Hi :) Now that the 4.1.0 has been properly released you might find the proper release has all the desktop integration sorted out now. it might be worth checking if you are keen and have the time Good luck and regards from
Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Italo Vignoli <italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org> >To: annou...@documentfoundation.org >Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2013, 13:00 >Subject: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.1: a landmark for interoperability > > >The office suite features a large number of improvements which bring >compatibility with proprietary and legacy file formats to the next level > >Berlin, July 25, 2013 - The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice >4.1, not only the best but also the most interoperable free office suite >ever. LibreOffice 4.1 features a large number of improvements in the >area of document compatibility, which increases the opportunities of >sharing knowledge with users of proprietary software while retaining the >original layout and contents. > >Interoperability is a key asset for LibreOffice, which is the de facto >standard for migrations to free office suites since early 2012. Numerous >improvements have been made to Microsoft OOXML import and export >filters, as well as to legacy Microsoft Office and RTF file filters. >Most of these improvements derive from the fundamental activity of >certified developers backing migration projects, based on a professional >support agreement. > >Instrumental for interoperability are also new features such as font >embedding in Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw - which helps in retaining >the visual aspect when fonts used to produce the document are not >installed on the target PC - and import and export functions new in >Excel 2013 for ODF OpenFormula compatibility. > >In addition to interoperability, LibreOffice 4.1 offers a very large >number of new features and improvements also in other areas of the >suite, which are listed here: >https://www.libreoffice.org/download/4-1-new-features-and-fixes. > >LibreOffice 4.1 is also importing some AOO features, including the >Symphony sidebar, which is considered experimental. LibreOffice >developers are working at the integration with the widget layout >technique (which will make it dynamically resizeable and consistent with >the behaviour of LibreOffice dialog windows). > >LibreOffice 4.1 arrives at the end of a significant development process, >which has just been outlined on the foundation blog: >http://wp.me/p1byPE-q0. Feature wise, the summary is here: >https://www.libreoffice.org/features/why-libreoffice/. > >In just two months, on September 25, 2013, the LibreOffice community >will gather in Italy at the Third LibreOffice Conference, hosted by the >Department of Computer Science of Milan State University. More >information on the conference web site at the following address: >http://conference.libreoffice.org/2013/en. The Call for Paper is open >until Sunday, August 4. > >Downloading LibreOffice > >LibreOffice 4.1 is immediately available for download from the following >link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/. Extensions for LibreOffice >are available from the following link: >http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center. > >Changelogs are available at >https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.1.0/RC1 (changed in >4.1.0.1), https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.1.0/RC2 >(changed in 4.1.0.2) and >https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.1.0/RC3 (changed in >4.1.0.3) and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.1.0/RC4 >(changed in 4.1.0.4). > >Support The Document Foundation > >LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can >support The Document Foundation with a donation at >http://donate.libreoffice.org. Money collected will be used to grow the >infrastructure, and support marketing activities to increase the >awareness of the project, both at global and local level. > >Short link to post on TDF blog: http://wp.me/p1byPE-qn. > >-- >Italo Vignoli - Director >italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org >mob +39.348.5653829 - sip it...@libreoffice.org >The Document Foundation >Zimmerstraße 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany >Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts >Legal Details: www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: announce+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/announce/ > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
