<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
(	O
also	O
Go-Open	O
Office	O
;	O
previously	O
called	O
ooo-build	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
free	O
office	O
suite	O
which	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
patches	O
for	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
then	O
later	O
became	O
an	O
independent	O
fork	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
enhancements	O
,	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Novell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ooo-build	B-Language
was	O
started	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
go-oo.org	O
domain	O
name	O
was	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
separate	O
release	O
of	O
Go-oo	B-Language
was	O
2.3.0	O
,	O
in	O
October	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
in	O
September	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
had	O
better	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
OOXML	B-Operating_System
file	O
formats	O
than	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
including	O
write	O
support	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
enhancements	O
that	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
accepted	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
advocates	O
worried	O
that	O
Go-oo	B-Language
was	O
a	O
Novell	O
effort	O
to	O
incorporate	O
Microsoft	O
technologies	O
that	O
might	O
be	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
patent	O
claims	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
effort	O
legitimized	O
OOXML	B-Operating_System
which	O
harmed	O
actual	O
document	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hybrid	O
PDF	B-Application
export	O
(	O
PDF	B-Application
that	O
includes	O
original	O
source	O
documents	O
)	O
,	O
Sun	O
Presentation	O
Minimizer	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
functionalities	O
were	O
directly	O
available	O
in	O
Go-oo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
analysis	O
of	O
Novell	O
's	O
contract	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
show	O
that	O
Go-oo	B-Language
feature	O
compatibility	O
was	O
intentionally	O
limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LibreOffice	B-Application
in	O
later	O
distributions	O
,	O
like	O
Debian	O
Stretch	O
,	O
use	O
Java	O
instead	O
of	O
Mono	B-Application
(	O
software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
package	O
branded	O
"	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
 "	O
in	O
many	O
popular	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
was	O
in	O
fact	O
Go-oo	B-Language
,	O
not	O
the	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ooo-build	B-Language
patchset	O
was	O
started	O
at	O
Ximian	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
before	O
that	O
company	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Novell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
originally	O
because	O
Sun	O
was	O
slow	O
to	O
accept	O
outside	O
patches	O
to	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
even	O
from	O
corporate	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
used	O
ooo-build	B-Language
rather	O
than	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
upstream	B-General_Concept
code	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
various	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
including	O
SUSE	O
in	O
its	O
various	O
forms	O
,	O
Debian	O
and	O
Ubuntu	O
,	O
had	O
cooperated	O
in	O
maintaining	O
Go-oo	B-Language
as	O
a	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
patches	O
to	O
the	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
that	O
,	O
for	O
various	O
technical	O
or	O
bureaucratic	O
reasons	O
,	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
accepted	O
(	O
or	O
,	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
even	O
submitted	O
)	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
also	O
offered	O
Windows	O
builds	O
based	O
on	O
Go-oo	B-Language
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
OxygenOffice	O
Professional	O
and	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
Novell	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Meeks	O
,	O
from	O
Novell	O
(	O
who	O
also	O
worked	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
and	O
GNOME	B-Application
)	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
differentiation	O
was	O
done	O
because	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
wanted	O
to	O
preserve	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
sell	O
the	O
code	O
on	O
a	O
proprietary	O
basis	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
did	O
for	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Lotus	I-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
encouraged	O
outside	O
contributions	O
,	O
with	O
rules	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
later	O
adopted	O
for	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
announced	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
as	O
a	O
fully	O
separate	O
fork	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
was	O
deprecated	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
and	O
Go-oo	B-Language
changes	O
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LibreOffice	B-Application
and	O
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
are	O
current	O
descendants	O
of	O
Go-oo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stable	O
builds	O
of	O
Go-oo	B-Language
were	O
usually	O
available	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
days	O
after	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
stable	O
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
builds	O
had	O
a	O
different	O
last	O
number	O
in	O
the	O
version	O
's	O
number	O
than	O
Linux	B-Application
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
works	O
faster	O
in	O
some	O
operations	O
than	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
it	O
perform	O
faster	O
than	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
installation	O
no	O
longer	O
includes	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
dictionaries	O
for	O
writing	O
aids	O
(	O
spell	O
checker	O
,	O
hyphenation	O
and	O
thesaurus	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
this	O
impacted	O
application	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
installation	O
from	O
version	O
3	O
on	O
includes	O
dictionaries	O
in	O
many	O
languages	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
extension	O
,	O
being	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
installation	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
includes	O
3-D	O
transition	O
effects	O
in	O
Presentations	O
(	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
of	O
the	O
GStreamer	O
multimedia	O
framework	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
for	O
multimedia	O
content	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
combo	O
box	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
zoom	O
button	O
in	O
stock	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
OOo	B-Application
2.x	O
feature	O
releases	O
have	O
a	O
clickable	O
status	O
bar	O
item	O
for	O
a	O
zoom	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
zoom	O
slider	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
OOo	B-Application
3.0	O
Writer	O
and	O
later	O
added	O
to	O
OOo	B-Application
3.1	O
Calc	O
,	O
Impress	O
and	O
Draw	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
Calc	O
2.4.x	O
has	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
function	O
called	O
"	O
Solver	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
little	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
Solver	O
function	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
can	O
write	O
OOXML	B-Operating_System
files	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
just	O
read	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
2.4.x	O
has	O
built	O
in	O
support	O
for	O
opening	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
files	O
and	O
brings	O
this	O
function	O
also	O
for	O
Windows	O
98/ME	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Note	O
:	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3.x	O
has	O
built	O
in	O
support	O
for	O
opening	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
documents	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
those	O
versions	O
of	O
OOo	B-Application
cannot	O
be	O
installed	O
under	O
Windows	O
98/ME	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
VBA	B-Language
macro	O
support	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Works	I-Application
filetype	O
import	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Word	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
import	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
Draw	O
has	O
built-in	O
functionality	O
to	O
open	O
SVG	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice	B-Application
Draw	O
requires	O
an	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDF	B-Application
Import	O
extension	O
is	O
included	O
by	O
default	O
in	O
Go-oo	B-Language
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	B-Application
Graphics	O
import	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
3.0	O
on	O
,	O
Go-oo	B-Language
can	O
save	O
password-protected	O
XLS	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
only	O
one	O
basic	O
encryption	O
method	O
compatible	O
with	O
many	O
spreadsheet	O
applications	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
Gnumeric	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
3.x	O
can	O
save	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
files	O
such	O
as	O
docx	B-Operating_System
,	O
xlsx	B-Operating_System
,	O
pptx	B-Operating_System
by	O
using	O
Novell	O
OpenXML	B-Operating_System
Converter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Go-oo	B-Language
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
Novell	O
Edition	O
for	O
Windows	O
are	O
similar	O
,	O
Novell	O
OpenXML	B-Operating_System
Converter	O
can	O
work	O
with	O
Go-oo	B-Language
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
localizations	O
are	O
available	O
only	O
as	O
language	O
packs	O
to	O
the	O
English	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translations	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
dictionaries	O
for	O
different	O
languages	O
in	O
Go-oo	B-Language
are	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
not	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
in	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
uses	O
"	O
Tango	B-Language
style	O
"	O
application	O
shortcut	O
icons	O
,	O
quick	O
launch	O
icons	O
and	O
icons	O
for	O
associated	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
installation	O
files	O
were	O
usually	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
days	O
after	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
builds	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
Novell	O
Edition	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Go-oo	B-Language
has	O
version	O
3.0-19	O
and	O
Novell	O
Edition	O
3.0-22	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
time	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
is	O
started	O
,	O
a	O
wizard	O
opens	O
to	O
guide	O
a	O
user	O
through	O
the	O
setting	O
of	O
user	O
name	O
and	O
the	O
registration	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
wizard	O
is	O
disabled	O
in	O
Go-oo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
