PDF may be the most popular file format in Internet, partially because the PDF viewer is free for download from Adobe website. In the version, we support Batch conversion to PDF. Users can convert their Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw documents to PDF format in a batch.

All you needed is to select menu "File" > "Auto-pilot" > "Batch Conversion to PDF" and then enter the appropriate information in the popped up dialog.

You will find batch conversions to various graphics formats including: JPEG, GIF, BMP very convenient and helpful when prepare your web sites.

All you needed is to select menu "File" > "Auto-pilot" > "Batch Conversion to Graphic Formats" and then enter the appropriate information in the popped up dialog.

Dictionaries is already a mandatory item in text processing. Linux version comes with English/Chinese. Chinese/English and English dictionaries. All the dictionaries are voice enabled with English Text-To-Speech technologies.

PRC uses Chinese Simplified (CS) character set. Taiwan and Hong Kong use Chinese Traditional (CT) character set. The need to read/write both CT and CS character sets in Greater China is becoming more

important. NextOffice comes with a capability to convert Chinese characters between Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional character set. All required is to select the sections (or press Crtl-A to select the whole document) which you would like to apply the conversion and then press a single button. This function is available in all the four applications: Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw.

NextOffice On-line collaboration provides convenience for you to collaborate with your team members. It includes GnomeMeeting integration and gftp integration. GnomeMeeting is the most popular Linux video conference application.

By integrating with gftp, you can use perform secure or insecure ftp connection to your remote ftp servers to perform functions such as web site maintenance and file sharing.

Chinese Punctuations and symbols IME are already a mandatory feature in Chinese word processing. In NextOffice, you can input Chinese punctuations and symbols by simply pressing the "Punctuations and Symbols IME" button in the tool bar and then pick the right symbol.

Mail-merge is a common function in office application, especially useful for marketing. For example, you can broadcast send letters to a large number of recipient by would like to customizing the letter content. In this case, the easiest way is to use our mail- merge capability. To use mail-merge function, you have to create a data source containing the targets' address. The data source could be a spreadsheet or a table in a database. Then, insert the appropriate fields from the data source into your document.

As e-Commerce becomes more popular, more and more marketing activities are done via emails. Therefore, NextOffice has extended the mail-merge function to support mail-merge email.

Draw is the application in NextOffice with powerful vector graphics capability. You can use Draw to edit bitmap images and construct vector graphics. Our Linux Edition bundles with more than 20 sample Draw illustrations by prominent designer Elaine Xaiver, demonstrating the powerfulness of Draw

NextOffice bundles with 14 Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified TrueType typefaces licensed from Arphic Font Technologies.