To me this looks bigger than from 2.4 to 3.0 and looks like heading in the right direction. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz> Date: Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:25 AM Subject: New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, an Early Look To: ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz Sent to you by Ian McDonald via Google Reader: New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, an Early Look<http://www.osnews.com/story/20818/New_Features_in_OpenOffice_org_3_1_an_Early_Look> via OSNews <http://www.osnews.com/> on 1/21/09 OpenOffice.org 3.1 is 65 days away, and developers are finishing up more than 1000 issues targeted for this Microsoft-Office-killer packing an army of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Major new features include antialiased drawings, solid dragging, translucent selections in Writer, improvements in Chart axes and labels, improved grammar checking, macros and full support for SQL including syntax highlighting in Base, and many more. Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to OSNews<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.osnews.com%2Ffiles%2Frecent.rdf?source=email>using *Google Reader* - Get started using Google Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with *all your favorite sites* -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/, http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz