Google Pack now includes StarOffice as a free download Google Pack中包括现在的StarOffice作为一个免费下载

Posted on August 15, 2007 at 10:12 am发布于2007年8月15日在上午10时12分

According to a press release from Google and Sun almost two years ago, a concerted effort was going to be made to make Open Office more widely available to the public.据一份新闻稿,从Google和太阳差不多两年前,协调一致的努力去作,使开放式办公更广泛地提供给公众。 Now, suddenly and without much fan-fare, you will find that the现在,突然间,并没有多少扇票价,你会发现,该 Google Pack page Google软体页  includes the once $70 version of StarOffice for free.包括一次70元的StarOffice版本,免费。 StarOffice uses the same code base as OpenOffice, but StarOffice has added a number of features, including a spell-checker, thesaurus, Windows fonts, and clipart.的StarOffice使用相同的代码基础,因为OpenOffice的,但StarOffice的增加了许多功能,包括一个拼写检查程序,词库时, Windows字体,剪贴画。   

StarOffice sports a Writer , which replaces Word, Impress , which replaces PowerPoint, Calc , which replaces Excel,  Base , which replaces Access, and Draw , which replaces Visio.体育StarOffice的一个作家 ,将取代以往一句话, 打动 ,将取代以往的投影片, ,将取代以往的Excel , 基地化 ,以取代通道,并制定 ,将取代以往的Visio 。 The cool thing about using a program like StarOffice is the fact that it’s free and you can download a plug-in for Microsoft Office that will allow you to easily convert between the two formats.凉爽的一件事用程序一样, StarOffice的是一个事实,即它的自由,你可以下载一个插件在微软Office将允许你方便地转换两国之间的格式。 So if you use StarOffice as your main productivity suite, but your clients or others use MS Office, that’s not a problem because you can import and export documents between both programs.因此,如果你使用的StarOffice作为你的主要生产力套件,但是您的客户或他人使用的MS Office ,这不是一个问题,因为你可以进口与出口间文件这两个程序。

Also, StarOffice has some pretty advanced features that make it a viable alternative to the massive Office 2007, including the ability to add digital signatures to documents, the ability to create files in XML format, create your own databases and display them in a document or spreadsheet, mail merge, XP and VISTA compatible desktop themes, and the ability to export to PDF.此外, StarOffice的有一些相当先进的功能,使之成为一个可行的替代办法,以庞大的是Office 2007 ,其中包括能够添加数字签名的文件,有能力创造档案XML格式,创建自己的数据库,并展示他们在一份文件或电子表格,邮件合并, XP和Vista的兼容桌面主题,也有这个能力,以出口为PDF 。 Here’s a competitive view between以下是竞争关系的看法 MS Office and StarOffice微软Office和StarOffice .

Of course, MS Office only runs on Windows, but StarOffice runs on Windows, Linux, and Solaris.当然,微软Office只能运行于Windows ,但StarOffice的运行于Windows , Linux , Solaris上。 MAC OSX is also supported, but through OpenOffice, not StarOffice. Mac OSX的,也是支持的,而是通过了OpenOffice ,而不是StarOffice的。 And you can install StarOffice on as many computers as you like without having to worry about licensing costs, etc.你可以安装的StarOffice就因为许多电脑随你也不用担心许可证费用等。

In previous years, these open source apps were so far behind MS Office that no one took them seriously, but now that thousands of people develop and refine them over years, it has become a good alternative for those sick of a slow Windows Vista, unchangeable Office Ribbon toolbar, or other annoying Microsoft problems and issues.前几年,这些开放源代码应用程序,所以远远落后于微软Office ,没有人带他们认真的,但现在成千上万的人的发展和完善,他们多年来,它已成为一个很好的选择,为那些患病的一个缓慢的Windows Vista ,不可改变办公室丝带工具栏,或其他烦人的微软问题和压力。


An example of the Writer software   一个例子作者软件

Best of all, now that Google is involved with the whole project, you can be assured that there will be continual support, invest, and refinements.最妙的是,现在Google正在参与整个项目,你可以放心,会有不断的支持下,投资和改进。 Before when the program was written and managed by random developers around the world, it was hard to find support, get updates, etc. With Google and Sun, you’ll get a quality product for no cost.以前当程序编写和管理的随机开发商周围的世界,那就是很难找到支持,获得更新等,与Google和太阳,你将获得一个优质的产品,没有成本。 Enjoy!享受!

Source:资料来源: http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/013417.html

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