Latest News on LibreOffice | Updates and New Features

The Document Foundation has announced the release of LibreOffice 6.2.5, the fifth version of the LibreOffice 6.2 family, which addresses regression issues. This version is aimed at technology-savvy users: early adopters, tech enthusiasts, and experienced users.

Individual users of LibreOffice are supported by a global community of volunteers: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/community-support/. On the website and wiki, you will find guides, manuals, tutorials, and user guides. Donations help them make all these resources available.

LibreOffice users are encouraged to join the community at https://www.libreoffice.org/community/get-involved/ to improve LibreOffice by contributing in the following areas: development, documentation, infrastructure, localization, quality assurance, and marketing design.

LibreOffice 6.2.5 is part of the 6.2 branch and focuses on corrections over the previous version. The announcement also gives practical information for individual users, community members, and organizations that need support, training, migration assistance, or enterprise deployment options.

LibreOffice Online is a cloud version of the LibreOffice suite designed for free online document editing in a web browser. It uses the same underlying engine as the desktop application.

Built from the core code of the LibreOffice project, it allows for the visual display and collaborative editing of documents. This means users can open documents through a browser while keeping the document rendering close to the desktop version of LibreOffice.

Birth of the LibreOffice Online Project

The development of LibreOffice Online is an HTML5 web-based technology produced by SUSE.

In 2015, this proof of concept was rewritten into an initial development release by Collabora, allowing users to test LibreOffice Online for the first time.

In 2016, the first source code version of LibreOffice Online, a cloud-based office suite that offers basic collaborative document editing in a browser by reusing the "core engine" of LibreOffice, was added to the main branch for the announcement of LibreOffice 5.3.

This latest development brought collaborative editing to LibreOffice Online, a feature that transforms the application into an ultra-modern cloud office suite - the first to natively support the ISO/IEC standard ODF (Open Document Format) with collaborative editing capabilities.

The rendering fidelity of LibreOffice Online is equivalent to that of desktop software, and the interoperability matches that of LibreOffice with support for standard and proprietary document formats.

LibreOffice Online has been primarily developed by Collabora, one of the leading contributors to the LibreOffice codebase and community.

In practical terms, LibreOffice Online focuses on making office documents accessible from a browser while keeping key LibreOffice strengths: document formatting, ODF support, compatibility with several document formats, and collaborative editing.

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.

Community Support for LibreOffice Users

Individual users of LibreOffice are supported by a global community of volunteers: community support. On the website and the wiki, you will find guides, manuals, tutorials, and user guides. Donations help us keep all these resources available. LibreOffice users are encouraged to join the community at get involved to improve LibreOffice by contributing to one of the following areas: development, documentation, infrastructure, localization, quality assurance, design, or marketing.

These support resources help users find practical information about installing, learning, and using LibreOffice. The community areas mentioned above also show the different ways volunteers can participate in the project, from documentation and localization to quality assurance and design.

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.