LibreOffice Writer
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LibreOffice Writer 5.1 with Breeze toolbar icon set | |
| Developer(s) | The Document Foundation |
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| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Word processor |
| License | GNU LGPLv3[2] |
| Website | www.libreoffice.org |
LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor component of the LibreOffice software package and is a fork of OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect, with some identical features.[3][4]
LibreOffice Writer is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.[5]
As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
Features
Writer is capable of opening and saving documents in a number of formats, including the Open Document Format 1.2 Extended (ODT is its default format), Microsoft Word's DOC, DOCX, RTF and XHTML.[6]
Writer provides a number of features, such as the inclusion of a word completion mechanism for predictive writing and the ability to export to PDF format.[6]
Features include:[7]
- Templates and styles
- A spelling and grammar checker (Hunspell)[7][8]
- Word and character count[9]
- Support for autofilter per sheet: It is now possible to set autofilter per sheet without manually creating named database ranges prior to setting autofilter[10]
- Page-layout methods, including frames, columns, and tables
- Embedding or linking of graphics, spreadsheets, and other objects
- Built-in drawing tools
- Java text rendering replaced by native text rendering which greatly improves readability[10][11]
- The preexisting Java dialogs have been replaced with simpler native dialog boxes.[12]
- Support Color and line styles for the columns and footnote separator lines. This is improving the compatibility of LibreOffice with ODF[10]
- Master documents—to group a collection of documents into a single document
- Change tracking during revisions
- The ability to import and edit PDF files.[13]
- Significantly improved file compatibility when dealing with Microsoft Word as compared to OpenOffice[12]
- Database integration, including a bibliography database
- Export to PDF, including bookmarks
- MailMerge[14]
- Equation editor (LibreOffice Math)[15]
- Scriptable and Remote Controllable via the UNO API
- Indexing
- AutoCorrect
- AutoComplete
- Selection of non-consecutive items in Add Mode[16]
Release history
Versions for LibreOffice Writer include the following:
| Date Released | Version | Comments |
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| 25 January 2011 | 3.3 |
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| 3 June 2011 | 3.4 |
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| 14 February 2012 | 3.5 | |
| 12 August 2012 | 3.6 |
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| 7 February 2013 | 4.0 |
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| 25 July 2013 | 4.1 |
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| 30 January 2014 | 4.2 |
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| 30 July 2014 | 4.3 |
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| 29 January 2015 | 4.4 | |
| 5 August 2015 | 5.0 |
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| 10 February 2016 | 5.1 |
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See also
References
- 1 2 "Release Notes". The Document Foundation. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ↑ The Document Foundation (n.d.). "GNU LGPL License". Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ Elena Opris (January 8, 2014). "LibreOffice Writer Review". Softpedia. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ↑ Jon L. Jacobi (June 27, 2013). "Review: LibreOffice 4 liberates you from Microsoft Office". IDG Consumer & SMB. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ↑ "LibreOffice License. Official website.".
- 1 2 The Document Foundation (n.d.). "Writer, a Word Processor for Every Kind of Document". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- 1 2 The Document Foundation (2012). "Chapter 1 – Introducing Writer" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ The Document Foundation (2011). "Checking Spelling and Grammar". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- 1 2 "LibreOffice Release Notes 3.6". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 The Document Foundation (n.d.). "3.4 New Features and Fixes". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ djwm (June 2011). "LibreOffice 3.4.0 arrives for power users and early adopters". H On-line. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- 1 2 Proffitt, Brian (June 2011). "Review: Hands on LibreOffice 3.3". Linux.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ Linton, Susan (June 2011). "The New Features in LibreOffice 3.3". Linux Journal. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ The Document Foundation (2013). "Chapter 11. Using Mail Merge. Form letters, mailing labels, and envelopes" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ The Document Foundation (2012). "LibreOffice Version 3.5. Math Guide. Using The Equation Editor" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "LibreOffice Writer".
- ↑ The Document Foundation (2011). "3.3 New Features and Fixes". Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ The Document Foundation (2011). "3.4 New Features and Fixes". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 The Document Foundation, 3.5 New Features and Fixes, undated
- ↑ "LibreOffice Release Notes 4.0". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- 1 2 "LibreOffice Release Notes 4.1". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "LibreOffice Release Notes 4.3". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "LibreOffice 4.4, the most beautiful LibreOffice ever". The Document Foundation. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "LibreOffice 4.4 Release Notes". LibreOffice Wiki. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "LibreOffice 5.0 Release Notes". The Document Foundation. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ↑ Italo Vignoli (August 5, 2015). "LibreOffice 5.0 stands out from the office suite crowd". The Document Foundation. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ↑ Italo Vignoli (February 10, 2016). "The Document Foundation annouces LibreOffice 5.1". The Document Foundation. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ↑ "LibreOffice 5.1 Release Notes". The Document Foundation. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Screenshots of LibreOffice Writer. |
- Features page at LibreOffice.org
- User's Guide downloads for all versions from LibreOffice.org
- Regular expression tables from ICU-project.org
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