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Thomson Reuters Announces Upcoming Compatibility Between EndNote® And OpenOffice.Org® Writer
Popular Cite While You Write™ To Add A New Windows Word Processor Option
Philadelphia, PA, London, UK, — May 7, 2009 — The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters today announced compatibility between EndNote®—the bibliographic management software used by millions of researchers, librarians and students—and OpenOffice.org Writer . The new EndNote X3 for Windows, which will be released in June, introduces the patent pending Cite While You Write™ technology to OpenOffice.org Writer, an open-source word processor popular among academics.
OpenOffice.org Writer support in EndNote X3 enables users to format in-text citations and the bibliography instantly as required by publishers. Users can search EndNote libraries within OpenOffice.org Writer and select references to cite. The OpenOffice.org Writer formats a paper automatically upon inserting an EndNote citation and can revise an entire paper using more than 3,300 different styles with no additional typing required.
“We are pleased to work with Thomson Reuters on expanding the open source community,” said Mathias Bauer, OpenOffice.org Writer team lead, Sun Microsystems, Inc. “OpenOffice.org Writer compatibility with EndNote will provide millions of users with more flexibility and functionality than other office suites on the market.”
“EndNote X3 compatibility with OpenOffice.org Writer marks another Thomson Reuters solution that was developed in direct response to the needs of our customers," said Keith MacGregor, executive vice president of Scientific and Scholarly Research at Thomson Reuters. “We strive to offer our users innovative solutions and will continue to collaborate with the open source community to provide best-in-class bibliographic software.”
Pricing and Availability
For notification of the OpenOffice.org Writer release, contact www.endnote.com/openoffice. EndNote is designed for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista. The EndNote list price is $299.95 USD (special upgrade prices are available). Students in North America can purchase EndNote for $115.95 USD with a valid student ID. EndNote is available from Thomson Reuters, college and university bookstores, and authorized resellers worldwide. For more information about EndNote please visit endnote.com.
About OpenOffice.org
The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer and sponsored contributors who develop, translate, support and promote the leading open source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®. OpenOffice.org's leading edge software technology (UNO) is also available for developers, systems integrators, etc. to use in OpenOffice.org extensions or in their own applications.
OpenOffice.org uses the OpenDocument Format OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as supporting legacy file formats such as Microsoft Office, and is available on major computing platforms in over 90 languages. The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a number of companies including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor and primary contributor.
About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. Thomson Reuters combines industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. More information is available at thomsonreuters.com.
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