Upgrade your OpenOffice.org from 2.02 to version 2.2.0! --For Mepis 6.5 only
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MEPIS now has contrib software pools for unofficial and unsupported software
packages for SimplyMEPIS 6.5 Software in these pools will not work with
earlier versions of MEPIS.
The first packages available are an unofficial upgrade of Openoffice.org to
the 2.2 version. The Debian compatible packages were built by Pavel Janik of
the OpenOffice.org Project.
These are NOT standard Debian packages, so special instructions are detailed in the Mepis Wiki for the necessary steps in removing ALL traces of ANY current OO.o installation you might have. After removing and purging your old OO.o packages, follow the instructions on temporarily changing your package sources to grab the new OO.o 2.2.0 packages from a designated Mepis repository.
A tireless group of volunteers has tested package removal and installation methods for nearly a week. These Wiki instructions must be idiot proof, since they worked for me! But be sure to follow them exactly.
There are 2 methods: via KPackage and via Synaptic.
There are packages for both 32-bit Mepis 6.5 and 64-bit Mepis 6.5.
Please, do not try this upgrade if you are running Mepis 6.0 or an earlier version.
Link: Mepis Wiki Instructions for OpenOffice.org Upgrade from 2.02 to 2.2
Notes from OpenOffice.org's official release statement on OO.o 2.2:
With upgrades to its word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and database software, the free software package provides a real alternative to Microsoft's recently-released Office 2007 product - and an easier upgrade path for existing Microsoft Office users. OpenOffice.org 2.2 also protects users from newly discovered vulnerabilities, where users' PCs could be open to attack if they opened documents from, or accessed web sites set up by, malicious individuals.In version 2.2, users will immediately notice the improvement in the quality of text display in all parts of OpenOffice.org. The reason for this is that the previously optional support for kerning, a technique to improve the appearance of text written in proportional fonts, has now been enabled by default. OpenOffice.org's unique pdf export function has also been enhanced with the addition of the optional creation of bookmarks feature, and support for user-definable export of form fields.
. . .the Calc spreadsheet has received additional enhancements to its support for Microsoft file formats, including improved support for Pivot Tables and some specialised trigonometric functions. Base, the database component, has improved SQL editing functionality as well as a new "Queries within Queries" feature. Compatibility options for some database drivers, such as Oracle ODBC, have been improved. Impress, the presentations component, offers improvements in the handling of hidden slides which has been made more intuitive.
More information:
OpenOffice.org 2.2 (build OOF680_m14) - Release Notes
OpenOffice.org Support Pages