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Flexible Extensions
OpenOffice.org 2.3 now comes with a new wave of development that will let you extend and take OpenOffice.org into places you didn't thought it was possible.
You don't need a high level of understanding of the UNO API to start development you can use your own tools to extend OOo and even better, you can easily integrate to your other suites of applications by using common standard protocols.
The OpenOffice.org extension movement is so powerful that you can already find large repositories of commercial and free extensions on our extension repository. Browse and think on the possibilities where OpenOffice.org can be a great value added to your organization.
Unleash the power
of your documents
Your documents are your information, your data. When you see your company you see content being generated everyday. The future of your data will be ensured with OpenDocuments (ODF) power flexibility and openness. The ISO certification makes it safe for the future. Dozens of different Office suites supporting ODF.
However this is just where the innovation starts. Using ISO compliant XML ODF's XML approach opens a new horizon and guarantees that the information of your company is save for the next wave of technology. Integrate the XML with services on the backend, the Internet, filesystems and information architecture that you can plug and connect.
Connect OpenDocuments with your applications, make it available in different formats, different mediums and more importantly, make ensure it's future.
OpenOffice.org comes with a native development language called OpenOffice.org Basic. This language might remind you to languages like VBA but its much more powerful. OOoBasic is truly an object oriented language where you can access components deep within the UNO API in the shape of Services.
The ease of use from BASIC combined with the power of the UNO API can create an environment for true development and integration.
Not a Basic fan? What about the popularity of Javascript or the elegance of Python?
The new OpenOffice.org scripting framework enables this flexibility and you can even expand with the inclusion of native libraries from the respective languages.
Powerful Macros
Useful Links
http://development.openoffice.org
http://codesnippets.services.openoffice.org
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org
http://api.openoffice.org/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.html
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