What's new in the latest release of the free LibreOffice suite
A lot has happened since the founding of the LibreOffice Project [1] in 2010. The fifth version, published in August, is the tenth major release of the free office suite, and it also introduces the third development cycle [2].
After the fork from the OpenOffice suite, the LibreOffice 3 process was mainly fraught with legacy issues, and the makers focused on cleaning up the code base. The 4.X series introduced significant performance benefits and improved the exchange with external formats. The latest member of the family focuses on usability.
LibreOffice 5 comes with smarter menus, a new preview for styles and formatting, and more polished sidebars and toolbars. The developers also revised the import and export functions, meaning the office suite can now cope better with Microsoft formats. You'll find a brand new filter for Apple productivity app pages and numbers. 64-bit Windows users are no longer sidelined – LibreOffice 5 is available for them now too.
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