This causes handling issues with LibreOffice, which defaults to a true open standard format (the OpenDocument Format).Ĭontributors to LibreOffice 7.4 Community Microsoft files are still based on the proprietary format deprecated by ISO in 2008, and not on the ISO approved standard, so they hide a large amount of artificial complexity. LibreOffice offers the highest level of compatibility in the office suite market segment, with native support for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) – beating proprietary formats for security and robustness – to superior support for MS Office files, to filters for a large number of legacy document formats, to return ownership and control to users.

These users should check new releases of LibreOffice on a regular basis, as the progress is so fast, that each new version improves dramatically over the previous one. A description of all new features is available in the Release Notes īased on the distinctive features of the LibreOffice Technology platform for personal productivity on desktop, mobile and cloud, LibreOffice 7.4 provides a large number of improvements and new features targeted at users sharing documents with MS Office or migrating from MS Office. New menu item to search for sheet namesĪ video summarizing the top new features in LibreOffice 7.4 Community is available on YouTube: and PeerTube.Extra functions in drop-down AutoSum widget.Support for 16,384 columns in spreadsheets.New typographic settings for hyphenation.Edited lists show original numbers in change tracking.Better change tracking in the footnote area.Performance and compatibility improvements.Help pages for the ScriptForge scripting library.Support for WebP images and EMZ/WMZ files.Development is now focused on interoperability with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats, and many new features are targeted at users migrating from MS Officeīerlin, Aug– LibreOffice 7.4 Community, the new major release of the volunteer-supported free office suite for desktop productivity, is immediately available from for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), and Linux.

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