Latest News on LibreOffice | Updates and New Features

What is Writer?

LibreOffice Writer 7 is the word processing component of LibreOffice. It is used to create, edit, format, review, and export text documents. In addition to the usual features of a word processor (spell check, thesaurus, hyphenation, auto-correction, find and replace, automatic generation of tables of contents and indexes, mail merge, etc.), it offers a range of important capabilities that will be covered in detail in upcoming articles:

• Templates and styles
• Layout methods, including styles, frames, columns, and tables
• Automated tables of contents and indexes
• Embedding or linking images, equations, spreadsheets, and other objects
• Integrated drawing tools
• Master documents, to group a collection of documents into a single document
• Track changes during revisions
• Lists
• Data tables
• Database integration, including a bibliographic database
• Mail merge
• Export to PDF and EPUB
• Document digital signatures
• Form design and filling

These tools make Writer suitable for many common writing tasks, from simple letters to structured documents with tables, images, indexes, forms, and revisions. Understanding the interface elements helps you work faster and choose the right view, panel, or command for each task.

In this article, we will see step-by-step how to update LibreOffice for free in 2022 from a previous version in just a few clicks.

This guide explains how to check whether a LibreOffice update is available, how to download the update manually, and how to install it on your computer. The procedure is useful when LibreOffice indicates that automatic update downloading is currently unavailable.

The different steps will be:

• Check for the availability of an update
• Download the update
• Install the update

Steps to Update LibreOffice

If you are looking to install LibreOffice, please refer to another source.

Before starting, close your open documents if needed and make sure you have the rights required to install software on your computer. The update wizard may ask for an administrator or root password, depending on your system settings.

In the LibreOffice menu, click on Help > Check for Updates

Collabora Office is a comprehensive mobile office suite based on LibreOffice. It includes a word processor, a spreadsheet application, and a presentation tool for Android and iOS. This mobile office suite helps you open, edit, view, and save office documents on mobile devices while keeping support for widely used file formats.

Based on LibreOffice, the most widely used open-source office suite in the world, Collabora Office is available for Android and iOS, allowing you to expand your working and collaboration capabilities on mobile devices.

Announcement of LibreOffice 7.2.5 Community

The Document Foundation announces the release of the free LibreOffice 7.2.5 Community, the fifth minor version of the LibreOffice 7.2 family. It is now available for download on the download page.

LibreOffice 7.2.5 Community is presented as a free office suite for users who need tools to create, open, edit and share office documents. This release keeps the focus on the LibreOffice 7.2 family while adding fixes and improvements mentioned in the official announcement.

Improvements and Bug Fixes

This version includes 90 bug fixes and improvements in document compatibility. The change logs provide details about the applied fixes.

Improved document compatibility is useful when users work with files received from different office suites or from several working environments. The bug fixes help refine the daily use of the application, especially when opening, editing, saving or exchanging documents.

• 90 bug fixes are included in LibreOffice 7.2.5 Community.
• Document compatibility improvements are part of this release.
• The change logs provide more detailed information about the fixes applied.

Recommended for Enterprises

For enterprise deployments, TDF strongly recommends the LibreOffice Enterprise application family from ecosystem partners, which offers long-term support options, professional assistance, custom features, and service level agreements.

This distinction helps separate the community edition from enterprise deployment options. Individual users can use LibreOffice Community, while organizations that need long-term support, professional assistance, custom features or service level agreements are directed to the LibreOffice Enterprise application family from ecosystem partners.

Technology Platform

LibreOffice Community and the LibreOffice Enterprise product family are based on the LibreOffice Technology platform, the result of years of development efforts aimed at providing a cutting-edge office suite for not only desktops but also mobile and cloud environments.

The LibreOffice Technology platform is therefore the common technical base mentioned for both LibreOffice Community and the LibreOffice Enterprise product family. It supports the office suite across desktop use and also targets mobile and cloud environments, as stated in the announcement.

LibreOffice 7.2 is a powerful and free office suite that you can download and install for free in 2022. Its clear interface and advanced tools unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most advanced Free & Open Source office suite on the market: Writer for word processing, Calc for spreadsheets, Impress for presentations, Draw for drawing and diagrams, Base for database management, and Math for editing mathematical formulas.

To download the latest version, start by visiting the download page of the LibreOffice foundation.

This guide explains the installation process step by step. It also clarifies the main choices shown during setup, such as the installation type, language packs, dictionaries, Microsoft Office document association, and the desktop shortcut.