostScript fonts would cause incorrect characters to be displayed.
  • Fixed a bug where certain picture alignment settings could cause files printed to PDF to be huge.
  • Fixed a problem where using a hidden Mac OS X setting for double arrows at both ends of the scrollbar caused the scroll arrows not to function.
  • Fixed a bug where the "Export to PDF" function would incorrectly apply PDF security settings.
  • Fixed an issue where resizing a Calc document during loading caused incorrect display of the document.
  • Fixed a bug on Mac OS X 10.5 where file locking on local volumes worked incorrectly.
Version 2.2.3 Patch-5 | Release Date: 2008-05-28 | Download
  • Fixed a bug where opening Office 2003 XML file produces General I/O error
  • Fixed poor selection of Polish and Cyrillic replacement fonts
  • Fixed a problem where landscape documents could be cropped when printing
Version 2.2.3 Patch-4 | Release Date: 2008-05-23 | Download
  • Fixed certain crashes that might happen while using Solver feature
  • Fixed a problem where PDF export irregularly showed missing glyphs in equations
  • Fixed a problem where macros were no longer editable
  • Fixed a bug where images were cropped out when printing envelopes
Version 2.2.3 Patch-3 | Release Date: 2008-05-06 | Download
  • New Media Browser functionality similar to the iLife Media Browser
  • Implemented native palette appearance for floating toolbar windows
  • Support for magnify and swipe multitouch trackpad gestures
  • Fixed a bug where the Autofilter did not display all choices in Calc
  • Fixed a bug where the Autofilter caused problems when rows are deleted
  • Fixed a bug where text import applied the wrong character set in Calc
  • Fixed a bug where radio buttons were not properly drawn in Calc
  • Fixed a bug where zooming a document with scrollwheel did not work
  • Fixed a bug where Command-` window cycling included the 1×1 pixel window
  • Fixed a bug where Command-` window cycling did not ignore palette windows
  • Fixed a crash when one window had Bullets and Table toolbars open and another window did not
  • Fixed a bug where text was miskerned when exporting to PDF
  • Fixed a bug where text was miskerned when printing to high resolution printer
  • Fixed a crash when loading a specific WordPerfect .wpd file
Version 2.2.3 Patch-2 | Release Date: 2008-04-15 | Download
  • Added support for horizontal scrolling with supported mice, trackballs, and trackpads
  • Improved import of PICT images (stand-alone and embedded in MS Office documents)
  • Opening the Help menu on Mac OS X 10.5 no longer causes other menus to vanish
  • Fixed a hang that may occur after generating merged documents
  • Fixed an issue where the mail merge document window opened with wrong size
  • Fixed a bug where new document windows sometimes opened with wrong size
  • Fixed an issue where spaces may have had an incorrect size when exporting as PDF
  • Fixed a bug where Dashed and dotted lines converted to solid lines when exporting as PDF
  • Fixed an issue where Patch-1 could cause NeoOffice to crash during launching
  • Fixed a bug where some Opt-arrow keys move pictures and frames in wrong direction
Version 2.2.3 | Release Date: 2008-03-16 | Download
  • Support for playing QuickTime-compatible video in documents (Mac OS X 10.4.x and higher only)
  • Menus are available when no documents are open
  • Import of images from scanners and cameras
  • Command-clicking on window titlebar reveals the document path
  • Use of the system-wider grammar checker (Mac OS X 10.5.x only)
  • Updates to the Akua icon set
Version 2.2.2 Patch-11 | Release Date: 2008-02-11 | Download
  • Fixed a problem where the splash screen appeared on wrong screen when the secondary screen was to the left of the primary screen
  • Fixed a bug where NeoOffice would only print to the default printer on Mac OS X 10.4.x and higher
  • Worked around a problem where poorly written system hacks like SaftLoader and 1Passwd would cause NeoOffice to crash at launch
Version 2.2.2 Patch-10 | Release Date: 2008-02-07 | Download

2.2.2 Patch-10 fixes a problem introduced in Patch-9 that caused Calc windows to disappear when inserting a new chart.

Changes in 2.2.2 Patch-9:

  • Fixed a problem where the Cardo font would not display correctly in Hebrew and English
  • Fixed a problem where MS PowerPoint images were not accurately rendered
  • Fixed conflicting information about the non-breaking-space menu shortcut
  • Fixed a problem where Patch-8 changed Hebrew and Arabic digits into characters
  • Fixed an issue where logo image no longer printed correctly
  • Fixed an issue where users on Mac OS X 10.3.9 were unable to print on a non-default printer
Version 2.2.2 Patch-8 | Release Date: 2008-01-17 | Download
  • Fixed a problem that prevented printing more than one copy of a document
  • Fixed a bug that prevented setting the path for "My Documents" in Preferences
  • Fixed a problem that prevented printing to non-default printers
Version 2.2.2 Patch-7 | Release Date: 2008-01-15 | Download
  • Fixed several bugs related to line spacing and ligatures:
    • Fixed a problem where Arabic medial characters rendered as final characters when color was changed
    • Fixed incorrect pagination due to line-spacing differences between Office 2004 and NeoOffice
  • Fixed a series of bugs where some print dialog settings were not respected when printing
  • Fixed a bug where Impress would not export the slide background
  • Fixed a bug that caused Impress to crash when adding pictures
  • Fixed a crash when importing PNG file
  • Fixed a crash when adding hyperlink on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Version 2.2.2 Patch-6 | Release Date: 2007-12-20 | Download
  • Reverted recent changes to Asian text input and layout because many users found them difficult to work with.
Version 2.2.2 Patch 5 | Release Date: 2007-12-16 | Download
  • It is now possible to type multi-byte punctuation marks (e.g., in Japanese)
  • Improve support for export to MS Word of Table of Contents and other items that use "list separators"
  • Fixed a crash when selecting the Mac OS X Address Book as a data source
  • Fixed a problem in the OpenOffice.org Base security fix that prevented correct opening of .odb files on Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Fixed several kerning issues when using "Export to PDF"
Version 2.2.2 patch4 | Release Date: 2007-12-13 | Download

2.2.2 Patch-4 is now available.
The new changes included in this patch are listed below:
It is now possible to type multi-byte spaces (e.g., in Japanese)
Fixed a problem that caused characters to disappear when pressing the arrow key during IME composition
A semicolon is no longer entered unexpectedly in switching the input method
Fixed an issue that led to frequent crashes during save or autosave
Fixed a crash on opening Mac OS X address book data source
Fixed a problem that prevented changing the corner radius of rectangles in Draw
Fixed issues relating to mis-positioned dialogues when using dual monitors
Closed an OpenOffice.org Base security vulnerability
Upgrade to odf-converter version 1.1 to improve MS Office 2007 file handling
Fixed a bug that prevented Command-D from triggering the cell content validity dropdown when using English UI locale
Note: 2.2.2 Patch-4 requires a full installation of NeoOffice 2.2.2 or NeoOffice 2.2.1 with NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch-0 and will not install on any version of NeoOffice 2.1 or NeoOffice 2.2.1 Early Access. Patch-4 includes all fixes and additions of previous patches.

Version 2.2.2 patch 3 | Release Date: 2007-11-28 | Download

Many Leopard, Panther, and text layout bug fixes.

Version 2.2.2 Patch 2 | Release Date: 2007-11-26 | Download
No changes specified
Version 2.2.2 | Release Date: 2007-10-10 | Download
  • Faster text layout, kerning, and drawing
  • More compact print output
  • Faster, less CPU-intensive drawing of Aqua controls
  • Support for reading data from the Thunderbird Address Book
  • Works around a serious bug in Apple's Installer on Mac OS X 10.5
  • Fixes a number of other bugs reported by users against NeoOffice 2.2.1 with Patch-1
Version 2.2.1 | Release Date: 2007-08-27 | Download
  • Based on OpenOffice.org 2.2.1 codebase
  • Support for Microsoft Office 2007 Excel and PowerPoint document formats
  • Support for Mac OS X 10.5 Beta
  • Support for Quick Look under Mac OS X 10.5
  • Access to the Mac OS X Address Book as a data source
  • Use of the native Mac OS X spell-checker for supported languages
  • Enhanced the Akua set of toolbar icons with a more Aqua appearance
  • Support for printing high resolution images at their expected DPI
Version 2.1 patch 7 | Release Date: 2007-06-24 | Download

Leopard and QuickLook support

Version 2.1 | Release Date: 2007-03-27 | Download
  • Based on OpenOffice.org 2.1 codebase
  • Support for writing ISO 26300 OpenDocument (aka OpenOffice.org 2.0) file formats
  • Support for Microsoft OpenXML Word document format
  • Support for Microsoft Excel VBA macros
  • Novell's Solver for Calc
  • Significant improvements in startup time
  • Support for Java 1.5 on Mac OS X 10.4
  • New database component
  • Enhanced sound support
  • Runs on Intel Macintoshes
  • Native Cocoa Open and Save dialogues
  • Most widgets (scrollbars, buttons, checkboxes) are now Aqua
  • New Finder icons and splash screen with a more Aqua appearance
  • The new Akua set of toolbar icons with a more Aqua appearance
  • Enhanced support for Mac OS X themes, such as those offered by ShapeShifter
  • Version 2.0 Aqua Beta 3 | Release Date: 2006-08-28 | Download
    • Based on OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 codebase
    • Significant improvements in startup time
    • Support for Java 1.5 on Mac OS X 10.4
    • Native Cocoa Open and Save dialogues
    • Most widgets (scrollbars, buttons, checkboxes) are now Aqua
    • New Finder icons and splash screen with a more Aqua appearance
    • For a more complete list of changes since NeoOffice 1.2.2, see the release notes.
    Version 2.0 Aqua Beta 3 Patc | Release Date: 2006-08-27 | Download
    No changes specified
    Version 2.0 Alpha 4 | Release Date: not specified | Download
    No changes specified