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LibreOffice - new name for the office suite OpenOffice.org. The developers of the software package OpenOffice announced the creation of an independent organization The Document Foundation, under which they will continue to develop your own applications, but under the name LibreOffice. Programs OpenOffice.org - a free collection of programs, similar in functionality to the package Microsoft Office: Writer - a word processor; Calc - a spreadsheet; Impress - the creation and viewing of multimedia presentations; Draw - a vector graphics editor; Math - editor for mathematical formulas. One very positive qualities - the ability to work all these applications with the relevant documents formats MS Office.

The project was developed by Sun Microsystems, and this year, after the sale of Sun, was owned by Oracle. Brand OpenOffice.org remains the property of Oracle, so the name had to change. On the support already expressed LibreOffice Google, Free Software Foundation, Novell and Red Hat, Canonical representatives and promised to include this package in the OS Ubuntu - the most popular among home users distro Linux.

Allows you to create and edit all common document formats, including formats of documents MS Office. Own document format OpenOffice.org OpenDocument Format (ODF), approved by the International Organization for Standardization ISO as standard ISO / IEC 26300:2006. OpenOffice.org office suite allows you to upload any document in PDF (ISO 32000).

LibreOffice.org consists of six components of the programs:

editor and editor of web-pages Writer
Calc spreadsheet
A tool for presentations and demonstrations Impress
Draw vector graphics editor
Database Management System Base
editor for creating and editing formulas Math

All components are integrated into a common nucleus and, thus, have a good compatibility with each other. The functionality of all components provides all the tools and allows you to solve the main tasks of the user. To store the results of using a file format ODF (ISO / IEC 26300:2006), based on XML and has received the status of international standard.

Software version: 3.4.0
Language: Multilanguage
Treatment: not required
System requirements:
Windows: XP/Vista/7 / Linux

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