KOffice facts for kids
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KPresenter 2.3 screenshot
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| Original author(s) | KDE, Reginald Stadlbauer |
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| Developer(s) | KDE, Thomas Zander (maintainer) |
| Initial release | 23 October 2000 |
| Last release |
2.3.3 / 1 March 2011
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| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Unix-like, Windows |
| Platform | Qt, KDE Platform |
| Size | ~70 MB (compressed source code) |
| Available in | 27 languages |
| Type | Office suite |
| License | GPL, LGPL |
KOffice was a free and open source office suite and graphics suite by KDE for Unix-like systems and Windows. KOffice contained a word processor (KWord), a spreadsheet (KSpread), a presentation program (KPresenter), and a number of other components that varied over the course of KOffice’s development.
Initial work on KOffice development began in 1997, by Reginald Stadlbauer with KPresenter, followed by KWord in 1998.
After development began in 1997, two major versions of KOffice were released: Version 1.0 in 2000 and 2.0 in 2009. Following internal conflicts, the majority of KOffice developers split off in 2010 – resulting in the creation of Calligra Suite. Two years later, in September 2012, the KOffice.org website went offline. It now redirects to Calligra.org.
KOffice components
KOffice included the following components:
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KWord | A word processor with style sheets and frame-support for DTP-style editing of complex layouts. |
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KSpread | A spreadsheet application with multiple sheet support, templates and more than 100 mathematical formulas. |
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KPresenter | A presentation program with image and effect support. |
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Kivio | A programmable flowchart drawing program with dynamically loadable stencils. Developed by theKompany, which offers additional (non-free) stencils for sale. |
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Karbon14 | A vector drawing application with a variety of drawing and editing tools. |
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Krita | (Formerly known as Krayon and KImageshop). A bitmap graphics manipulation program, primarily designed as a painting program, with some image processing features. |
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Kugar and KChart | Integrated report and chart generators. |
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KFormula | An integrated mathematical formula editor. |
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Kexi | An integrated data management application, designed as a Microsoft Access or FileMaker competitor. It can be used for designing and implementing databases, inserting and processing data and performing queries. It has limited compatibility with the MS Access file format. |
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KPlato | A project management application that can create Gantt-style charts. |
Images for kids
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Experimental port of KOffice 2.1 to Haiku
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The viewer for smartphones was dropped from KOffice.
See also
In Spanish: KOffice para niños
