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A database management program similar to Microsoft Access.

Whatever that means, it doesn't mean the same thing as

"A spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3." (Calc)

or

"A word processor similar to Microsoft Word and WordPerfect." (Writer)

So the statement is confusing and inconsistant with the rest of the table.

Calc is used like and as a replacement for Excel. Writer is used like and as a replacement for Word.

Base is not used as an alternative for Access or Framemaker or Crystal Reports. That is because it still has really limited functionality compared to those products. The most important working functionality is as a data connector. Base has got other stuff as well, but it's not very well developed. So Base is not really similar to Microsoft Access, which works as a data connector but is most importantly a report writer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.214.18.240 (talk) 11:33, 18 February 2011

screenshot os

once apache relases aoo 3.4 i think we should change the openoffice screenshots from apache-open-office (aoo) running in ubuntu to aoo running in windows.

my rationale is that aoo is soon to become primarily a windows app. all linux distros have abandoned it and moved to libreoffice, therfore the article should not show aoo running ubuntu because this is misleading and not the most repsentative example of the aoo interface.

what do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123465421jhytwretpo98721654 (talk • contribs) 02:53, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

requirements

I suppose that would be nice to add requirements of program depending of version of package &/without Java--Albedo ^@ 20:45, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

easter egg

Are the easter eggs in the spreadsheet worth mentioning--Commander v99 (talk) 20:31, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No per WP:TRIVIA and WP:NOT. This should be added to any external web page listing cheats, easter eggs and similar stuff. This is an encyclopedia. ;-) mabdul 13:18, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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It has been proposed in this section that OpenOffice.org be renamed and moved to Apache OpenOffice.

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OpenOffice.org → Apache OpenOffice – The project has been officially renamed: [[1]]. Clconway (talk) 16:46, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. mabdul 17:30, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Per WP:COMMONNAME, articles titles are determined by the name most commonly used by English language reliable sources; articles titles are not determined by any official name (or renaming, in this case). - Sudo Ghost 17:57, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Clconway (talk) 16:46, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]