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The Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is a major release with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

Platform Support

The following platforms are available in official releases from Apache OpenOffice: Microsoft Windows, MacOS (Intel), Linux (32 bit) and Linux (64 bit).

Additionally, a number of community members are working on ports for Solaris, FreeBSD, and OS/2 and live/portable versions. You can learn more from our Ports and Distributions page at: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/.

Upgrading

When installing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 on a machine that already has OpenOffice 3.4.1 or 3.4.0 installed on it, the user will be prompted on whether they would like "personal data" from the previous version migrated over to the new version.  This includes information like custom spell checking words, dictionaries, extensions, etc.  By default this migration is enabled, but the user can disable it via the checkbox.

In some cases, when the user first launches Apache OpenOffice 4.0 after an upgrade that included personal data migration, the user will see a dialog like this: Image Added
It is safe to click OK on this dialog.

After an upgrade is completed, there may be some files related to the older version of OpenOffice still on your machine.  These can be safely deleted:

• The empty directory:  C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\share\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages
• Install files directories from previous versions, often on your Desktop, iwith names like:
  • OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 (en-US) Installation Files
  • OpenOffice.org 3.4 (en-US) Installation Files
  • OpenOffice.org 3.3 (en-US) Installation Files

New Features

New Sidebar Feature

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http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/Report/WeeklyReport

Known Issues

• Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 will be flagged by the new Gatekeeper facility in OS X Mountain Lion. This is a new feature to help guard against malware on Mac systems. There is a procedure laid out at the following link to allow applications not installed from the Mac App store to run. See the article at Mac support at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290.
• Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 supports Java 7, which is the recommended configuration; but (especially on 64-bit Windows) you might receive warnings about the Java version being defective. In that case, download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package. If you still have problems, install the most current JRE 6 version. Make sure you get the file "Windows x86 Offline (32-bit)". Then configure OpenOffice to use it at "Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Java". See this forum topic for more information.

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