Announcement of LibreOffice 6.2.4

The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.2.4, the fourth bug and regression fix for the LibreOffice 6.2 family, aimed at tech-savvy users: early adopters, technology enthusiasts, and experienced users.

LibreOffice 6.2.4 is an open-source office suite release that focuses on bug and regression fixes for the 6.2 family. It is intended for users who want to follow this branch and who are comfortable using a version described as aimed at experienced users.

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Download LibreOffice 6.2 for free starting today and discover this office suite with new features as well as improvements across the various programs Writer, Calc, Impress, and Draw.

LibreOffice 6.2 includes interface changes, performance improvements, better help search, new options in Writer and Calc, and enhancements for presentations, drawings, and LibreOffice Online. The suite remains focused on common office tasks such as writing documents, working with spreadsheets, creating presentations, and editing drawings.

New User Interface with NotebookBar

LibreOffice 6.2 with NotebookBar offers a radical new approach to the user interface - based on the MUFFIN concept - and provides user experience options that can satisfy everyone’s preferences while making the most of all screen sizes.

LibreOffice 6.1 is a free open-source office suite that includes two new icon themes: Colibre, which is now the default theme on Windows, and Karasa Jaga. Additionally, image management has been improved, making the software faster and more responsive, while new fill gradients, help files, and interface translations make it the best free LibreOffice software of all time.

This version focuses on practical improvements across the main LibreOffice tools. Writer gains better EPUB export and document signing options, Calc improves spreadsheet image handling and external CSV data use, Impress and Draw receive drawing style updates, and LibreOffice Online adds new dialog boxes for common office tasks.

LibreOffice 6.0 brings a host of new features, all available for free download. This release includes improvements for Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw, with changes that affect document editing, spreadsheets, presentations and file format handling.

The following overview keeps the main new features announced for LibreOffice 6.0 and explains how they can help with everyday office work.

LibreOffice 6.0 Writer features

Writer

• Image rotation at any angle
• New default table style
• Direct cursor: added an option to insert only spaces;
• Search toolbar: added a dropdown list to define the type of search;
• Using a Writer document as a data source for a mail merge;
• Temporary connections created during a mail merge are no longer stored;
• Import/export of ActiveX controls from or to the OOXML format;
• Enhanced handling of embedding in text documents (DOCX/DOC) and spreadsheets (XLSX/XLS).

In Writer, image rotation at any angle gives more control when placing illustrations inside a document. The new default table style helps create structured tables more quickly. The direct cursor option, with the ability to insert only spaces, offers a simple way to position text while keeping control over the layout.

The search toolbar improvement makes searches easier to adjust thanks to a dropdown list for the search type. Mail merge also receives practical changes: a Writer document can be used as a data source, and temporary connections created during a mail merge are no longer stored. LibreOffice 6.0 also improves import and export of ActiveX controls with the OOXML format and enhances handling of embedding in DOCX, DOC, XLSX and XLS files.

LibreOffice 5.4.4 is now available for download. The Document Foundation (TDF) has announced LibreOffice 5.4.4, the fourth minor release of the LibreOffice 5.4 family, one month ahead of the major announcement of LibreOffice 6.0. While it still offers advantages in terms of features, conservative users and businesses can begin the upgrade process from their current implementation of LibreOffice 5.3.