Try OpenOffice.org 3 beta on Ubuntu

If you are using http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13835.html ">ubuntu", you can easily and safely try it: because it will not affect the existing OpenOffice.org.

Here is a foreign user to try OpenOffice.org 3 beta screen under Ubuntu, it is said to be very good!

Figure 1 Openoffice3 interface

Figure 2 Openoffice3 Word interface

Here's how to try OpenOffice.org 3 beta in Ubuntu.

1. Download

First download OpenOffice.org 3 Beta, select "Linux (deb)" for download.

2. Unpack

If you download to the desktop, open the terminal and enter the following command to unpack:

Tar xzf ~/desktop/ooo_3.0.0beta_20080429_linuxintel_install_en-us_deb.tar.gz-c ~/desktop/

3. Installation

Then install all the Deb packages in the Debs subdirectory and install them with just one command.

sudo dpkg-i ~/desktop/bea300_m2_native_packed-2_en-us.9301/debs/*.deb

4. Clean up (optional)

If you do not need to install the package, enter the following command to delete it.

RM ~/desktop/bea300_m2_native_packed-2_en-us.9301/

RM ~/desktop/ooo_3.0.0beta_20080429_linuxintel_install_en-us_deb.tar.gz