General Remarks
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 is a Maintenance release All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 or earlier are advised to upgrade. You can download Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 here.
Please review these Release Notes to learn what is new in this version, as well as important remarks concerning known issues and their workarounds.
Only use the original website "https://www.openoffice.org/download/" to download. The installed software can be verified with the About box (see menu "Help - About OpenOffice") by comparing the numbers with the reference data on the download webpage (see the text in the light green box). For Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 it has to be "".
Dedication
The Project wants to dedicate this Release of Apache OpenOffice to the memory of Jörg Schmidt, who recently passed away. Jörg was a firm advocate of OpenOffice as well as contributing to the German language documentation; he was active on the development mailing list as well as the German language lists. His strong advocation as well will be greatly missed. Jörg joined the project in .
New Features
Improvements/Enhancements
Performance Improvements/Enhancements
Other Improvements/Enhancements
Bug Fixes
Highlighted Improvements/Enhancements
Additional Language Support
New translations available in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 include:
Language (ISO Code) | Language (ISO Code) | Language (ISO Code) |
Updated translations available in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 include:
Language (ISO Code) | Language (ISO Code) | Language (ISO Code) |
For a complete list of available languages and language packs, see: https://www.openoffice.org/download
New and Updated Dictionaries
New Dictionaries
Language (ISO Code) | Language (ISO Code) | Language (ISO Code) |
Updated Dictionaries
Language (ISO Code) | Language (ISO Code) | Language (ISO Code) |
Additional Platform Support
Binaries are still provided for the same platforms as OpenOffice4.1.11.
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux 32-bit (RPM and DEB)
- Linux 64-bit (RPM and DEB)
Known Issues
For macOS users:
- Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 will be flagged by the Gatekeeper facility in macOS. This is a feature to help guard against malware on Mac systems. The Apache OpenOffice disk images are signed by Apache as required by Apple, but Gatekeeper may still be triggered. If that happens, please follow the below steps.
- For macOS up to 10.11 "El Capitan": There is a procedure laid out at the following link to allow applications not installed from the Mac App Store to run. See the Mac support article
- For macOS 10.12 "Sierra" and up: In Finder, Control-click or right-click the icon of the app. Select Open from the top of the contextual menu that appears. Click Open in the dialog box. If prompted, enter an administrator name and password. This is needed just the first time you launch Apache OpenOffice.
- macOS : Due to a known bug in Oracle Java, installations of Apache OpenOffice on macOS that do not have the legacy Apple Java 6 installed will not be able to recognize Oracle Java 7, 8. If not able to upgrade to Java 9 than install the legacy version of Apple Java from the following link: Legacy Apple Java 6. This will allow the portions of AOO that require Java to run properly.
For Windows Users
- Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 supports Java 8, 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.
- NOTE: You MUST have a 32-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) even on a 64-bit machine.
Installation Information
Installation instructions can be found here.
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