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OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 is now available for download from our official download page. Building upon the great success of the OpenOffice 3.4 release, which has seen over 57 million downloads, this major update brings exciting new features, enhancements and bug fixes. OpenOffice 4.0 features an innovative new Sidebar user interface, additional language support for 22 languages (including 3 new languages), 500 bug fixes, improvements in Microsoft Office interoperability, enhancements to drawing/graphics, performance improvements, etc. You can read the details of these later in these Release Notes.

Why Apache OpenOffice?

Apache OpenOffice is synonymous with quality:

* The roots of Apache OpenOffice go back twenty years, creating a mature and powerful product
* Many millions of users
* Independent reviewers around the world have recommended the product
* With a fully open development process, Apache OpenOffice has nothing to hide - the product stands or falls on its reputation

Apache OpenOffice is easy to use:

* The software looks and feels familiar and is instantly usable by anyone who has used a competitive product
* It's easy to change to Apache OpenOffice - the software reads all major competitors' files
* Few language barriers - if it's not yet available in your language, the chances are it will be soon
* Apache OpenOffice is supported by a global community of friendly volunteers, happy to provide assistance to newcomers and advanced users alike

Apache OpenOffice is free software:

* You may download Apache OpenOffice completely free of any license fees
* Install it on as many PCs as you like
* Use it for any purpose - private, educational, government and public administration, commercial...
* Pass on copies free of charge to family, friends, students, employees, etc.

Apache OpenOffice is standards compliant:

* The first software package in the world to use OASIS OpenDocument Format (ISO/IEC 26300) as its native file format.

Great software
OpenOffice.org 3 is the result of over twenty years' software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, it has a consistency other products cannot match. A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software. The result: OpenOffice.org 3 does everything you want your office software to do, the way you want it to.

Easy to use
OpenOffice.org 3 is easy to learn, and if you're already using another office software package, you'll take to OpenOffice.org 3 straight away. Our world-wide native-language community means that OpenOffice.org 3 is probably available and supported in your own language. And if you already have files from another office package - OpenOffice.org 3 will probably read them with no difficulty.

Best of all, OpenOffice.org 3 can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees. OpenOffice.org 3 is released under the LGPL licence. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them away to family, friends, students, employees - anyone you like.