Editing OpenOffice.org (section)

=== Components ===
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! Icon !! Title !! Description
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| class="noresize" | [[File:OOoWriter3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Writer icon|48px]]
| '''Writer'''
| A [[word processor]] analogous to [[Microsoft Word]] or [[WordPerfect]].
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| [[File:OOoCalc3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Calc icon|48px]]
| '''Calc'''
| A [[spreadsheet]] analogous to [[Microsoft Excel]] or [[Lotus 1-2-3]].
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| [[File:OOoImpress3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Impress icon|48px]]
| '''Impress'''
| A [[presentation program]] analogous to [[Microsoft PowerPoint]] or [[Apple Keynote]]. Impress could export presentations to [[Adobe Flash]] (SWF) files, allowing them to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. Presentation templates were available on the OpenOffice.org website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/presentations/index.html |title=Presentation templates at OpenOffice.org |publisher=documentation.openoffice.org |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428003904/http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/presentations/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template_2_x/impress/index.html |title=Impress Templates&nbsp;— User/Template |publisher=documentation.openoffice.org |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=10 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510051859/http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template_2_x/impress/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[File:OOoDraw3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Draw icon|48px]]
| '''Draw'''
| A [[vector graphics editor]] comparable in features to the drawing functions in Microsoft Office.
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| [[File:OOoMath3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Math icon|48px]]
| '''Math'''
| A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulas, analogous to [[Microsoft Equation Editor]]. Formulas could be embedded inside other OpenOffice.org documents, such as those created by Writer.
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| [[File:OOoBase3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Base icon|48px]]
| '''Base'''
| A [[database management program]] analogous to [[Microsoft Access]]. Base could function as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), [[Open Database Connectivity|ODBC]] data sources, [[MySQL]] and [[PostgreSQL]]. Base became part of the suite starting with version 2.0. [[HSQL]] was the included database engine. From version 2.3, Base offered report generation via [[Pentaho]].
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The suite contained no [[personal information manager]], [[email client]] or [[calendar application]] analogous to [[Microsoft Outlook]], despite one having been present in StarOffice 5.2. Such functionality was frequently requested.<ref name=lightning3.0/> The OpenOffice.org Groupware project, intended to replace Outlook and [[Microsoft Exchange Server]], spun off in 2003 as OpenGroupware.org,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/Exchange-targeted-by-open-source-group/2100-1012_3-1024994.html|title=Exchange targeted by open-source group|first=Matt|last=Hines|work=CNET News|publisher=CNet|date=11 July 2003|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001122742/http://news.cnet.com/Exchange-targeted-by-open-source-group/2100-1012_3-1024994.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which is now [[SOGo]]. The project considered bundling [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] and [[Mozilla Lightning]] for OpenOffice.org 3.0.<ref name=lightning3.0>{{cite web|first=Louis|last=Suárez-Potts|url=http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html|title=Interview: Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org|publisher=Openoffice.org|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230022618/http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html|url-status=live}}</ref>