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Friday, November 27, 2015

LibreOffice 4.3.2 available on 4th Anniversary of Document Foundation


The Document Foundation officially announces the release of LibreOffice 4.3.2 just before the forth anniversary of LibreOffice software. Well this is the second minor release under LibreOffice 4.3.x "fresh" family and comes with fixes of issues which were reported since previous release.

According to official announcement, LibreOffice 4.3.2 comes with over 80 fixes which primarily focused on interoperability issues when reading or writing Microsoft Office DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files. Today, LibreOffice celebrates its forth anniversary with the release of LibreOffice 4.3.2 version. Also, review how to install LibreOffice on Ubuntu and Linux Mint ?

The Document Foundation has been growing for the past 48 months by attracting at least three new developers per month plus a larger number of volunteers active in localization, QA and other areas such as marketing and development of local communities. This release is now available for all platforms including Windows, Linux and Mac OS. You might also like to check out other latest Software News to know what's new for various platforms.
Download LibreOffice 4.3.2 "Fresh" for Linux Distro
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Thursday, November 19, 2015

LibreOffice 4.3.5 Suite released with Over 70 Bugfixes & Minor Improvements


The Document Foundation officially announces the release of LibreOffice 4.3.5 with new features, few improvements and several bugfixes. Well you know that this is the fifth minor release under 4.3.x "fresh" branch. This release includes almost over 70 bugfixes. The foundation also suggests to deploy LibreOffice 4.3.5 in enterprise and large organizations when backed by professional support by certified individuals capable of providing value added support.

According to official announcement, LibreOffice 4.3.5 suite comes with minor new features but several bugfixes. Some of the fixes in LibreOffice 4.3.5 against LibreOffice 4.3.4 includes fixed bad conversation of old-style UNO service, fixed SOLARIS-INTEL case, fixed poor performance with find & replace with empty value and fixed crash when open doc file.

Among other bugfixes, LibreOffice 4.3.5 includes Icon in Calc toolbar for wrap text, inherits cell styles in inserting rows/columns, related Forget package URL of image after it is loaded, prevent use of invalidated iterator due to re-entrance, better font selection in Japanese locale on Mac OS X, check that the case works in both update references modes and make sure to check for formula first. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

LibreOffice 4.3.4 receives Improved RTF Import, XLSX Chart & DOCX Support

LibreOffice 4.3.4 released with Improved RTF Import, XLSX Chart & DOCX Support

The Document Foundation officially announces the release of LibreOffice 4.3.4 with minor changes and fixes. Well this is the fourth minor and maintenance release of LibreOffice 4.3.x branch codenamed "Fresh". This release is a stable release and specifically designed for users who primarily focus on new features.

According to official announcement, LibreOffice 4.3.4 comes with over 60 bug fixes including some improvements to existing features. There is very few changes in this release if compared with previously released LibreOffice 4.3.4 RC suite. It mainly includes fixing of issues which were reported in previous RC release. You can also download LibreOffice 4.3.4 for your system.

Some of the fixes and improvements in LibreOffice 4.3.4 includes fixed slide pane cut/copy/paste options, the RTF import has been improved, some XLSX chart improvements have been implemented and DOCX import function has been refined. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website. We have also enlisted some of the fixes which are made in LibreOffice 4.3.4 below in this post. You can also review how to install LibreOffice on Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE and OpenMandriva systems ?

List of Bugfixes made in LibreOffice 4.3.4

- center ellipsis tooltips that don't fit on screen.
- allow export of VBAProject.
- crash on second export of svg.
- crash on negative position in redlined word.
- fix word count with recorded changes.
- excel VBA: ActiveDocument is not tracking currently selected Doc.
- CMIS: Default Alfresco 4 URL not working.
- make template dialog Modal.
- broadcast changes after TextToColumn.
- Don't expose 0 for empty cells in Calc.
- SIFR: Line Spacing 1.5 icon missing (4.3).
- set spinbox value AFTER adjusting no. of decimal places.
- sw: fix text formatting of proportional line space < 100%.
- avoid broadcasting during cell delete & shift.
- broadcast changes before EndUndo().
- accessiblitiy focus not tracked for cells in Calc.

These are some of the fixes which are made in LibreOffice 4.3.4 release. If you wish to check out complete list of all fixes then you must visit their official changelog page.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

How to Install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on OpenSUSE, Fedora, CentOS, OpenMandriva


LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite and also considered as an alternative of MS Office. This suite includes collection of programs like word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings. It uses GStreamer multimedia framework in Linux to render multimedia content such as videos in Impress and other programs.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install LibreOffice 4.3.3 using RPM Package on 32-bit and 64-bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and other RPM based Linux Distros. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

Step Wise Installation of LibreOffice 4.3.3 on Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenSUSE and other RPM based Linux Distros

#1. Download 32-bit and 64-bit RPM Packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3 using the commands

For 32-bit RPM Packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3
 
First Open the terminal and run or copy the following commands one by one to download latest tarball of 32-bit RPM packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3 using wget command and then extract the downloaded tarball using tar command and finally change your current directory to the extracted one.
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.3.3/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.3.3_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.3_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.3*_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS

For 64-bit RPM Packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3
 
Open the terminal again and run or copy the following commands one by one to download latest tarball of 64-bit RPM packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3 using wget command and then extract the downloaded tarball using tar command and finally change your current directory to the extracted one.
$ wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.3.3/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.3.3_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.3_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.3*_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS

#2. Install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on Fedora and CentOS

After downloading appropriate RPM Packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3 from above commands, now you can install all the RPM package once by running the following command. Remember that the following command is used to install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on Fedora and CentOS systems only.
$ sudo yum localinstall *.rpm

#3. Install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on OpenSUSE

If you are using OpenSUSE, then you must run the following command in terminal to install latest LibreOffice 4.3.3 on your OpenSUSE system.
$ sudo zypper install *.rpm

#4. Install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on Mageia and OpenMandriva

If you are using other RPM based Linux Distros like Mageia and OpenMandriva then you could run the following command in terminal to install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on your Mageia and OpenMandriva systems.
$ sudo urmpi *.rpm
That's All, now you can launch the latest installed LibreOffice on your machine and can verify its version under Help->About. If you view 4.3.3 version then your LibreOffice is successfully installed, if you didn't get this version then something you have missed while installing it on your machine.

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Monday, November 2, 2015

How to Install LibreOffice 4.3.1 via PPA on Ubuntu Variants & Linux Mint


LibreOffice is popular office suite which is available for all Linux Distros as well as other platforms. This suite mainly collection of multiple programs like word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, maintain databases and compose mathematical formulae.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install LibreOffice 4.3.1 suite using PPA on Ubuntu 14.04, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint 17 and other latest PPA based Linux Distros. You might also like to check out other latest Software News to know what's new in them ?

Step Wise Installation of LibreOffice 4.3.1 using PPA on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint and other PPA based Linux Distros

Step 1 : Before beginning the installation, Open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to remove existing LibreOffice 4.3.1 suite from your PPA based Linux Distros.
$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*
Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to add PPA for LibreOffice 4.3.1 on your PPA based Linux Distros.
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
Step 3 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to update recently added PPA for LibreOffice 4.3.1 in the software repository on your PPA based Linux Distros.
$ sudo apt-get update
Step 4 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install latest LibreOffice 4.3.1 suite on your PPA based Linux Distros.
$ sudo apt-get install libreoffice
After installation, search for "LibreOffice" and launch it on your system. Verify the version of currently running LibreOffice by going to "Help->About". Now enjoy the new features of LibreOffice 4.3.1 on your machine.

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