StarSuite 9.1 is the new and improved version of Sun's award winning office productivity suite that can read, edit and save Microsoft Office files. It contains full-featured applications, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, with version 9.1 adding a host of productivity and usability tools like PDF import, blogger, and a presenter (slide show) console.

StarSuite is offered in the following languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. If you are looking for StarSuite in English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Swedish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Russian, Polish and Arabic, get StarOffice.

Here's a quick overview of what StarSuite 9.1 provides:

• Import of Microsoft Office 2007 XML files
• Support of ODF 1.2
• PDF import (extension) and export
• Blogger, media wiki publisher for web collaboration (extensions)
• Solver, 1024 columns, workbook sharing in Calc
• Presenter Console (extension), native table capability and file size minimizer in Impress
• Database report builder for fast and easy creation of database reports (extension)

Features marked as extensions are not included with StarSuite 9.1, however they are available as free downloads from the extension repository.

Windows

• Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), XP, or Vista Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
• 370 MB (multi-language version: 650 MB) available hard disk space
• 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors

Macintosh

• Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) or higher
• Intel processor
• 512 MB RAM
• 500 MB (multi-language version: 800 MB) available hard disk space
• 1024 x 768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)

Linux

• Linux Kernel version 2.4 or higher
• glibc2 version 2.3.2 or higher
• gtk version 2.2.0 or higher
• Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
• 440 MB (multi-language version: 730 MB) available hard disk space
• X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors
• Window Manager
• Gnome 2.6 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)

Solaris SPARC

• Solaris 10 operating system (SPARC platform) or higher
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
• 480 MB (multi-language version: 760 MB) available hard disk space
• X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors
• Window Manager
• Gnome 2.6 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)

Solaris x86

• Solaris 10 operating system (x86 platform) or higher
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
• 480 MB (multi-language version: 760 MB) available hard disk space
• X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors
• Window Manager
• Gnome 2.6 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)