LibreOffice

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox software LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite, developed by The Document Foundation. It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010, which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite comprises programs for word processing, the creation and editing of spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, working with databases, and composing mathematical formulae. It is available in 110 languages.<ref name="languages" />

LibreOffice uses the international ISO/IEC standard OpenDocument file format as its native format to save documents for all of its applications (as do its OpenOffice.org cousins Apache OpenOffice and NeoOffice). The OpenDocument file format is now also supported by all major competing office suite applications (proprietary and open source). LibreOffice is also compatible with other major office suites, including Microsoft Office,<ref name="LOFeatures">Template:Cite web</ref> through a variety of import/export filters. The file formats of Microsoft Office are well supported, though some layout features and formatting attributes are handled differently in the application or are not entirely supported in the filters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

LibreOffice is available for a variety of computing platforms,<ref name="system-requirements" /> including Microsoft Windows, OS X (10.8 or newer), and Linux (including a LibreOffice Viewer for Android<ref name="The Document Foundation">Template:Cite web</ref>). It is the default office suite of most popular Linux distributions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Between January 2011 (the first stable release) and October 2011, LibreOffice was downloaded approximately 7.5 million times.<ref name="The Register">*****o</ref> The project claims 120 million unique downloading addresses from May 2011 to May 2015, excluding Linux distributions, with 55 million of those being from May 2014 to May 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Features

Included applications

Module		Notes
File:LibreOffice 4.0 Writer Icon.svg	Writer	A word processor with similar functionality and file support to Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. It has extensive WYSIWYG word processing capabilities, but can also be used as a basic text editor.<ref name="LOFeatures" />
File:LibreOffice 4.0 Calc Icon.svg	Calc	A spreadsheet program, similar to Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3. It has a number of unique features, including a system which automatically defines series of graphs, based on information available to the user.<ref name="LOFeatures" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:LibreOffice 4.0 Impress Icon.svg	Impress	A presentation program resembling Microsoft PowerPoint. Presentations can be exported as SWF files, allowing them to be viewed on any computer with Adobe Flash Player installed.<ref name="LOFeatures" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:LibreOffice 4.0 Draw Icon.svg	Draw	A vector graphics editor and diagramming tool similar to Microsoft Visio and comparable in features to early versions of CorelDRAW. It provides connectors between shapes, which are available in a range of line styles and facilitate building drawings such as flowcharts. It also includes features similar to desktop publishing software such as Scribus and Microsoft Publisher.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is also able to act as a PDF-file editor.
File:LibreOffice 4.0 Math Icon.svg	Math	An application designed for creating and editing mathematical formulae. The application uses a variant of XML for creating formulas, as defined in the OpenDocument specification. These formulas can be incorporated into other documents in the LibreOffice suite, such as those created by Writer or Calc, by embedding the formulas into the document.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:LibreOffice 4.0 Base Icon.svg	Base	A database management program, similar to Microsoft Access. LibreOffice Base allows the creation and management of databases, preparation of forms and reports that provide end users easy access to data. Like Access, it can be used to create small embedded databases that are stored with the document files (using Java-based HSQLDB as its storage engine), and for more demanding tasks it can also be used as a front-end for various database systems, including Access databases (JET), ODBC/JDBC data sources, and MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL or Microsoft Access.<ref name="LOFeatures" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Work is ongoing to transition the embedded storage engine from HSQLDB to the C++ based Firebird SQL backend. Firebird has been included in LibreOffice as an experimental option since LibreOffice 4.2.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Operating systems

File:LibreOffice on Android tiled rendering.png

LibreOffice Viewer on Android

The Document Foundation developers target LibreOffice for Microsoft Windows (IA-32 and x86-64), Linux (IA-32 and x86-64) and OS X (x86-64).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Community ports for FreeBSD,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NetBSD,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and OpenBSD receive support from contributors to those projects, respectively.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Robert Nagy maintains the OpenBSD port of LibreOffice in collaboration with The Document Foundation.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A community port for OpenIndiana is in development.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

LibreOffice Online will allow for the use of LibreOffice through a web browser by using the canvas element of HTML5. Development was announced at the first LibreOffice Conference in October 2011, and is ongoing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> LibreOffice announced a collaboration with Icewarp and Collabora to work on the cross-platform interface.<ref>*****o</ref><ref>*****o</ref> A version of the software was shown in a September 2015 conference,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the UK Crown Commercial Service announced an interest in using the software.<ref name=govoffice>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A-EON Technology announced in 2012, that a port of LibreOffice is underway for their AmigaOne X1000 computer running the latest AmigaOS.<ref name="a-eon technology">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2011, developers announced plans to port LibreOffice both to Android and to iOS.<ref name="ars_technica">*****o</ref> A beta version of a document viewer for Android 4.0 or newer was released in January 2015;<ref name="The Document Foundation"/> In May 2015, LibreOffice Viewer for Android was released with basic editing capabilities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In January 2015, a LibreOffice Impress remote app was unveiled<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> for the Pebble smartwatch.<ref> Template:Cite web </ref>

Unique features of LibreOffice

A detailed 60-page report in June 2015 compared the progress of the LibreOffice project with its cousin project Apache OpenOffice. It showed that "OpenOffice received about 10% of the improvements LibreOffice did in the period of time studied."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Supported file formats

LibreOffice supported file formats
Format	Extension	Read	Write	Notes
Adobe Flash	SWF		Template:Yes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Export from Impress
Adobe PageMaker		Template:Yes
AppleWorks word processing	CWK	Template:Yes		Formerly called ClarisWorks
Adobe swatch exchange	ASE	Template:Yes
Adobe FreeHand	AGD, FHD
Apple Keynote	KTH, KEY	Template:Yes
Apple Numbers	numbers	Template:Yes
Apple Pages	pages	Template:Yes
AportisDoc (Palm)	PDB	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Requires Java
AutoCAD DXF	DXF	Template:Yes
BMP file format	BMP	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Comma-separated values	CSV, TXT	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
ClarisDraw		Template:Yes
CorelDRAW 6-X7	CDR, CMX	Template:Yes<ref>[1]. Retrieved 25 August 2015.</ref><ref>[2]. Retrieved 25 August 2015.</ref>
Computer Graphics Metafile	CGM	Template:Yes		Binary-encoded only; not those using clear-text or character-based encoding
Data Interchange Format	DIF	Template:Yes	Template:Yes<ref name="OpenOffice and LibreOffice share the same source code and data formats" />
dBase	DBF	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
DocBook	XML	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Encapsulated PostScript	EPS	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Enhanced Metafile	EMF	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Gnumeric	GNM, GNUMERIC	Template:Yes	Non-Actionable Please do not make new edits to the text.     Graphics Interchange Format GIF Template:Yes Template:Yes Hangul WP 97 HWP Template:Yes HPGL plotting file PLT Template:Yes HTML HTML, HTM Template:Yes Template:Yes Ichitaro 8/9/10/11 JTD, JTT Template:Yes JPEG JPG, JPEG Template:Yes Template:Yes Lotus 1-2-3 WK1, WKS, 123, wk3, wk4 Template:Yes<ref name="OpenOffice and LibreOffice share the same source code and data formats" /> Lotus Word Pro Template:Yes<ref name="pressrelease33" /> MacDraft Template:Yes MacDraw Template:Yes MacDraw II Template:Yes Macintosh Picture File<ref>About.Com – PCT File. Retrieved 12 January 2014.</ref> PCT Template:Yes Template:Yes MacWrite Pro 1.5 Template:Yes MathML MML Template:Yes Template:Yes MET MET Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft Excel 2003 XML XML Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft Excel 4/5/95 XLS, XLW, XLT Template:Yes Template:Dropped Microsoft Excel 97–2003 XLS, XLW, XLT Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft Office 2007 Office Open XML DOCX, XLSX, PPTX Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft Pocket Excel PXL Template:Yes Template:Yes Requires Java Microsoft Pocket Word PSW Template:Yes Template:Yes Requires Java Microsoft PowerPoint 97–2003 PPT, PPS, POT Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft RTF RTF Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft Word 2003 XML (WordprocessingML) XML Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft Word 4/5/6.0/95 DOC, DOT Template:Yes Template:Dropped Microsoft Word 97–2003 DOC, DOT Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft Word for Mac Template:Yes Word 1–5.1 Microsoft Word for Windows 2 DOC, DOT Template:Yes Template:Yes Microsoft Works Template:Yes<ref name="pressrelease33" >Template:Cite web</ref> Works for Mac formats since 4.1<ref name="mwaw" /> Microsoft Write WRI Template:Yes Non-Actionable Please do not make new edits to the text.     Microsoft Visio VSD Template:Yes<ref name="theregister12022012">Template:Cite web</ref> Netpbm format PGM, PBM, PPM Template:Yes Template:Yes OpenDocument ODT, FODT, ODS, FODS, ODP, FODP, ODB, ODG, FODG, ODF Template:Yes Template:Yes OpenOffice.org XML SXW, STW, SXC, STC, SXI, STI, SXD, STD, SXM Template:Yes Template:Yes PCX PCX Template:Yes Photo CD PCD Template:Yes PhotoShop PSD Template:Yes Plain text TXT Template:Yes Template:Yes Various encodings supported Portable Document Format PDF Template:Yes Template:Yes Including hybrid PDF<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Portable Network Graphic PNG Template:Yes Template:Yes Quattro Pro 6.0 WB2, wq1, wq2 Template:Yes RagTime for Mac Template:Yes Scalable vector graphics SVG Template:Yes Template:Yes SGV SGV Template:Yes Software602 (T602) 602, TXT Template:Yes StarOffice StarCalc 3/4/5 SDC, VOR Template:Dropped Template:Dropped StarOffice StarDraw/StarImpress SDA, SDD, SDP, VOR Template:Dropped Template:Dropped StarOffice StarMath SXM Template:Dropped Template:Dropped StarOffice StarWriter 3/4/5 SDW, SGL, VOR Template:Dropped Template:Dropped Star Writer graphics SGF Template:Yes SunOS Raster RAS Template:Yes Template:Yes SVM SVM Template:Yes Template:Yes SYLK SLK Template:Yes Template:Yes Tagged Image File Format TIF, TIFF Template:Yes Template:Yes Truevision TGA (Targa) TGA Template:Yes Unified Office Format UOF, UOT, UOS, UOP Template:Yes Template:Yes<ref name="OpenOffice and LibreOffice share the same source code and data formats">Template:Cite web</ref> Windows Metafile WMF Template:Yes Template:Yes WordPerfect WPD Template:Yes<ref name="OpenOffice and LibreOffice share the same source code and data formats" /> WordPerfect Suite 2000/Office 1.0 WPS Template:Yes WriteNow 4.0 Template:Yes X BitMap XBM Template:Yes X PixMap XPM Template:Yes Template:Yes Miscellaneous features LibreOffice can use the GStreamer multimedia framework in Linux to render multimedia content such as videos in Impress and other programs. Visually, LibreOffice uses the large "Tango style" icons that are used for the application shortcuts, quick launch icons, icons for associated files and for the icons found on the toolbar of the LibreOffice programs.<ref name="tango">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ooo3">Template:Cite web</ref> They are also used on the toolbars and menus by default. LibreOffice also ships with a modified theme which looks native on GTK-based Linux distributions. It also renders fonts via Cairo on Linux distributions; this means that text in LibreOffice is rendered the same as the rest of the Linux desktop.<ref name="LibreOffice34"/> LibreOffice has a feature similar to WordArt called Fontwork.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Licensing The LibreOffice project uses a dual LGPLv3 (or later) / MPL 2.0 license for new contributions to allow the license to be upgraded.<ref name="LODevelopers">Template:Cite web</ref> Since the core of the OpenOffice.org codebase was donated to the Apache Software Foundation, there is an ongoing effort to get all the code rebased to ease future license updates. At the same time, there were complaints that IBM had not in fact released the Lotus Symphony code as open source, despite having claimed to. It was reported that some LibreOffice developers wanted to incorporate some code parts and bug fixes which IBM already fixed in their OpenOffice fork.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Scripting and extensions LibreOffice supports third-party extensions.<ref>Template:Cite mailing list</ref> Template:As of, the LibreOffice Extension Repository lists more than 280 extensions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Another list is maintained by the Apache Software Foundation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and another one by the Free Software Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Extensions and scripts for LibreOffice can be written in C++, Java, CLI, Python, and LibreOffice Basic. Interpreters for the latter two are bundled with most LibreOffice installers, so no additional installation is needed. The application programming interface for LibreOffice is called "UNO" and is extensively documented.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> LibreOffice Basic LibreOffice Basic is a programming language similar to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) but based on StarOffice Basic. It is available in Writer, Calc and Base. It is used to write small programs known as "macros", with each macro performing a different task, such as counting the words in a paragraph.<ref>Template:Cite web </ref> History File:StarOffice major derivatives.svg A timeline of major derivatives of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice in green ooo-build, Go-oo and Oracle Members of the OpenOffice.org community who were not Sun Microsystems employees had wanted a more egalitarian form for the OpenOffice.org project for many years; Sun had stated in the original OpenOffice.org announcement in 2000, that the project would eventually be run by a neutral foundation,<ref name="ooo-announcement">Template:Cite web</ref> and put forward a more detailed proposal in 2001.<ref name="ooofoundation">Template:Cite web</ref> Ximian and then Novell had maintained the ooo-build patch set, a project led by Michael Meeks, to make the build easier on Linux and due to the difficulty of getting contributions accepted upstream by Sun, even from corporate partners. It tracked the main line of development and was not intended to constitute a fork.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was also the standard build mechanism for OpenOffice.org in most Linux distributions<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and was contributed to by said distributions.<ref>Template:Cite conference</ref> In 2007, ooo-build was made available by Novell as a software package called Go-oo (ooo-build had used the go-oo.org domain name as early as 2005<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>), which included many features not included in upstream OpenOffice.org. Go-oo also encouraged outside contributions, with rules similar to those later adopted for LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sun's contributions to OpenOffice.org had been declining for some time,<ref name="ooo2008stats">Template:Cite web</ref> they remained reluctant to accept contributions<ref name="calcsolver">Template:Cite web</ref> and contributors were upset at Sun releasing OpenOffice.org code to IBM for IBM Lotus Symphony under a proprietary contract, rather than under an open source licence.<ref name=lwn20110520>*****o</ref> Sun was purchased by Oracle Corporation in early 2010. OpenOffice.org community members were concerned at Oracle's behaviour towards open source software,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Java lawsuit against Google<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Oracle's withdrawal of developers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and lack of activity on or visible commitment to OpenOffice.org, as had been noted by industry observers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – as Meeks put it in early September 2010, "The news from the Oracle OpenOffice conference was that there was no news."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Discussion of a fork started soon after.<ref name=webwereld20100930>Template:Cite web</ref> The Document Foundation and LibreOffice On 28 September 2010, The Document Foundation was announced as the host of LibreOffice, a new derivative of OpenOffice.org. The Document Foundation's initial announcement stated their concerns that Oracle would either discontinue OpenOffice.org, or place restrictions on it as an open source project, as it had on Sun's OpenSolaris.<ref name="doc foundation announcement">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="collins-29-09-10">*****o</ref><ref name="Clarke-29-09-10">*****o</ref><ref name="Paul-28-09-10">*****o</ref> LibreOffice 3.3 beta used the ooo-build build infrastructure and the OpenOffice.org 3.3 beta code from Oracle, then adding selected patches from Go-oo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Go-oo was discontinued in favour of LibreOffice. Since the office suite that was branded "OpenOffice.org" in most Linux distributions was in fact Go-oo, most moved immediately to LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Oracle was invited to become a member of The Document Foundation. However, Oracle demanded that all members of the OpenOffice.org Community Council involved with The Document Foundation step down from the OOo Community Council, claiming a conflict of interest.<ref name="ArsTechnica1010">*****o</ref> Naming The name "LibreOffice" was picked after researching trademark databases, social media and if it could be used for URLs in various countries.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was originally hoped that the LibreOffice name would be provisional, as Oracle was invited to become a member of The Document Foundation. However, Oracle rejected requests to donate the OpenOffice.org brand to the project.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> LibreOffice was initially named BrOffice in Brazil. OpenOffice.org had been distributed as BrOffice.org by the BrOffice Centre of Excellence for Free Software because of a trademark issue.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> End of OpenOffice.org and beginning of Apache OpenOffice Oracle announced in April 2011 that it was ending its development of OpenOffice.org and would lay off the majority of its paid developers.<ref name="ARS18Apr11">*****o</ref> In June 2011, Oracle announced<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> that it would donate the OpenOffice.org code and trademark to the Apache Software Foundation, where the project was accepted for a project incubation process within the foundation, thus becoming Apache OpenOffice. In an interview with LWN, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth in 2011, blamed The Document Foundation for destroying OpenOffice.org because it did not license code under Oracle's Contributor License Agreement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> But former Sun executive Simon Phipps denies this is the case: In March 2015, an LWN.net comparison of LibreOffice with its cousin project Apache OpenOffice concluded that "LibreOffice has won the battle for developer participation".<ref>*****o</ref> Release history Branch Version  Release date Notes Screenshot 3.x Template:Version 28 September 2010 Initial release based on OpenOffice.org and ooo-build; 80,000 downloads<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> File:LibreOffice 3.3 beta 1 startup screen and about box.png First LibreOffice 3.3 beta: startup center and About box Template:Version 25 January 2011<ref>*****o</ref> First-introduced features unique to LibreOffice:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> SVG image import New or improved import filters: Lotus Word Pro, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect. PPTX chart import feature<ref name="ghacks">Template:Cite web</ref> Bundled extensions, including Presenter View in Impress Colour-coded document icons Load and Save ODF documents in flat XML<ref name="ghacks" /> AutoCorrections match case of the words that AutoCorrect replaces<ref name="ghacks" /> Vastly improved RTF export<ref name="ghacks" /> Embedding of standard PDF fonts<ref name="ghacks" /> File:LibreOffice Calc 3.3.png LibreOffice Calc 3.3 Template:Version 3 June 2011 New features include:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Memory usage improvements<ref name="pressrelease33" /> Speed and MS Excel compatibility improvements to Calc, redesigned Move/Copy Sheet dialog<ref name="LibreOffice34"/><ref name="RelAnn34">Template:Cite web</ref> Code cleanup: German comments translated to English, dead code removed<ref name="RelAnn34" /> Improved GTK+ theme integration<ref name="RelAnn34" /> and font rendering in Linux.<ref name="LibreOffice34">Template:Cite web</ref> Reduction of LibreOffice's dependence on Java<ref name="pressrelease33" /> Continuing the transition to GNU Make for building LibreOffice<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> File:LO34movecopysheet.png Redesigned Move/Copy Sheet dialog in LibreOffice Calc 3.4 Template:Version 14 February 2012<ref name="theregister12022012" /> New features include: Visio .vsd import A native PostgreSQL driver Java 7 support AES encryption support for ODF file encryption An .msi Windows Installer,<ref name="35relnotes">Template:Cite web</ref> Improved Office Open XML support<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Introduction of an online update checker.<ref name="engadget">*****o</ref> By default, this feature is not fully automated. File:LibreOffice Impress 3.5.png LibreOffice Impress 3.5.5 Template:Version 8 August 2012 New features include:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Support for color scales and data bars in Calc Added word count to status bar PDF Export with watermark option 10 new Impress master pages Support for importing Office SmartArt Import Filter for CorelDRAW documents This was the last version to support the Windows 2000 operating system. File:LibreOffice-3.6-Math-WithContent-German-Windows-7.png Libreoffice Math 3.6 4.x Template:Version 7 February 2013<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> New features include:<ref name="lo40" /> Import/export support for native RTF math expressions, import filter for Microsoft Publisher files Support of all versions of Visio files<ref name="libvisio">Template:Cite web</ref> Improved XLSX load time Various DOCX improvements CMIS support Support for Firefox Personas<ref>*****o</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> PDF import, Presenter Console and Python scripting provider now core features<ref name="lo40" /> Support for comments to text ranges in Writer<ref name="lo40" /> File:LibreOffice4.0 Writer--Knoppix7.0.5.png LibreOffice Writer 4.0 with "GNU – I" Persona showing comment set for text range Template:Version 25 July 2013 (final)<ref name="wiki.documentfoundation">Template:Cite web</ref> New features include:<ref name="LO4.1">Template:Cite web</ref> Sidebar Improved image rotation<ref name="heise541">Template:Cite web</ref> Gradient backgrounds Embedding fonts in documents<ref name="heise541" /> Import large HTML documents with more than 64,000 table cells Import/export of charts to ODC files and export to various vector formats OOXML and RTF bugfixes and enhancements,<ref name="heise541" /> Basic implementation of EMF+ metafiles.<ref name="heise541" /> Import of legacy Mac text formats (Write Now, MacWrite Pro, AppleWorks)<ref name="mwaw">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="h-online">*****o</ref> Layout via Core Text for OSX and HarfBuzz for Linux<ref name="LO4.1" /> File:LibreOffice 4.1.5 sidebar and text frame.png LibreOffice 4.1.5, showing sidebar and text frame with gradient background Template:Version 30 January 2014 New features include:<ref name="wiki.documentfoundation_rn42">The Document Foundation: LibreOffice 4.2 ReleaseNotes.</ref> Calc performance improvements<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and OpenCL for calculations via the graphics card<ref>*****o</ref> Start Center with file lists New set of monochrome icons, "Sifr" Import filter for Apple Keynote and AbiWord files<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> IAccessible2 (IA2) in Windows version Embedded Firebird database engine for Base (experimental) File:LibreOffice 4.2.1.1 character border, sifr icons.png LibreOffice 4.2.1, showing a character border and Sifr icons in the interface Template:Version 30 July 2014 New features include:<ref name="wiki.documentfoundation.org">Template:Cite web</ref> Brand new drawingML-based DOCX import/export filter for shapes and TextFrames Improved PDF import Improved handling of Microsofts's Office Open XML format Non-printing characters are displayed in a different color Paragraphs in Writer can now be over 65,536 characters (up to 2 GB) The default icon set has been updated Toolbar background is now rendered natively on Mac OS X Comments can be printed in the margins Data fields in Calc pivot tables can now be set to columns Presentations can have OpenGL 3D objects File:LibreOffice 4 3 Writer.png LibreOffice 4.3 showing the updated tango icon set Template:Version 29 January 2015 New features include:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sidebar now enabled by default in Writer, Calc and Draw Possibility of connection directly to OneDrive and SharePoint 2010/2013 directly from LibreOffice Allowing Draw to import Adobe PageMaker files The ability to digitally sign PDF files in Windows Toolbar buttons in Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw have been reorganized and improved New color selector: Shows recently used document colors Support for different color palettes and for .gpl GIMP palette format Allows to directly open the color picker and choose another color Added the ability to import files from MacDraw, MacDraw II and RagTime for Mac (v. 2–3) in Draw and Writer Firefox Themes improvements Added new fonts: Caladea and Carlito File:Libreoffice Writer 4.4 - A dream within a dream.png LibreOffice Writer 4.4 5.x Template:Version 5 August 2015<ref name="road-to-5.0">Template:Cite web</ref> New features include:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Writer: Sidebar previews styles as formatted (pictured); Emoji support in 22 languages, including shortcodes for symbols and numerous other replacements; :keyboard: becomes ⌨ Images can be cropped; Text highlighting and shading compatible with MS Word; Improved import of comments (annotations) for text ranges in binary .doc files; Equations in early RTF and DOC formats imported as editable math objects; Apple Pages '09 or older import. Calc: Added UI to conditional formatting; Improvements to scientific formatting of cells; Import of Lotus 1-2-3 (.wk3 and .wk4), Quattro Pro (.wq1 and .wq2), and Apple Numbers '09 or earlier (basic spreadsheets for Numbers). Math: Equations and their parts can be given 15 basic colors (see picture). Draw: Import of MacDraft (v1) and ClarisDraw files. Core and filters: When e-mailing, maintain document invisible content; PDF export supports Time-Stamp Protocol (RFC 3161); MS Works import: Add dialog to ask for text encoding; Support for Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) color palettes; LibreOffice Expert Configuration now searchable. File:LibreOffice 5.0.3 (et) Sifr välimus, Stiilid külgkast.png LibreOffice Writer 5.0 in Estonian showing style previews in Sidebar. Note the expanded icon set. The selected icon theme is Sifr. Template:Version 10 February 2016<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> New features include:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Writer: A Styles menu has been added to the main menus. Calc: A Sheet menu has been added to the main menus. Impress: A Slide menu has been added to the main menus. Math: The Math module now has a new item “Import MathML from Clipboard”. Core and filters: PNG export in Writer, Calc and Impress; Import of the following formats supported: Gnumeric, Microsoft Write, Apple Keynote 6 File:LibreOffice Writer 5.1 Breeze.png LibreOffice Writer 5.1 showing the flat Breeze icon set, reorganised items in sidebar, whitespace hiding in the document, and the 'Always correct to' spellcheck submenu. Versions Since March 2014 and version 4.2.2, two different major released versions of LibreOffice are available at any time, in addition to development versions (numbered release candidates and dated nightly builds). The versions are designated to signal their appropriateness for differing user requirements. Releases are designated by three numbers separated by dots. The first number is the major version (branch) number, the second one usually indicates small changes, and the final one bugfixes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> LibreOffice designates the two release versions as: "Fresh" – the most recent bugfix release of the current major version (branch), which contains the latest enhancements but may have bugs not present in the "still" release. "Still" (formerly "Stable") – the final bugfix of the previous major version, which has had several months of bug fixing and is recommended for users for whom stability is more important than enhancements. These are also referred to as "released" versions. Release schedule LibreOffice uses a time-based release schedule for predictability, rather than a "when it's ready" schedule. There has been a major release approximately every four to eight months, with the intention to do so every six months (eventually in March and September, with the intention of aligning it with other free software projects).<ref name="releaseplan">Template:Cite web</ref> A minor bugfix version of the current and previous release branches is released each month. Users and deployments The Document Foundation estimated in September 2011, that there were 10 million users worldwide who had obtained LibreOffice via downloads or CD-ROMs. Over 90% of those were on Windows, with another 5% on OS X. LibreOffice is the default office suite for most Linux distributions, and is installed when the operating system is installed or updated. Based on International Data Corporation reckonings for new or updated Linux installations in 2011, The Document Foundation estimated a subtotal of 15 million Linux users. This gave a total estimated user base of 25 million users in 2011.<ref name="1st ann">Template:Cite web</ref> In September 2013, after two years, the estimated number of LibreOffice users was 75 million.<ref name="collaboraoffice">Template:Cite web</ref> A million new unique IP addresses check for downloads each week.<ref name="Hexus">Template:Cite web</ref> The Document Foundation has set a target of 200 million users worldwide before the end of 2020.<ref name="1st ann" /> LibreOffice has seen various mass deployments since its inception: 2003–2010 In 2003–2004, the Brazilian corporation Serpro started migrating its software to BrOffice (the local version of LibreOffice at the time), with estimated value of BRL 3.5 million (approximately US$1.2 million at the time), and became a case study for similar initiatives in Brazil, particularly in e-government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2005, the French Gendarmerie announced its migration to OpenOffice.org.<ref>*****o</ref> It is currently migrating to a customised version of Ubuntu with LibreOffice (target for 2015: 72,000 desktop machines).<ref>*****o</ref> In 2010, the Irish city of Limerick gradually started migrating to open-source solutions to free itself from vendor lock-in and improve its purchase negotiation power. One of the key aspects of this move has been the use of LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2011 The administrative authority of the Île-de-France region (which includes the city of Paris) included LibreOffice in a USB flash drive given to students which contains free open source software. The USB flash drive is given to approximately 800,000 students.<ref name="ars_technica"/><ref>*****o</ref> It was announced that thir***** hospitals of the Copenhagen region would gradually switch to LibreOffice, affecting "almost all of the 25,000 workers".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2012 The Greek city of Pylaia-Chortiatis migrated its PCs to use LibreOffice. The local Linux User Group estimated cost savings to be at least 70,000 euros.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In July, the Spanish city of Las Palmas switched its 1200 PCs to using LibreOffice, citing cost savings of €400,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The administration of Umbria, Italy, started a project to migrate an initial group of 5000 civil workers to LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The city of Largo, Florida, US has been a long-time user<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> of open-source software using Linux thin clients. Originally using OpenOffice.org, the city of Largo switched to LibreOffice in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2013 In June, the government of the Italian province of South Tyrol will be switching 7000 PCs in administration and "many more thousands" of PCs in health services using LibreOffice and ODF.<ref>*****o</ref> In August, the administration of the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia has completed the migration of all 120,000 PCs of the administration, including schools and courts, to LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The German city of Munich announced that it would transition from OpenOffice to LibreOffice in the near future. This is in line with Munich's long term commitment to using open source software. Munich uses LiMux, an Ubuntu Linux derivative, on nearly all of the city's 15,000 computers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>*****o</ref> The city of Munich is the second public administration to join the advisory board at the Document Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2014 The French city of Toulouse announced it saved €1 million by migrating thousands of workstations to LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2015 The Italian Ministry of Defence announced that it would install LibreOffice on 150,000 PCs.<ref>*****o</ref> The Italian city of Bari replaced Microsoft Office with LibreOffice on its 1,700 PCs.<ref>*****o</ref> LibreOffice was officially made available for all UK Government agencies nationwide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2015, the Taiwanese county of Yilan announced that no more Microsoft Office licenses will be purchased.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In July 2015, the IT project manager working for the administration of Nantes (France’s sixth largest city) talked about the ongoing switch of its 5000 workstations to LibreOffice started in 2013. According to the IT project manager, the switch to LibreOffice allowed the administration to save EUR 1,7 million.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of 2015, LibreOffice is installed on almost all of the 500,000 workstations of the 11 French ministries members of the MIMO working group.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The MIMO working group was the first public administration to join the advisory board at the Document Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The LibreOffice Conference Starting in 2011, The Document Foundation has organized the annual LibreOffice Conference as follows: 2011 — Paris, France — 12–15 October<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2012 — Berlin, Germany — 17–19 October<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2013 — Milano, Italy — 24–27 September<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2014 — Bern, Switzerland — 3–5 September<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2015 — Aarhus, Denmark — 23–25 September<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The next LibreOffice Conference will take place in Brno, Czech Republic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Derivatives Collabora supplies branded and customised LibreOffice versions LibreOffice-From-Collabora, LibreOffice Vanilla for Mac,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> GovOffice<ref name=govoffice/> and Collabora Office.<ref name="collaboraoffice"/> EuroOffice is a derivative of LibreOffice with free and non-free extensions developed by Hungarian-based MultiRacio Ltd.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NeoOffice includes stability fixes from LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> OxOffice is a derivative of LibreOffice (originally a derivative of OpenOffice.org<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>) with enhanced support for the Chinese language.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> References references-column-width references-column-count references-column-count-{{#if:1|30em}} }} {{#if: references-column-width }} }}" style="{{#if: 30em {{#iferror: {{#ifexpr: 30em > 1 }} Template:Column-width Template:Column-count }} {{#if: Template:Column-width }} }} list-style-type: {{#switch: upper-alpha upper-roman lower-alpha lower-greek lower-roman = {{{group}}} #default = decimal}};"> <references group=""></references> External links Template:Official website Template:DMOZ