Overview
LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it is available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse, ...).
You can download, install and distribute LibreOffice freely, with no fear of copyright infringement.
Key Features and Advantages
LibreOffice includes Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base and Math. This is a feature-packed and mature desktop productivity package with some really great advantages:
LibreOffice is a feature-packed and mature desktop productivity package with some really great advantages:
- It's free - no worry about license costs or annual fees.
- No language barriers - it's available in a large number of languages, with more being added continually.
- LGPL public license - you can use it, customize it, hack it and copy it with free user support and developer support from our active worldwide community and our large and experienced developer team.
- LibreOffice is an Open Source community-driven project: development is open to new talent and new ideas, and our software is tested and used daily by a large and devoted user community; you, too, can get involved and influence its future development.
LibreOffice gives you high quality:
- The roots of LibreOffice go back 20 years. This long history means it's a stable and functional product.
- Thousands of users worldwide regularly take part in beta testing of new LibreOffice versions.
- Because the development process is completely open, LibreOffice has been extensively tested by security experts, giving you security and peace of mind.
LibreOffice is user-friendly:
- You get a simple-to-use yet powerful interface that is easy to personalize - Microsoft Office users will find the switch easy and painless, with a familiar look and feel.
- Compatible with all major competitors' file formats. You can easily import files from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and many other formats, and can easily save to Microsoft Office and other formats when needed.
- LibreOffice is supported by a big worldwide community: volunteers help newcomers, and advanced users and developers can collaborate with you to find solutions to complex issues.
Download LibreOffice 4.0.0 Final (February 7, 2013)
LibreOffice 4.0.0 Final is available at the following website.
New features in LibreOffice 4.0 Final
LibreOffice 4.0 contains a number of new features and improvements including:
- This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 4.0.0 Release Candidate 3, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
- The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
- Our Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
- For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
- If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
- LibreOffice 4.0 drops a few long-deprecated features, including support for legacy binary StarOffice files, export to legacy Word and Excel (version 6.0/95), and legacy ODMA document management.
- Some menu entries have changed or added. If you miss something, that may be due to the use of customised menu settings from your previous LibreOffice installation.
- This version still contains a few annoying bugs, as listed https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0#Most_Annoying_Bugs. Specifically, the German Duden Korrektor extension needs a https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0#Duden_Rechtschreibpr.C3.BCfung_.2F_Duden_Korrektor.
A full list with screenshots is available here: New Features and Fixes in LibreOffice 4.0
References:
LibreOffice LibreOffice
The Document Foundation
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