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KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). All its components have been released under free software/open source licenses. The latest version of KOffice is 1.6.3, which was released on June 7, 2007.[1]. KOffice applications uses OpenDocument as their native file format when possible and the suite is released separately from KDE and can be downloaded at the KOffice homepage.

Koffice 2.0

The current Koffice 1.6.x series is designed for Unix, but the upcoming 2.0 release (expected in early 2008[2]) is expected to add compatibility for Mac OS X<ref>http://dot.kde.org/1188249220/</ref> and Windows<ref>http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3077</ref>. In addition Koffice is undergoing a large overhaul to use Flake and Pigment as much as possible within applications. Koffice developers plan to share as much infrastructure as possible between applications to reduce bugs and improve the user experience<ref>http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-2.0alpha5.php</ref>. They also want to create an odf library for use in other KDE applications that will allow developers to easily add support for reading and outputting odf files to their applications<ref>http://dot.kde.org/1179144063/</ref>.

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KOffice components

KOffice includes the following components:

Image:Koffice-kword.png	KWord	A word processor with style sheets and frame-support for DTP-style editing of complex layouts.
Image:Koffice-kspread.png	KSpread	A spreadsheet application with multiple sheet support, templates and more than 100 mathematical formulas.
Image:Koffice-kpresenter.png	KPresenter	A presentation program with image and effect support.
Image:Koffice-kivio.png	Kivio	A programmable flowchart drawing program with dynamically loadable stencils. Developed by theKompany, which offers additional (non-free) stencils for sale.
Image:Koffice-karbon.png	Karbon14	A vector drawing application with a variety of drawing and editing tools.
Image:Koffice-krita.png	Krita	(Formerly known as Krayon and KImageshop). A bitmap graphics manipulation program, primarily designed as a painting program, with some image processing features.
Image:Nuvola apps kugar.png	Kugar and KChart	Integrated report and chart generators.
Image:Koffice-kformula.png	KFormula	An integrated mathematical formula editor.
Image:Koffice-kexi.png	Kexi	An integrated data management application, designed as a Microsoft Access or FileMaker competitor. It can be used for designing and implementing databases, inserting and processing data and performing queries. It has limited compatibility with the MS Access file format.
Image:Koffice-kplato.png	KPlato	A project management application that can create Gantt-style charts.