diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index dedc4a71b..d5230327d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ under the License.
   <property name="dist.dir" location="build/dist"/>
   <property name="mavendist.dir" location="build/maven-dist"/>
   <property name="jar.name" value="poi"/>
-  <property name="version.id" value="3.0-alpha3"/>
+  <property name="version.id" value="3.0.1-alpha1"/>
   <property name="halt.on.test.failure" value="true"/>
   <property name="jdk.version.source" value="1.3"
     description="JDK version of source code"/>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index 504f72b23..27d9a65c0 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE changes PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Changes V1.1//EN" "./dtd/changes-v11.dtd">
 
 <changes>
-
-    <title>History of Changes</title>
+	<title>History of Changes</title> <!-- this breaks dtd validation -->
 
     <devs>
         <!-- in strict alphabetical order -->
@@ -34,7 +33,8 @@
         <person id="RK" name="Rainer Klute" email="klute@apache.org"/>
         <person id="YK" name="Yegor Kozlov" email="yegor@apache.org"/>
     </devs>
-        <release version="3.0-FINAL" date="99 May 2007">
+
+        <release version="3.0-FINAL" date="18 May 2007">
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">39977 - [PATCH] Fix POM for Maven users</action>
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">38976 - [PATCH] Add createPicture to HSSFShapeGroup</action>
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Detect Office 2007 XML documents, and throw a meaningful exception</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
index c7d764dbc..9b3aded17 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@
   </header>
 
   <body>
-<!--    <section><title>POI News</title>-->
-<!--        <p>All POI news can now be found at the <link href="http://nagoya.apache.org/poi/news/">poi news weblog</link>.</p>-->
+	<section><title>POI 3.0 Release</title>
+	  <p>After quite a wait, version 3.0 of Apache Jakarta POI has now been
+		released. You can 
+		<link href="./changes.html">view the changelog</link>, and 
+		<link href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/release/">download</link>
+		the source and binaries from your
+		<link href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/release/">local mirror</link>.</p>
+	</section>
 
-<!--    </section>-->
     <section><title>Purpose</title>
       <p>
       The POI project consists of APIs for manipulating various file formats
@@ -88,18 +93,25 @@
              definition.  Please see <link href="./poifs/index.html">the POIFS project page</link> for more information.</p>
         </section>
         <section><title>HSSF for Excel Documents</title>
-             <p>HSSF is our port of the Microsoft Excel 97(-2002) file format (BIFF8) to pure Java.  It supports read and write
+             <p>HSSF is our port of the Microsoft Excel 97(-2003) file format (BIFF8) to pure Java.  It supports read and write
              capability.  Please see <link href="./hssf/index.html">the HSSF project page</link> for more information.</p>
         </section>
         <section><title>HWPF for Word Documents</title>
 	<p>HWPF is our port of the Microsoft Word 97 file format to pure
-	  Java.  It supports read and write capability. Please see <link
+	  Java.  It supports read, and limited write capabilities. Please see <link
 	    href="./hwpf/index.html">the HWPF project page for more
 	    information</link>.  This component is in the early stages of
 	  development. It can already read and write simple files.</p>
 	<p>Presently we are looking for a contributor to foster the HWPF
 	  development. Jump in!</p>
         </section>
+        <section><title>HSLF for PowerPoint Documents</title>
+	<p>HWSL is our port of the Microsoft PowerPoint 97(-2003) file format to pure
+	  Java. It supports read and write capabilities of some, but not yet all
+      of the core records. Please see <link
+	    href="./hslf/index.html">the HSLF project page for more
+	    information</link>.</p>
+        </section>
         <section><title>HPSF for Document Properties</title>
 	<p>HPSF is our port of the OLE 2 property set format to pure
 	  Java. Property sets are mostly use to store a document's properties
