KOffice

Infobox Software
name = KOffice



caption = KWord screenshot
developer = The KOffice Team
programming language = C++
latest_release_version = 1.6.3
latest_release_date = release date and age|2007|6|7 [ [http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-1.6.3.php The KOffice Project - KOffice 1.6.3 Release Announcement ] ]
latest_preview_version = 2.0 beta 1
latest_preview_date = release date and age|2008|9|24 [ [http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-2.0beta1.php The KOffice Project - KOffice 2.0 beta 1 Release Announcement] ]
status = Active
operating_system = Linux, Unix and like operating systems, Mac OS X (via Fink), Some components are available for Microsoft Windows.
genre = Office suite
license = GPL, LGPL, BSD license and others
website = http://koffice.org

KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). All its components are released under free software/open source licenses. The latest version of KOffice is 1.6.3, which was released on June 7, 2007. KOffice applications use OpenDocument as their native file format when possible and the suite is released separately from KDE and can be downloaded at the KOffice homepage.

KOffice 2.0

The current KOffice 1.6.x series is designed for Unix, but the upcoming 2.0 release (expected in late 2008 [ [http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-2.0alpha4.php The KOffice Project - KOffice 2.0 Alpha 4 Release Announcement ] ] ) is expected to add compatibility for Mac OS X [ [http://dot.kde.org/1188249220/ Pencils Down for KOffice Summer of Code Students! ] ] and Windows [ [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3077 Another nightly build from Berlin | kdedevelopers.org ] ] . In addition KOffice is undergoing a large overhaul to use Flake and Pigment as much as possible within applications. KOffice developers plan to share as much infrastructure as possible between applications to reduce bugs and improve the user experience [ [http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-2.0alpha5.php The KOffice Project - KOffice 2.0 Alpha 5 Release Announcement ] ] . They also want to create an OpenDocument library for use in other KDE applications that will allow developers to easily add support for reading and outputting OpenDocument files to their applications [ [http://dot.kde.org/1179144063/ KOffice ODF Sprint Report ] ] .Automating tasks and extending the suite with custom functionality can be done with dbus or with scripting languages like Python, Ruby, and JavaScript [ Kross Scripting Framework] .

KOffice components

KOffice includes the following components:

KOffice includes import filters for some file formats provided by competitors. It is notably unreliable at opening Microsoft Office files, which results in many users switching to OpenOffice.org in order to interoperate with non-MSOXML office files.

See also

* Comparison of office suites
* List of office suites

References

External links

* [http://www.koffice.org KOffice website]
* First look: KOffice 1.5
** [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/01/1550241 Part 1: The major applications]
** [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/01/165203 Part 2: The minor applications]
* [http://dot.kde.org/1149518002/ KOffice 2.0 vision and goals]