Linux / Open Source

LibreOffice 6.4 Released

The document foundation has announced a new version of free and open-source office suite available on mutiple platform called LibreOffice 6.4.

This new release has below new major features:

Common Feature Improvement

  • Application icons have been added to document thumbnails 
  • A QR Code generator has been added to the suite
  • Hyperlink context menus have been unified throughout the suite
  • The new Automatic Redaction feature lets your hide classified or sensitive data in a document based on text
  • The help system provides faster and more precise search results

Writer (Alternative to Microsoft Word)

  • A Table panel has been added to the Sidebar
  • Comments can now be marked as resolved.
  • Cutting, copying and pasting of tables has been improved

Calc (Alternative to Microsoft Excel)

  • Spreadsheets can be exported into a single PDF page

Impress & Draw (Alternative to Microsoft Presentation)

  • In the Shape menu, a new option called Consolidate Text combines multiple selected text boxes into a single one. This is useful if you’re importing a PDF and the text content is split across many boxes.

LibreOffice Online

  • In Writer, table properties can be easily modified from the sidebar, and the document Table of Contents can be fully managed by users.
  • In Calc, the Function Wizard is now offering full features, and a wide range of options for selected charts has been added to the spreadsheet sidebar.

Get the latest version from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/.

Detail Release note is here.

Abhishek

Abhishek

Abhishek is a Finance Professional and has worked in multiple MNCs. However, he is also an avid tech reader and tinkerer with over 20 years of experience. His passions include 3D animation and drawing Illustrations. His creations can be viewed at www.artstation.com/abhifx