OpenOffice 3.1 is available

From Crunchgear -

OpenOffice, the open-source Microsoft Office alternative, has released version 3.1. While it is not a major upgrade from the previous version, there are considerably a lot of new improvements in this latest release.

You can download it here.

Upgrade to OpenOffice 3 Online With Ulteo

From Lifehacker -

Ulteo Online Desktop allows you to try out OpenOffice 3 without having to install it. The catch is you can try it for up to 25 minutes a session only. If you want to use it, paid accounts start at $6.50 per month.

Speeding Up OpenOffice

gHack has posted a tip from Zolved on speeding up OpenOffice simply by editing some settings -

Start OpenOffice and click on Tools > Options to go to the configuration window. Click on Memory in the left menu and change the following settings:

* Number of Steps: 30
* Use for Open Office: 128
* Memory per Object: 20
* Number of Objects: 20

Click on Java in the left menu afterwards and uncheck Use a Java Runtime Environment.

Click OK and restart Open Office. It should now run faster.