[appsuite-announce] Open-Xchange releases Beta of OX Spreadsheet v1.0 - the next OX Documents component.

[Open-Xchange App Suite Maintenance Announcements]

Dear Customers and Partners of Open-Xchange,

Open-Xchange is pleased to announce the Beta release of another OX Documents component - OX Spreadsheet v1.0. OX Spreadsheet is a cloud based spreadsheet application that reads and writes native Microsoft Excel documents without loss of format or detail ("Round-trip editing"). You can also edit shared spreadsheets on various devices.

If you need to work with numbers, create tables, and calculate formulas, OX Spreadsheet is for you, especially when you are mobile.

The key selling points of OX Spreadsheets are: 
- Round-trip editing – does not damage legacy documents
- Greater simplicity, reduced complexity – offering the right features and functions, in the right place, right when you need them
- Peak Efficiency – Re-use predefined cell styles for faster and better document layouts
- Teamwork – Less iterations, no attachment hell, collaborate on same document with exclusive editing

Features and benefits of OX Spreadsheet:
- Web-enabled spreadsheet app, fully integrated in OX App Suite
- Imports styles and formatting from Excel documents
- Flexible cell formatting options for background, font, text attributes, text alignment and borders
- Supports extensive set of formulas (same as OpenOffice)
- Merge cells
- Hyperlinks
- Status bar with AutoSum and AutoCount
- Insert and resize images
- Search & Replace
- Undo & Redo
- Split and fix view
- Autofill
- Imports charts from Excel

Learn more about the highlights of OX Spreadsheet here:

http://software.open-xchange.com/products/appsuite/doc/OX_Spreadsheet_Beta_Guide.pdf

Pricing and Availability:
OX Spreadsheet Beta is part of the OX Documents product offering with OX Text already released. The Beta is available for free and can be used for testing. Currently it is planned to release the final version beginning of Q2 2014. Please contact your OX Sales representative for further information.

Shipped Packages:
- calcengine v0.9.226
- open-xchange-documents-backend v7.4.2-Rev7
- open-xchange-documents-ui v7.4.2-Rev7
- open-xchange-documents-ui-static v7.4.2-Rev7
- open-xchange-documents-ui-common v7.4.2-Rev7
- open-xchange-documents-ui-editors v7.4.2-Rev7
- open-xchange-documents-ui-viewer v7.4.2-Rev7
- open-xchange-documentconverter v7.4.2-Rev7
- open-xchange-documentconverter-api v7.4.2-Rev7

Complete Release Notes:

http://software.open-xchange.com/products/appsuite/doc/Release_Notes_for_OX_Spreadsheet_Beta_2014-03-03.pdf

For details of how to install and update OX Spreadsheet please refer to the instructions given at:

http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Spreadsheet_Installation_Guide

Attention: As with most Beta software, we can not recommend the use of OX Spreadsheet Beta in production environments. Please note that this package also includes a preview version of OX Text 1.2, which is also not feature-complete and not ready for production environments. 

Best regards,
Your Open-Xchange Team

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