Install OpenOffice.org 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.10

I guess everybody knows about open office suit. It’s a light and well functional free software that replaces other bulky counterparts. Well, I would like to explain about Open office

OpenOffice.org (OO.o or OOo), commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer OS. It is distributed as freeware. It supports the ISO/IEC standard OpenDocument Format (ODF) for data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft Office formats among others. As of March 2009, OpenOffice supports over 75+ languages.

STEP 1 - Add the OpenOffice.org 3 repositories

Navigate to System -> Administration -> Software Sources...

Navigate to the second tab, "Third-Party Software," click on the "Add" button, and paste the line below...

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main

Get key files HERE Navigate to the fourth tab, "Authentication", click the "Import Key File" button, navigate to to the location were you've just saved the key file (File System/home/YOURUSERNAME/Desktop) and double click it. You will immediately see a new entry called "247D1CFF 2009-01-21 Launchpad PPA for OpenOffice.org Scribblers".

Now, click the “Close” button, then the “Reload” one and wait for the application to termnate!

STEP 2 - Update OpenOffice to version 3.0.0

When the Software Sources window will close itself, the update icon will appear in the system tray...

Click on it and update your system. Your open source office suite will be up-to-date from now on. Take a look below for some shots of OpenOffice.org 3.0 in Ubuntu 8.10 .

Work on it and enjoy

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