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LibreOffice 3.3, the open source office suite, now available
Among the many changes you'll find in version 3.3 are the arrival of new import filters and improvements to existing ones -- key features when you're trying to persuade users to migrate from competing suites like Microsoft Office, Works, or WordPerfect. Calc (the LibreOffice spreadsheet app) now boasts better Excel interoperability, SVG images can be opened and modified in Draw, and they can also be imported into Writer.
The Suite's PowerPoint alternative -- Presenter -- now ships with a presentation mode plug-in which makes controlling slideshows from your laptop a breeze. Testers will enjoy the addition of Experimental Mode, which you can toggle if you'd like to play with new features before they've officially been added to LibreOffice. It's a bit like the about:flags page in Google Chrome. LibreOffice 3.3 also sports a long list of interface and usability tweaks -- check out this page at the official site for a complete rundown.
Download LibreOffice 3.3 for Windows, Mac, or Linux
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Subscribe to commentsDanny BoyJan 25th 2011 10:23AM
At last! Took them long enough, I hope the wait is worth it.
BTW, what if I have OO.o installed, would it replace/overwrite it, or do I manually uninstall it? Also, will LibreO copy my OO.o settings and extensions, or do I have to do it manually?
Martin-TJan 25th 2011 11:46PM
@Danny Boy I switched over to Libre a while back. I had to uninstall OOo . It was not done automatically. The Beta has been pretty stable so I expect good things from this release.
sefcugJan 26th 2011 4:30PM
I plan on trying it out on a virtual machine which does not have OpenOffice.org on it. I think this would be the way to go if you want to use both OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice to compare.
jfjbJan 26th 2011 11:36PM
@ Danny Boy, Martin-T, sefcug
the final release of LibreOffice does NOT (ask to nor) uninstall OpenOffice nor its Go-oo fork
it's up to you to copy over your settings tree (dictionaries, auto-correct, etc.) from Documents and Settings\\Application Date\OpenOffice.org\3\user to its equivalent new location in Program Files\LibreOffice