That being said, one of the biggest steps forward 5.0 takes is the much-improved Microsoft import and export filters. I’m not going to walk through all the changes, simply because you really need to give the complete list a look over to see if 5.0 has improvements that meet your individual needs. You can check out this Wiki page for the full list of improvements. LibreOffice creates cleaner files… period.īut what about the 5.0 release? What does it offer that previous releases didn’t have? Is it worth upgrading? The list of improvements from 4.x to 5 is fairly impressive. Not only does it hold true to file format standards, but it doesn’t add extraneous hidden data to trip up the tool I use to convert files into. In fact, LibreOffice Writer is vastly superior to Microsoft Word for what I need. To that end, I’ve found LibreOffice to be a very adept tool.
It is then that LibreOffice becomes my go-to tool and Google Docs is left behind. Although I write all of my first drafts in Google Docs, once that first draft is complete, I have to download the file, open it in LibreOffice, format it, and send it to my editor. Even so, there was a core of truth to some of their criticisms (more on that later).īefore I continue on, let me say this: I use LibreOffice. Why? Because for communities and developers to ignore the things reviewers are collectively saying is what has doomed so many projects. And I’m not here to shoot down those reviews. In other words, those reviews disliked LibreOffice because it wasn’t Microsoft Office. I’ve read other reviews, ones that called the interface “clunky” with “confusing menu options” and even cut points for not having a mobile platform. I immediately downloaded and installed the release on my Linux distribution du jour, Elementary OS. Recently, the fifth release of LibreOffice was made available to the public.
I’ve watched the software evolve, fall apart, fork, and finally come into its own. I’ve been a long-time user of the flagship open-source office suite… using it way back during its previous incarnation called Star Office. Do you think this flagship office suite is ready for the masses? Jack Wallen believes the latest release from LibreOffice might be the best yet. LibreOffice 5.0: The strongest release to date
0 kommentar(er)
