Libreoffice 4.2 challenges Microsoft Office with improved Windows
integration
Open source software also boasts a redesign and iOS 7 remote control
functionalirt
By Chris Merriman
TheInquirer.com
Fri Jan 31 2014, 13:37
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2326295/libreoffice-42-challenges-microsoft-office-with-improved-windows-integration
OPEN SOURCE OFFICE SUITE Libreoffice 4.2 is out and is a major upgrade
release.
The popular alternative to Microsoft Office has been retooled to
increase compatibility with that expensive proprietary productivity
applications suite, including compatibility with Visio and Publisher files.
In addition to a much improved formula process for its spreadsheet
application, Libreoffice 4.2 also includes a new startup screen and
improved round trip compatibility for newer formats such as .docx.
Java accessibility features are being phased out in favour of the IBM
IAccessibility2 package, which will supercede the Java version in future
editions.
iOS users can take advantage of the Impress Remote Control feature that
allows users to control presentations from their smartphones. This
feature has been available on Android for some time but now Apple fans
can use it too.
Libreoffice claims that this is the biggest recoding of its office suite
yet and says that it now offers better integration with Windows 7 and
Windows 8, with documents grouped on the taskbar and quickview thumbnails.
The news comes after UK cabinet minister Francis Maude recently
announced that Parliament will move towards using open source software
for its documents, and said that interoperability improvements such as
those Libreoffice has introduced will be key to ensuring that all areas
of government communicate a lot more effectively than they do right now.
Libreoffice has also made contributing to continued development of the
open source office suite even easier with a new code submission and
review portal known as Gerrit.
Libreoffice 4.2 is available to download now.
http://www.libreoffice.org/download
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