README for KOffice

KOffice is a collection of office applications linked together by a
common base.  This common base assures that all office application can
work together and also share a common look and feel.

KOffice is free software, mostly under LGPL 2+ but also under the GPL.
See COPYING and COPYING.LIB for the details.  See also copyright and
licensing notices in individual files.

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The applications currently included in KOffice (version 2.1) are:

- KWord      -  Word processor
- KCells     -  Spreadsheet calculator
- Showcase   -  Presentation program
- Arts       -  Vector graphics

More information can be found at http://www.koffice.org

Building and running
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KOffice is based on the KDE libraries ( http://www.kde.org ) which are
needed to run KOffice.  Note that you don't have to actually run the
KDE workspace in order to use KOffice.  KOffice works fine
on any desktop or platform.

See for up-to-date info;
http://wiki.koffice.org/index.php?title=Build_KOffice

Contact info
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User mailing list:      mailto:koffice@kde.org
Developer mailing list: mailto:koffice-devel@kde.org

Subscribing and list information: http://www.kde.org/mailinglists
Archives: http://lists.kde.org

IRC channel for developers:  #koffice-devel on irc.freenode.org

KOffice forums:         http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=96

If you have questions about this README file or about KOffice in general,
please mail to the KOffice mailing list: mailto:koffice@kde.org