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Openoffice 2.412/30/2023 JPG image (that OOo put into a table in too-small size) was impossible unless I did so manually (expanding one direction at a time) because on increasing the width (with ratio maintained constant) the height stopped increasing after reaching a certain, too small level. After considerable help from my paid consultant, I managed to exorcise the severely compromised 2.0.4 from my PC and then obtain the DEB's of 2.4.x from However, while composing a new report, I found that changing the size of a large. Anyway deb version goes without built-in jre. If you haven't used it recently, you haven't used it at all. But it's amazing how far it has come since then, largely due to the corporate efforts of Novell and Sun. Back when I started using it (some eight years ago), it was pathetic. In the past I've been harshly critical of OpenOffice. There are also improvements to Chart and Draw feature, and the Impress presentation package includes 3D transition effects. PDF handling has been improved with five export options, and Writer has been rounded out with improved "find and replace", new keyboard short cuts, and the ability to set options for printing hidden or place-holder text and for following hyperlinks. The 2.4 database, Base, now supports MS-Access 2007, while capabilities for MySQL, Oracle JDBC and native HSQL databases have been improved. The good just got better, as The Register reports: I'm therefore happy to see version 2.4 hit public release. It has functionality (like the ability to enter a group of objects I've grouped and edit just one of them) that I simply can't get in Microsoft Office, and the performance is quite good. I've long preferred OpenOffice for my presentations.
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