libreoffice

Days ago, LibreOfice launched a CALL FOR TEMPLATES in the manner of a public invitation for template submissions addressed to users with skills in design.

The LibrOffice initiative features a double-sided approach with an welcoming attitude, meaning the submission is opened even for beginners (in the "land" of design) and "your design shouldn't be offensive or pornographic. Other than that, there are no limits on creativity", so basically, there are no predefined patterns that are to be studied and followed.

LibreOffice 3.4 Writer Guide has been launched as a full-fledged document, developed and written by "volunteers from the LibreOffice community".

The book addresses topics suitable for both beginners and advanced users, topics ranging from text editing and formatting, page-layout methods, templates and styles, built-in drawing tools, to database integration and more.

LibreOffice 3.5.3 has just been released as the fourth version of the 3.5.x series, presenting itself as a stable experience suitable for both regular users and corporate environments.

There are no major changes in the 3.5.3 release, nevertheless numerous bug fixes and various enhancements take LibreOffice a step forward in terms of stability and productivity.

Users across the internets are reading books in numerous standards like PDF, MOBI, LIT, etc, nevertheless one of the most commonly used is EPUB (electronic publication), a free and open e-book standard.

Writer2ePub is an extension useful to create EPUB files from various filetypes that can be opened with LibreOffice Writer (DOC, RTF, etc), meaning the extension easily creates various files to EPUB from inside LibreOffice.

LibreOffice 3.5.2 was released days ago, bringing numerous bug fixes, presenting itself as a release suitable for both private users and corporate environments.

LibreOffice 3.5.2 has just landed in its official PPA, thus making the installation as simple as typing in a terminal (Lucid, Oneiric):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-gnome

LibreOffice 3.5.2 has already arrived in Precise Pangolin via the regular updates.

LibreOffice 3.5.2 has been released as a bug-fixes version in the 3.5.x series, fixes performed by 429 LibreOffice hackers.

The 3.5.2 version is suitable for both private users and corporate environments.

How do we install LibreOffice 3.5.2?
Download the archive, unpack it and type in a terminal (if you unpack it to Downloads)

LibreOffice 3.5.x is the current stable version used in Ubuntu (by default in 12.04, via official PPA in Ubuntu 11.10), nevertheless the plans for the upcoming 3.6 release have already started with interesting announcements, like the new Ubuntu Template Curators.

LibreOffice is definitely a project with a clear, serious focus towards constant development and expansion, as such various LibreOffice members and Ubuntu developers have created Ubuntu Template Curators, project that aims to provide "amazing new templates and defaults improvements in LibreOffice 3.6/Ubuntu P+1".

Collaborative editing, multiple users focused on a single project in the same time, are atributes of today's computer experiences, especially with persons physically established in different parts of the world who share similar projects.

Various LibreOffice members have put together pieces of code with the expressed objective to create a collaborative open-source office suite, useful when various users work in the same on the same shared document.

LibreOffice 3.5.1 was released days ago, bringing numerous bug fixes, presenting itself as a mainly bug fixes release.

LibreOffice 3.5.1 has just landed in its official PPA for Lucid and Oneiric:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

LibreOffice 3.5.1 has already arrived in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.