Category: New LO releases

LibreOffice 7.6 Community released

LibreOffice 7.6 Community was released on 21 August. It has some cool new features, for both casual users and power users. The blog post is here.

LibreOffice on the Microsoft Store

LibreOffice is now available for download from the Microsoft Store, for those users who choose or are required to get their desktop software from that channel. A small fee is charged. Here is the link. This follows the recent release of LibreOffice through Apple’s App Store. LibreOffice for Windows, macOS, and Linux continues to be …

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LibreOffice Community on Mac app store

On September 19, The Document Foundation (TDF) announced the release of LibreOffice on Apple’s Mac App Store, to support end users who want to get all of their desktop software from Apple’s sales channel. TDF will continue to provide LibreOffice for macOS free from the LibreOffice website, which is the recommended source for all users. …

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LibreOffice 7.4 Community Release

LibreOffice 7.4 Community was released on 18 August 2022. Here is the official blog post about it, with much more information about the release and about LibreOffice. You can get LibreOffice 7.4 from the download page for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), and Linux. A video summarizing the top new features in LibreOffice …

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LibreOffice 7.3 Community release

LibreOffice View Options dialog

LibreOffice 7.3 was released on 2 February 2022. Here is the official blog post about it. In addition to interoperability improvements with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats, it includes new features targeted at users migrating from Microsoft Office, to simplify the transition. Help has been improved, and change tracking includes new features. LibreOffice 7.3 is available …

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LibreOffice 7.1 Community released

On 3 February, The Document Foundation announced the release of LibreOffice 7.1 Community, the volunteer-supported version of the office suite. The Community label emphasises the fact that the software is not targeted at enterprises, and not optimised for their support needs. Blog post with more information. For enterprise-class deployments, TDF has strongly recommended the LibreOffice …

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LibreOffice 7.0

Timeline of OO/AOO/LO major releases

LibreOffice 7.0 was announced on 5 August 2020. Since then three minor releases have appeared. Significant new features include support for OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.3; better performance; and improved compatibility with DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files. For details, see the blog post linked above. LibreOffice produced a visual timeline of derivatives from OpenOffice.org, as shown …

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LibreOffice 6.2.6 released

On August 14, 2019 The Document Foundation announced LibreOffice 6.2.6, the sixth minor release of the LibreOffice 6.2 family, targeted at users in production environments. All users of LibreOffice 6.1.x and LibreOffice 6.2.x versions should upgrade immediately for enhanced security, as the software includes both security fixes and some months of back-ported fixes. See their …

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LibreOffice 6.3 released

On 8 August 2019, The Document Foundation announced the release of LibreOffice 6.3, a feature-rich major release with better performance, a large number of new and improved features, and enhanced interoperability with proprietary document format: Writer and Calc performance has been improved by an order of magnitude based on documents provided by end users: text …

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LibreOffice 6.1 released

The Document Foundation has announced LibreOffice 6.1, with a significant number of new and improved features: Colibre, a new icon theme for Windows based on Microsoft’s icon design guidelines, which makes the office suite visually appealing for users coming from the Microsoft environment; A reworked image handling feature, which is significantly faster and smoother thanks …

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