Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
Great software
Apache OpenOffice is the result of over twenty years’ software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, it has a consistency other products cannot match. A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software. The result: Apache OpenOffice does everything you want your office software to do, the way you want it to.
Easy to use
Apache OpenOffice is easy to learn, and if you’re already using another office software package, you’ll take to OpenOffice straight away. Our world-wide native-language community means that OpenOffice is probably available and supported in your own language. And if you already have files from another office package – OpenOffice will probably read them with no difficulty.
And it’s free
Best of all, Apache OpenOffice can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees. Apache OpenOffice is released under the Apache 2.0 Licence. This means you may use it for any purpose – domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them away to family, friends, students, employees – anyone you like.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.17 release notes:
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.17 is a Security and Bugfix Release, incorporating other bug fixes and little enhancements. All users of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16 or earlier are advised to upgrade. Windows 10 and 11 users will soon be able to get Apache OpenOffice for selected languages in the “Microsoft Store” App.
Improvements/Enhancements
Enhanced Python macros: Python scripts can now be created, edited, run and embedded directly within documents.
Expanded DXF support: CAD import now better renders many drawing primitives
Improved database support
New cursors
Euro is the default country for Bulgarian locale
No other improvements for this release.
Bug Fixes
Highlighted Improvements/Enhancements
Safer document saving: Files are now written and replaced atomically, reducing the risk of corruption during shutdown or interrupted saves.
Better Microsoft Excel XML compatibility, including SpreadsheetML formula conversion
More reliable ODF/XML documents import/export.
Catch invalid parameters detected by the Win32 runtime library
Better macOS runtime stability
Fix problems with the update check
For a complete overview of all resolved issues, please see the list in Bugzilla.
Additional Language Support
German translation updates
Updated Dictionaries
Danish, English (en-AU), English (en-CA), English (en-GB), English (en-US), English (en-ZA
Known Issues
For macOS users
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, and maybe 9. If not able to upgrade to Java 9, then install the legacy version of Apple Java from the following link: Legacy Apple Java 6. This allows the portions of AOO that require Java to run properly.
For Windows Users
Apache OpenOffice supports Java 8 (32-bit), 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++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019.
NOTE: You MUST have a 32-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) even on a 64-bit machine.
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