Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14

Wakefield, DE - 27 February 2023 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14 is a maintenance release incorporating bug fixes and other enhancements. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13 or earlier are advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.14 here.  Windows 10 and 11 users can now also get Apache OpenOffice for selected languages in the "Microsoft Store" App.

To check that the download file is not broken or changed in any other way, please see our checksums page for instructions on how to verify this.

If you are upgrading from an earlier release you can verify that the release upgrade worked by opening the About box (menu "Help - About OpenOffice") for the version number.

Please review the Release Notes to learn what is new in this version as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.

For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

To get a copy of the source code see our source page for our Git repository or download prepared source tarballs from our project download page.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Follow Apache OpenOffice:

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Posted at 07:45PM Feb 27, 2023 by Carl Marcum in General  |   | 

More than 333 Million Downloads of Apache OpenOffice

A few days ago we have seen with great pleasure that the bar of more than 333 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice® was exceeded. The count is from 2011 until today and it includes all 4.1.x releases.

Please note that there are much more ways to get OpenOffice than just via our partner SourceForge.net or alternative servers hosted by Apache itself. You need to consider also copies on CDs, DVDs and download portals of online magazines. So, actually the real number is much higher.

The following are a few statistics to show some more details.

Downloads from 2011 until today



Downloads by country

Rank  Country/Territory     Downloads
1     United States        55,515,897
2     France               44,394,981
3     Germany              34,939,475
4     Italy                28,173,104
5     Spain                17,131,245
6     Russia               15,178,537
7     United Kingdom       14,903,050
8     Poland               14,457,642
9     Japan                13,852,054
10    Canada                8,435,395

Downloads by operating system

Rank  OS            Downloads
1     Windows     297,992,216
2     Macintosh    31,625,280
3     Linux         4,744,249

Sources
https://www.openoffice.org/stats/downloads.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stats/timeline

Posted at 10:32PM Aug 30, 2022 by marcus in General  |   | 

Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13

Wakefield, DE - 22 July 2022 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13 is a Security release incorporating bug fixes and other enhancements. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 or earlier are advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13 here.  Windows 10 and 11 users can now also get Apache OpenOffice for selected languages in the "Microsoft Store" App.

It is recommended to make a backup of the Apache OpenOffice users profile before installing AOO 4.1.13. It is especially important for users who use the Master Password functionality and may decide to use an older version later. There is a change in the encoding of stored passwords in this 4.1.13 release that may make your user profile unusable for previous versions.

In general, it is always a good idea to do a backup of important and personal data, so we recommend to always backup your OpenOffice user profile before doing an upgrade to a newer release.

To check that the download file is not broken or changed in any other way, please see our checksums page for instructions on how to verify this.

If you are upgrading from an earlier release you can verify that the release upgrade worked by opening the About box (menu "Help - About OpenOffice") for the version number.

Please review the Release Notes to learn what is new in this version as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.

For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

To get a copy of the source code see our source page for our Git repository or download prepared source tarballs from our project download page.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Follow Apache OpenOffice:

Twitter   https://twitter.com/apacheoo
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YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/openoffice
Mail   https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html

Posted at 05:57PM Jul 22, 2022 by Carl Marcum in General  |   | 

Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12

Wakefield, DE - 04 May 2022 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 is a Maintenance release incorporating bug fixes and other enhancements. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 or earlier are advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 here.  Windows 10 and 11 users can now also get Apache OpenOffice for selected languages in the "Microsoft Store" App.

This release is dedicated to Jörg Schmidt who was a valued contributor to the project.

To check that the download file is not broken or changed in any other way, please see our checksums page for instructions on how to verify this.

If you are upgrading from an earlier release you can verify that the release upgrade worked by opening the About box (menu "Help - About OpenOffice") for the version number.

Please review the Release Notes to learn what is new in this version as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.

For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

To get a copy of the source code see our source page for our Git repository or download prepared source tarballs from our project download page.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Follow Apache OpenOffice:

Twitter   https://twitter.com/apacheoo
Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO
YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/openoffice
Mail   https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html

Posted at 09:27PM May 04, 2022 by Carl Marcum in General  |   | 

Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11

Wakefield, DE - 06 October 2021 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 is a Security release incorporating other bug fixes and little enhancements. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10 or earlier are strongly advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 here.  Windows 11 users can now also get Apache OpenOffice for selected languages in the Microsoft Store.

This release is dedicated to Patricia Shanahan who was a valued contributor to the project.

To check that the download file is not broken or changed in any other way, please see our checksums page for instructions on how to verify this.

If you are upgrading from an earlier release you can verify that the release upgrade worked by opening the About box (menu "Help - About OpenOffice") for the version number.

Please review the Release Notes to learn what is new in this version as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.

For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

To get a copy of the source code see our source page for our Git repository or download prepared source tarballs from our project download page.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Follow Apache OpenOffice:

Twitter   https://twitter.com/apacheoo
Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO
YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/openoffice
Mail   https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html

Posted at 06:04PM Oct 06, 2021 by Carl Marcum in General  |   | 

Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10

Wakefield, DE - 04 May 2021 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10 is a Security release incorporating important bug fixes. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9 or earlier are strongly advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.10 here.

To check that the download file is not broken or changed in any other way, please see our checksums page for instructions on how to verify this.

If you are upgrading from an earlier release you can verify that the release upgrade worked by opening the About box (menu "Help - About OpenOffice") for the version number.

Please review the Release Notes to learn what is new in this version as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.

For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

To get a copy of the source code see our source page for our Git repository or download prepared source tarballs from our project download page.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Follow Apache OpenOffice:

Twitter   https://twitter.com/apacheoo
Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO
YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/openoffice
Mail   https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html

Posted at 12:28PM May 04, 2021 by Carl Marcum in General  |   | 

Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9

Forest Hill, MD - 07 February 2021 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9 is a maintenance release incorporating important bug fixes. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 or earlier are advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.9 here.

To check that the download file is not broken or changed in any other way, please see our checksums page for instructions on how to verify this.

If you are upgrading from an earlier release you can verify that the release upgrade worked by opening the About box (menu "Help - About OpenOffice") for the version number.

Please review the Release Notes to learn what is new in this version as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.

For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

To get a copy of the source code see our source page for our Git repository or download prepared source tarballs from our project download page.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Follow Apache OpenOffice:

Twitter   https://twitter.com/apacheoo
Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO
YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/openoffice
Mail   https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html

Posted at 05:13PM Feb 08, 2021 by marcus in General  |   | 

New release for Apple's macOS 11 (Big Sur) - Also with fixes for Linux and Windows

Dear Apache OpenOffice® Users,

Thank you for your interest in Apache OpenOffice and your on-going support over the years. You may have heard (e.g., through our support forums) that OpenOffice has problems with Apple's new macOS 11 (Big Sur).

When opening modern Microsoft Office Documents (files that end with .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, for example), OpenOffice crashes. There is no workaround at this point, but we are going to fix the issue soon.

We would be happy to give you more details if you want to help us with testing. Just write a mail to the developers mailing list dev-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

The main reason is to fix the bug on Big Sur. We will also include some other minor fixes in the release, so all platforms can benefit from the new release. We know that this is a pressing issue to our Mac users, so you can expect the release soon on our download web page.

In order to identify the issue we took a closer look at our build to exclude any issues with an error in prior releases. Next, we updated the build to a newer SDK issue to exclude any issue in our support structures. We believe that our upcoming version 4.2.0 (which is not yet production-ready) is not affected by this issue. In an effort over Christmas a comparison took place between the 4.2.0 and 4.1.8 versions to locate the issue. We have found the code change that solves the crash on Big Sur.

We are testing the solution at this point. If you want to join the test of the new version of this fix, drop an e-mail in English to the developers mailing list dev-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org. The more environments we test the sooner we can release.

The OpenOffice project thanks Jim Jagielski for his endless effort during Christmas time, and the French forum users who supported the development effort with dedicated testing.

We wish you a good and healthy start into the new year.

All the best and stay tuned.

Posted at 11:22PM Jan 06, 2021 by marcus in General  |   | 

Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8

Forest Hill, MD - 10 November 2020 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 is a maintenance release incorporating important bug fixes. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 or earlier are advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 here.

To check that the download file is not broken or changed in any other way, please see our checksums page for instructions on how to verify this.

If you are upgrading from an earlier release you can verify that the release upgrade worked by opening the About box (menu "Help - About OpenOffice") for the version number.

Please review the Release Notes to learn what is new in this version as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.

For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

To get a copy of the source code see our source page for our Git repository or download prepared source tarballs from our project download page.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Follow Apache OpenOffice:

Twitter   https://twitter.com/apacheoo
Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO
YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/openoffice
Mail   https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html

Posted at 10:30PM Nov 10, 2020 by marcus in General  |   | 

300 Million Downloads of Apache OpenOffice

With great pleasure we have seen that Apache OpenOffice® was downloaded more than 300 million times from 2011 until now, October 24th. Here included are more than 200 million downloads of all releases in the 4.1.x branch. This was reached with our partner SourceForge.net.

Of course there are some other ways like alternative servers hosted by Apache itself. So, actually we don't know these numbers but it is for sure that we are already a lot above the 300 million downloads line. And when we include also the copies on CDs and DVDs then we can add another big number on top.

Currently we are very busy with baking our next release: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8. Nevertheless, it is worth taking a few minutes to celebrate this milestone.

The following are a few statistics to show some aspects of the numbers.

Downloads from 2011 until today

Downloads by country

Rank   Country/Territory     Downloads
1     United States         51,473,201
2     France                39,933,538
3     Germany               31,890,935
4     Italy                 25,012,883
5     Spain                 15,558,033
6     Russia                13,540,861
7     United Kingdom        13,468,497
8     Japan                 12,944,497
9     Poland                12,796,756
10    Canada                 7,749,657

Downloads by operating system

OS    Downloads
Windows    271,292,988
Macintosh    28,722,672
Linux            4,256,681

Sources
https://www.openoffice.org/stats/downloads.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stats/timeline

Posted at 11:43PM Oct 29, 2020 by marcus in General  |   | 

The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 20 Years of OpenOffice®

Leading Open Source office application and personal productivity suite under development as a community-led Apache® Project for the past 8 years

Wakefield, MA —14 October 2020— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the twenty-year anniversary of OpenOffice^®, the last eight of which as an Apache^® Top-Level Project.

"It’s inspiring to see so many dedicated people from around the world volunteer their time to mentor, contribute code, test issues, moderate mailing lists, help on forums, translations, marketing and more to keep making this great product better and available for millions of users," said Carl Marcum, Vice President of Apache OpenOffice. "OpenOffice is more than just software. It’s a great community that I’m glad to be a part of."

With more than 300 million downloads, Apache OpenOffice is used by countless individuals, organizations, and institutions around the world who are seeking a reliable, robust, and freely-available Open Source office document productivity suite. Apache OpenOffice features the following applications for Windows, macOS and Linux:

• "Writer" word processor;
• "Calc" spreadsheet tool;
• "Impress" presentation editor;
• "Draw" vector graphics editor; 
• "Math" mathematical formula editor; and 
• "Base" database management program. 

Apache OpenOffice supports more than 120 languages, 41 of which are officially maintained and released by the Project. Apache OpenOffice is the productivity suite of choice for governments seeking to meet mandates for using ISO/IEC standard Open Document Format (ODF) files.

Originally created as "StarOffice" in 1985 by StarDivision, who was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999. The project was open-sourced under the name "OpenOffice.org", and continued development after Oracle Corporation acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010. OpenOffice entered the Apache Incubator in 2011 and graduated as an Apache Top-level Project in October 2012.

"At Apache OpenOffice we are very excited about 20 years of OpenOffice," said Marcus Lange, ASF Member and Apache OpenOffice Committer since the project first arrived at the ASF. "Countless users, developers and friends have made it possible that we can today celebrate this incredible anniversary. Their commitment makes me believe that we will see many more years of this great Open Source productivity suite."

"The need and, in fact, the demand, for a permissively licensed Open Source office suite, available to the masses and not just the privileged few fortunate enough to have the latest hardware and software, has never been greater within the last two decades," said Jim Jagielski, ASF co-Founder and Apache OpenOffice incubating mentor. "Apache OpenOffice exists to provide essential functionality, with as few licensing restrictions as possible, to the world at large. It is truly a noble mission, and I am honored to be a small part of it."

"As a long-term user, I joined the project in 2016 to give something back," said Matthias Seidel, Committer and member of the Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee. "After a steep learning curve, I am proud to be part of the community that provides this great software for the public good and benefits millions worldwide."

Apache OpenOffice is available as a free download to all users at 100% no cost, charge, or fees of any kind. OpenOffice source code is readily available for anyone who wishes to enhance the applications. The Project welcomes contributions back to the project, its code, and its community. Those interested in participating with Apache OpenOffice can find out more at https://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html .

Availability and Oversight
As with all Apache projects, OpenOffice software is released under the Apache License v2.0 and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including community development and product releases. For project data, documentation, and more information on Apache OpenOffice, visit https://openoffice.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/ApacheOO .

12 releases have been made under the auspices of the ASF. The project strongly recommends that users download OpenOffice only from the official site https://www.openoffice.org/download/ to ensure that they receive the original software in the correct and most recent version.

About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is the world’s largest Open Source foundation, stewarding 227M+ lines of code and providing more than $20B+ worth of software to the public at 100% no cost. The ASF’s all-volunteer community grew from 21 original founders overseeing the Apache HTTP Server to 813 individual Members and 206 Project Management Committees who successfully lead 350+ Apache projects and initiatives in collaboration with 7,900+ Committers through the ASF’s meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way". Apache software is integral to nearly every end user computing device, from laptops to tablets to mobile devices across enterprises and mission-critical applications. Apache projects power most of the Internet, manage exabytes of data, execute teraflops of operations, and store billions of objects in virtually every industry. The commercially-friendly and permissive Apache License v2 is an Open Source industry standard, helping launch billion dollar corporations and benefiting countless users worldwide. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including Aetna, Alibaba Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, Anonymous, Baidu, Bloomberg, Budget Direct, Capital One, Cerner, Cloudera, Comcast, Facebook, Google, Handshake, Huawei, IBM, Inspur, Pineapple Fund, Red Hat, Target, Tencent, Union Investment, Verizon Media, and Workday. For more information, visit http://apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/TheASF  

© The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "OpenOffice", "OpenOffice.org", "Apache OpenOffice", and "ApacheCon" are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Posted at 10:15PM Oct 15, 2020 by marcus in General  |   | 

Apache OpenOffice needs your help

The Apache® OpenOffice® Project is on the road to a bigger update for the leading open source office suite.

This is your chance. OpenOffice needs people to help in the development process. Don't panic, you do not need to be a software engineer or programmer though those skills are always welcome. You can already contribute a lot if you just install the software and test it for quality, reliability, language translations and submit bug reports, write documentation, and many other tasks as well.

If this sounds like something that you would be interested in then join with many others from all over the world on our development mailing list by sending an e-mail to dev-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org and join the fun (more information about mailing lists).

Posted at 10:34PM May 17, 2020 by marcus in General  |   | 

1.6 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7

On Sep, 21st we have released Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7. Since then we had 1.6 million download requests. And this is only for the newest release. There are more for other versions that the users download due to their special needs. And not included are the many others from news magazins - online or on CD/DVD.

Another impressive number is: 294 million. These are the downloads over all versions since 01st January, 2012.

Also with this post we want to call your attention again to 2 important things:

1. We strongly advise to download software only from its original source. Then you are on the safe side to avoid any viruses or malware. For Apache OpenOffice it is "https://www.openoffice.org/download/".
   
   
2. You don't need a permission or even registration to use or copy Apache OpenOffice as it is free and open source software. So, no problem with license keys and fees and other restricting stuff that is wasting your lifetime.

Posted at 06:44PM Oct 22, 2019 by marcus in General  |   | 

Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7

21 September 2019 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 is a maintenance release aimed at correcting some regressions and delivering the latest English dictionary. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 or earlier are advised to upgrade.

Main improvements include:

* Adds support for AdoptOpenJDK as well as Oracle Java
* Possible crash in Freetype code
* Crash in Writer when linking frames on OS/2
* Apache OpenOffice TM in Splash screen has different background

Details of this release are described in the Release Notes.

For a complete list of available languages and language packs see the download webpage.

Those interested can also download the source code.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Posted at 07:40PM Sep 21, 2019 by marcus in General  |   | 

Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6

18 November 2018 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 is a maintenance release aimed at correcting some regressions and delivering the latest English dictionary. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 or earlier are advised to upgrade.

Main improvements include:

* Fixed bugs which caused improper handling (crashes) when using Microsoft Drawing Binary File format
* Updated OpenSSL to version 0.9.8zh
* Updated curl library used from version 7.19.7 to 7.61.1
* Save As ... Docbook now works correctly for Windows 7 and Windows 10
* Updated logos

Details of this release are described in the Release Notes.

For a complete list of available languages and language packs see the download webpage.

Those interested can also download the source code.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list to receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe you can send an email to: announce-subscribe-AT-openoffice.apache-DOT-org.

Posted at 08:29PM Nov 18, 2018 by marcus in General  |   |