|  | [PRODUCTNAME] software is a complete, feature-rich
              office productivity suite that provides, in combination with this 
			  SDK, all the essential tools for building and deploying custom 
			  solutions that build on, or integrate with, the [PRODUCTNAME] suite 
			  of products. The SDK is a development kit for [PRODUCTNAME], which 
			  eases the development of office components. It provides a set of 
			  libraries, binaries, header, and IDL files which have final API's 
			  and can only be extended with new functionality. This set of libraries
			  and binaries is the minimum set of functions needed to use system 
			  abstraction for base functionality and for using UNO (Universal 
			  Network Objects) component technology. The UNO component model is the
			  base of the whole Office API. The SDK provides everything necessary 
			  to use the Office API from external programs (e.g. Java, C++) or to 
			  extend the Office functionality with new components (e.g. new filter 
			  components, CalcAddin functions). It is compatible over several 
			  versions because the API remains unaffected and will only be extended
			  with new functions. The SDK provides the basic building blocks for external developers 
			  to develop components in any language for which a binding exists. 
			  Currently, there are language bindings for [PRODUCTNAME] Basic, Java, 
			  and different C++ compilers on different platforms, for [PRODUCTNAME],
			  thus covering the two most commonly used programming languages. There 
			  will be no limit for office automation in heterogeneous environments.
			  Currently supported platforms of the SDK are Linux, Solaris (sparc, 
			  x86), and Windows. The SDK also contains  reference documentation 
              for the API and a complete Developer's Guide, with 
			  lots of examples, which introduce the API, explain the concepts behind
			  it, and make it possible for all users to quickly get started with 
			  the Office API. |  |