LibreOffice 4.0 is available to download with user interface enhancements, and a multitude of fun features. Here I will review many of the new features for all the LibreOffice lovers out there. This release delivers a cleaner interface and all-around improved usability.
First I will cover the most popular changes made to LibreOffice Writer. There are many notable features included with the release of version 4.0, as you will soon see.
In previous versions of LibreOffice Writer only provided the limited use of comments. The 4.0 release will provide a more flexible comment system, allowing users to implement comments for text strings, or individual words. A feature for importing and exporting comments has also been added, along with compatibility for comments from other office suites.
You can now use an alternative header and footer for the first page of your documents. The user is no longer limited to a uniform header and footer for all pages.
LibreOffice Writer now supports importing and exporting of native RTF math expressions.
This version includes a new toolbar for LibreLogo vector graphics. A basic logo syntax now works making educational logo systems backwards compatible.
More minor changes for LibreOffice Calc, most notably in the area of performance.
Users will notice better performance when attempting to import various file types for formulas. Formula results are now displayed immediately without needing to recalculate the results. Results get cached before closing the file, this should make documents load faster.
The maximum file size for uncompressed ODF documents changed from 2Gb to 4Gb.
Extra conditional formats are available for dates, top/bottom rules, and string rules. There is even a new dialog box which appears when working with conditional formats.
LibreOffice Impress gets some new features for the 4.0 release, though the changes are minor. Here is a look at some of the latest tweaks.
Multimedia previews will load faster for this release. The state of the sidebar panel will now be remembered when restarting LibreOffice Impress. All settings, placement, and sizes are restored to their previous state.
Only minor changes this time around for LibreOffice Draw unfortunately.
The circle and oval tools toolbar available from LibreOffice Impress is now available when using Draw as well. I am not entirely familiar with this tool, therefore I cannot elaborate on many of the details.
The core of LibreOffice has seen some very important improvements as well, here is a closer look.
Your eyes do not deceive you, Firefox persona's can now be used with LibreOffice. This will give your LibreOffice window a stylish new look.
Extra font families have been for LibreOffice 4.0 which include Open Sans Ascender, PT Serif ParaType, Source Code Pro and Source Sans Pro.
Support for integration with many document management systems is now provided. Users are able to access documents stored on Alfresco, Sharepoint, or Nuxeo.
The LibreOffice loading screen has been revised with a clean new look. Users will also notice a new look for the LibreOffice core startup document selection wizard.
Ubuntu users should check out our installation instructions for assistance.
The instructions linked below will work for users of Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, and even Linux Mint. Enjoy LibreOffice 4.0!
LibreOffice 4.0 Installation Instructions for Ubuntu 12.10
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