“Berlin, April 5, 2012 – The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.5.2, the third version of the 3.5 family, targeting private individuals and enterprises. LibreOffice 3.5.2 fixes an additional large number of the bugs identified by TDF QA experts and LibreOffice users worldwide.” Includes some nice graphs of community participation.
Apr 09 2012
What is LibreOffice?
LibreOffice is a suite of programs for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, and vector drawings. It is free to download, use, and distribute. It is available in many languages and runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
LibreOffice’s native file formats are OpenDocument (*.ODT, *.ODS, *.ODP, etc.), but it can open and save to many other formats, including Microsoft Office formats (*.DOC, *.XLS, *.PPT, etc.).
To download LibreOffice, go to the LibreOffice website.
LibreOffice is a project of the not-for-profit organization, The Document Foundation.
Oct 15 2011
Announcements from the LibreOffice Conference
During the LibreOffice Conference, The Document Foundation announced two advanced development projects which will become products sometimes in late 2012 or early 2013:
- LibreOffice Online Prototype (demo video).
- LibreOffice port project to Android and iOS.
The press release, with more details, is here.
Aug 28 2011
Printed copies of LibreOffice Math, Impress, and Draw guides
Printed copies of the LibreOffice Math, Impress, and Draw guides are now available from Lulu.com:
Aug 23 2011
LibreOffice Draw and Impress Guides Published
The full Draw Guide (for the vector graphics component of LibreOffice) and Impress Guide (for the presentations or slide shows component) are now available in PDF and ODT on the Documentation page of the LibreOffice website.
Printed copies are coming soon.