[dot] KOffice 1.5 Released

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From: Inge Wallin <inge at lysator.liu.se>
Dept: an-honest-days-pay-for-an-honest-days-work
Date: Tuesday 11/Apr/2006, @11:33

KOffice 1.5 Released
====================

   The KOffice team is proud to announce KOffice version 1.5. With this
release,  KOffice starts its ascent into the office suite hall of fame.
This version sports OpenDocument as the default file format,
accessibility, a new project planning tool KPlato, professional color
support and adjustment layers in Krita and the long awaited Kexi 1.0.
You can read more about it in the press release
[http://www.koffice.org/releases/1.5-release.php] and the full
announcement [http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-1.5.php]. 
Packages are available for Debian [http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/],
Kubuntu [http://kubuntu.org/announcements/koffice-15.php] and SUSE.
 [http://download.kde.org/stable/koffice-1.5.0/SuSE/]
     KOffice was the first to support, and now with 1.5 the second
office suite to announce full support for OpenDocument (ODF) as the
default file format. With two independent implementations of ODF now
available it is now a true industry standard. KOffice 1.5 is therefore
the version that lets enterprises and organisations all over the world
choose the office suite that fits their needs best.

     Great care has been taken to ensure interoperability with other
office software that supports OpenDocument, most notably OpenOffice.org.
 We acknowledge, however, that the ODF support and interoperability is
not yet perfect. We hope to be able to quickly identify and fix the
incompatibilities that do exist in the upcoming 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 bugfix
releases.

     KOffice is already the most comprehensive office suite in
existence. In addition to the basic productivity applications mentioned
above, it also includes a creativity application suite featuring Krita
[http://www.koffice.org/krita/], a paint application with lots of image
manipulation features, Karbon [http://www.koffice.org/karbon/], a vector
graphics application and Kivio [http://www.koffice.org/kivio/], a
flowcharting application. Other components are Kexi
[http://www.koffice.org/kexi/], an integrated environment for creating
database applications and KPlato [http://www.koffice.org/kplato/], a
program for project management.