LibreOffice Writer

LibreOffice Writer

LibreOffice Writer 4.0 running on Linux
Developer(s) The Document Foundation
Stable release
"Fresh" version

4.4.2 (April 2, 2015[1]) [±]

"Still" version
4.3.7 (April 25, 2015[1]) [±]
Development status Active
Operating system Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
Type Word processor
License GNU LGPLv3[2]
Website www.libreoffice.org

LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor component of the LibreOffice software package and is a fork of OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect, with some identical features.

LibreOffice Writer is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.[3]

As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

Features

Writer is capable of opening and saving documents in a number of formats, including the Open Document Format 1.2 Extended (ODT is its default format), Microsoft Word's DOC, DOCX, RTF and XHTML.[4]

Writer provides a number of features, such as the inclusion of a word completion mechanism for predictive writing and the ability to export to PDF format.[4]

Features include:[5]

Release history

Versions for LibreOffice Writer include the following:

Date Released Version Comments
25 January 2011 3.3
  • Import of MS Works documents now possible.
  • SVG import into Writer is now possible.
  • Many WordPerfect import improvements.[15]
3 June 2011 3.4
  • New gradient / drop-shadow to highlight writer pages, with configurable colors in the options.
  • Text rendering has been improved as text is now drawn via Cairo with the same subpixeling options as other Cairo-using apps.[16]
14 February 2012 3.5
  • Better user interface for header/footer handling. Easily add header or footers.[17]
  • Faster built-in grammar checking.[17]
  • Custom Shapes import was greatly enhanced, many bugs were fixed and new presets implementation added.[17]
  • Import filter for Microsoft Visio documents.[17]
12 August 2012 3.6
  • Support for contextual spacing
  • Support for importing Smart Art
  • Word count (whole document and selection) in status bar
  • Shows Text Boundaries depending on the choice of display unprintable characters[7]
7 February 2013 4.0
  • Support for comments to text ranges in Writer
  • Import ink annotations from DOCX and RTF documents
  • Various DOCX improvements[18]
25 July 2013 4.1
  • Images embedded in writer can now be rotated easily in 90 degree increments
  • Embedding fonts in a Writer document
  • Writer textframes now support having a gradient as background [19]
30 January 2014 4.2
  • format one or more characters with a border
  • Writer can now create DOT files
  • DOCX Interoperability: Numerous significant improvements to interoperability with Microsoft Word's DOCX format [19]
30 July 2014 4.3
  • Character limitation raised from 65,535 to 2,147,483,647[20]
  • Minor user interface improvements
  • Ability to print comments in margins
29 January 2015 4.4
  • Substantial user interface improvements
  • Ability to digitally sign PDF files during the exporting process
  • AutoCorrect improvements
  • Improved track changes functions[21][22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Release Notes". The Document Foundation. April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ The Document Foundation (n.d.). "GNU LGPL License". Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "LibreOffice License. Official website.".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Document Foundation (n.d.). "Writer, a Word Processor for Every Kind of Document". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Document Foundation (2012). "Chapter 1 - Introducing Writer" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  6. ↑ The Document Foundation (2011). "Checking Spelling and Grammar". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "LibreOffice Release Notes 3.6". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Document Foundation (n.d.). "3.4 New Features and Fixes". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  9. ↑ djwm (June 2011). "LibreOffice 3.4.0 arrives for power users and early adopters". H On-line. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Proffitt, Brian (June 2011). "Review: Hands on LibreOffice 3.3". Linux.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  11. ↑ Linton, Susan (June 2011). "The New Features in LibreOffice 3.3". Linux Journal. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  12. ↑ The Document Foundation (2013). "Chapter 11. Using Mail Merge. Form letters, mailing labels, and envelopes" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  13. ↑ The Document Foundation (2012). "LibreOffice Version 3.5. Math Guide. Using The Equation Editor" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  14. ↑ "LibreOffice Writer".
  15. ↑ The Document Foundation (2011). "3.3 New Features and Fixes". Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  16. ↑ The Document Foundation (2011). "3.4 New Features and Fixes". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 The Document Foundation, 3.5 New Features and Fixes, undated
  18. ↑ "LibreOffice Release Notes 4.0". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "LibreOffice Release Notes 4.1". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "LibreOffice Release Notes 4.3". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "LibreOffice 4.4, the most beautiful LibreOffice ever". The Document Foundation. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  22. ↑ "LibreOffice 4.4 Release Notes". LibreOffice Wiki. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

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