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      Spreadsheet.  In future more features will be added to this page like sorting, manual 
      columns and calculations, but it's still pretty useful right now.
 
+<DT> New feature - LDAP authentication!
+<DD> Moodle can now authenticate against external directories that use the 
+     LDAP protocol (including Novell etc).  Many thanks to Petri Asikainen for
+     developing this authentication plug-in!
+
 <DT> New feature - New smilies
 <DD> Many new smilies have been added, and are now also accessible using a GUI in the text editor.