{"id":11531,"date":"2022-08-18T12:14:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=11531"},"modified":"2022-08-19T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T11:01:18","slug":"libreoffice-7-4-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=11531","title":{"rendered":"LibreOffice 7.4 released"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.documentfoundation.org\/blog\/2022\/08\/18\/libreoffice-7-4-community\/\">release was announced today<\/a> of LibreOffice 7.4 Community, the latest version of the free and open source office suite. It is available immediately for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/download\">download<\/a> for Linux, MacOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors) and Windows.<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11538\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2022\/08\/LO74banner.png\" alt=\"LibreOffice 7.4 banner\" width=\"600\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2022\/08\/LO74banner.png 600w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2022\/08\/LO74banner-300x59.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> \r\n<p>The new release comes packed with many new features and improvements.<\/p>\r\n<h6>GENERAL<\/h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Support for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WebP\">WebP<\/a> images and <a href=\"https:\/\/fileinfo.com\/extension\/emz\">EMZ<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/fileinfo.com\/extension\/wmz\">WMZ<\/a> files<\/li>\r\n<li>Help pages for the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.libreoffice.org\/7.2\/en-US\/text\/sbasic\/shared\/03\/lib_ScriptForge.html?DbPAR=BASIC\">ScriptForge<\/a> scripting library<\/li>\r\n<li>Search field for the Extension Manager<\/li>\r\n<li>Performance and compatibility improvements<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h6>Writer (Word processor)<\/h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Better change tracking in the footnote area<\/li>\r\n<li>Edited lists show original numbers in change tracking<\/li>\r\n<li>New typographic settings for hyphenation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h6>Calc (spreadsheets)<\/h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Support for 16,384 columns in spreadsheets<\/li>\r\n<li>Extra functions in drop-down AutoSum widget<\/li>\r\n<li>New menu item to search for sheet names<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h6>Impress (Presentations)<\/h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>New support for document themes<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The new features are summarised in the following video.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_47895\"  width=\"600\" height=\"338\"  data-origwidth=\"600\" data-origheight=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PC8M4UzqpqE?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"LibreOffice 7.4: New Features\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p>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: such users should check regularly for new LibreOffice releases since the development progress is so fast, that each new version offers dramatic improvements compared with its predecessor.<\/p>\r\n<p>LibreOffice provides the highest level of compatibility within the office suite market segment, with native support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oasis-open.org\/committees\/office\/\">OpenDocument Format<\/a> (ODF) \u2013 beating proprietary formats for security and robustness \u2013 to superior support for MS Office files, to filters for a large number of legacy document formats, thus returning ownership and control to users.<\/p>\r\n<h6>LibreOffice for Business<\/h6>\r\n<p>For business deployments, <abbr title=\"The Document Foundation\">TDF<\/abbr> strongly recommends approaching the LibreOffice Enterprise family of applications from its partners \u2013 for desktop, mobile and cloud \u2013 with a large number of dedicated value-added features and other benefits such as <abbr title=\"Service Level Agreements\">SLAs<\/abbr>; see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/download\/libreoffice-in-business\/\">dedicated business page<\/a> for details.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release was announced today of LibreOffice 7.4 Community, the latest version of the free and open source office suite. 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