• Word processing
• Spreadsheets
• Presentations
• Databases
• Drawing and Graphics
• Spell Checker & Thesaurus
• PDF export
• HTML Support
• Web Publishing
• Full XML support

Includes

• Software CD for Windows, Solaris, and Linux platforms

Sophisticated indexing functions help define bibliographical and index entries and keywords as well as generate indexes and reference tables (such as a table of contents). Keeping track of different versions is a snap for Writer, as it is for all StarOffice documents. Flexible layout and design options make it a snap to create multicolumn newsletters and brochures. StarOffice software also has an AutoPilot that automatically converts all your MS templates to SO templates with one pass.

The Easiest Route to Internet Content. Publishing your own home page or updating intranet pages is as simple as writing a document. Even if you don't know HTML, you can create sophisticated Web pages with hyperlinks from text or graphics and icons, scrolling marquees, and image maps. Save a Writer document as a Web page or start over with one of the many existing Web page templates. And StarOffice software's hyperlink capabilities, like making a graphic linked to a URL or file, and making any hyperlink open a new StarOffice file or go to a newsgroup, are available throughout StarOffice software. For those users familiar with HTML coding, StarOffice provides a View HTML source where you can preview and edit HTML. StarOffice color codes the HTML for you so it's easy to tell what's content and what's markup--use the defaults or customize the colors for SGML, comments, keywords, and content. Click the same icon again to immediately see the changes in the Web page.

StarOffice Calc (Spreadsheet)
The StarOffice Calc application offers more functions than a standard spreadsheet program, enabling you to analyze figures, create lists, and handle Euro conversions with ease and accuracy. An advanced, intuitive scenario manager helps analyze and filter your data according to various factors, creating if/then situations that help you make the best decision. Several advanced layout functions simplify the task of presenting your data. And for the finishing touch, create impressive 3-D charts with only a few mouse clicks. Importing and exporting Microsoft Excel spreadsheets is a snap with the import autopilot, and a simple delimited text file is all you need to get data from any other source into (or out of) Calc.

StarOffice Impress (Presentation Software)
The StarOffice Impress application enables you to quickly create impressive presentations. Special effects and vector graphics tools from Draw enable you to create stunning animations and sound effects. A wide array of templates and layouts, and an intuitive AutoPilot, make it quick and easy to create presentations. The powerful style creation features, like those in Microsoft Word, let you define exactly how you want the text and objects to appear, and to apply that formatting quickly. Multiple views, such as Handouts and Speaker Notes, let you create multiple types of output for a presentation, and the custom slideshow feature lets you pick and choose slides from one main file to create different presentations for different audiences. Just put your content in Impress and use it any way you want. To go on the road with your presentation, just use the Pack feature to compress it and put it on a few diskettes, and load the small-footprint Impress viewer on your laptop.

StarOffice Draw (Graphics)
The StarOffice Draw drawing module sports some of the best drawing tools available in an office suite. Beyond the excellent support of standard drawing features, Draw includes capabilities like 3D shapes and an astounding array of texture and light modifications, Bezier curves, and precise manipulation tools. Included in Draw and all other StarOffice modules is FontWork, which lets you curve and otherwise manipulate text as easily as graphics. And any shape, whether 3D vector or 2D raster, can be combined or merged with others in a variety of ways.  Draw includes raster graphics tools too, for graphics made up of individual pixels, such as scanned photos. The Eyedropper lets you change any color to another color throughout the graphic; the filters let you apply a variety of effects like Pop Art and Relief, and StarOffice software's amazing file support lets you export to any graphics format you want.

StarOffice 7 Base (Database)
StarOffice Base provides the power and flexibility to manage your data sources with ease. You can connect, administer, and access a wide range of data sources (including dBase and SQL) directly from StarOffice. The new Database Import AutoPilot lets you import.  Drag and drop your database records into any StarOffice document for easier decision making. Sort, search for, and filter tables, queries, forms or reports. Powerful AutoPilots and AutoFilter functions quickly guide you through complex tasks, so that even mass emails, faxes, and mailings are kept updated and simple.

Key Functionality

Full-featured

• Includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing tool and database.
• Get your work done fast. Whatever your office productivity need, StarOffice can help you.

Intuitive GUI

• Graphical user interface is familiar, and easy to learn.
• Learning StarOffice, or switching to it from another office suite, is easy! Your cost in time and training will be minimal.

XML file format, open and published on OpenOffice.org

• StarOffice Writer (.sxw), Calc (.sxc), Impress (.sxi, .sxp), Draw(.sxd) and Math(.sxm) files are saved in a compressed XML-based file format.
• Any editor that supports XML can be used to read, edit and save StarOffice documents. File sharing is easy, and users are not locked in to a proprietary vendor format.

Assistive technology

• Screen magnifier, screen reader, onscreen keyboard.
• Easier to use for handicapped users, including those who are blind or have impaired motor skills.

Templates

• Included are frequently used business document templates, as well as animation, graphics and images.
• Get a fast start on your work and add flair to presentations by using the included templates and graphics.

Macro recorder

• Record a series of operations; save and assign to shortcut key.
• Save time by automating repetitive tasks.

Exchanging Information

Interoperability

• Read, edit and save files to file formats from other office suites, such as Microsoft Office.
• Maintain your current investment in other file formats. Collaborate with users of Microsoft Office.

PDF Export

• Save files to PDF with a single click.
• Easily share files within and outside your organization with the popular PDF read-only format.

Flash Export

• Export presentations to Macromedia Flash format.
• Display StarOffice multimedia presentations in almost any web browser.

Send documents by e-mail

• From within StarOffice, invoke email to send the current document as an attachment.
• Easily mail documents without separately starting up the email client, or navigating a file hierarchy.

Backward compatible

• Open or save files in StarOffice 5.x formats.
• Preserve your intellectual capital on StarOffice 5.x files, and easily migrate up to the latest version of StarOffice.

Enterprise

StarOffice Software Development Kit (SDK)

• Tools and documentation for extending the functionality of StarOffice.
• Develop custom applications to provide the company, or industry-specific functionality you require, on the familiar StarOffice platform, using the Java platform, C++ or StarBasic.

Multi-OS

• Runs on Linux, Solaris OS and Windows
• Standardize on a common productivity tool across all your computing environments.

Configuration Manager

• Configuration and administrative tools for the enterprise, using LDAP server.
• Enable roaming profiles and single sign on.

Font and Language Support

Bi-directional text support

• Set the StarOffice interface to display from right to left.
• Work more intuitively in languages that naturally write from right to left.

Complex Text Layout

• Correctly display complex text.
• Work in languages requiring complex text layouts, such as characters that change when paired with other characters. Must have the language font installed.

Multi-platform font handling

• FreeType and TrueType fonts supported.
• High quality fonts look the same on Linux, Solaris OS and Windows.

Windows:

• Microsoft Windows XP or 2000, Me, NT (Service Pack 6 or higher)
• Pentium compatible PC
• 64 MB RAM
• 250 MB available hard disk space
• 800x600 or higher-resolution graphic device with 256 color

Linux:

• Linux Kernel version 2.2.13 or higher
• glibc 2.2.0 or higher
• Pentium compatible PC
• 128 MB RAM
• 300 MB available hard disk space
• X Server with 800x600 or higher-resolution with at least 256 colors
• Gnome 2.0 or higher required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools) via Java accessibility support
• StarOffice cannot be installed on a (V)FAT partition, since FAT file systems do not support the creation of symbolic links

• Solaris 8 Operating Environment (SPARC Platform Edition) or higher (Solaris 9 recommended)
• 128 MB RAM
• 300 MB available hard disk space>
• X Server with 800x600 or higher-resolution with 256 colors
• Gnome 2.0 or higher required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools) via Java accessibility support
• Patches required for Solaris 8: 108434-10, 108773-17, 109147-22, 108435-10 (64 bit only)

Solaris Operating Environment (x86 Platform Edition):

• Solaris 8 Operating Environment (x86 Platform Edition) or higher (Solaris 9 recommended)
• 128 MB RAM
• 300 MB available hard disk space>
• X Server with 800x600 or higher-resolution with 256 colors
• Gnome 2.0 or higher required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools) via Java accessibility support
• Patches required for Solaris 8: 108436-01, 108774-1

• Specified patch revisions are minimum requirements, so newer patches (higher revision numbers) will work as well.