14 DAY TRIAL // The development team responsible for the popular Mac OS X suite of office applications, NeoOffice.org, has released Patch 3 into the wild, providing additional maintenance to what is a constantly under-development project. The release notes for the update were unavailable at the time of the writing. However, the patch is available immediately for all NeoOffice 3.0.1 users.
NeoOffice is based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, integrating native Mac features. The program suite boasts the ability to import, edit and exchange files with other office apps. Most Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel and PowerPoint files are supported, as are Excel VBA Macros. The software requires that you have at least 512 MB of memory and 400 MB of free disk space.
“NeoOffice is a full-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation programs) for Mac OS X. We have created an office suite that is adapted to the unique needs of Mac users by taking the features in Sun Microsystems' OpenOffice.org office suite and adding improvements such as: Extremely stable Mac OS X code that has been in daily use by hundreds of thousands of NeoOffice users since 2003; Significant speed improvements to the OpenOffice.org code; Special services for our donors,” the team behind one of the most popular word-processing applications for Mac OS X says.
NeoOffice fans should note that, due to very low donation levels this year, the team responsible with the software has been forced to make severe cutbacks in the services that it provides to users (learn more here). Also noteworthy is the availability of NeoOffice Mobile, a solution that provides a way to securely share NeoOffice files with other users and other computers. NeoOffice Mobile is web-based and works by allowing users to “publish” a document from within NeoOffice to the NeoOffice Mobile server using a secure, encrypted connection.