The Document Foundation (TDF) releases LibreOffice 5.2.3. Here’s how to download and install Libreoffice 5.2.3 Office Suite on Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04 and other Ubuntu Derivatives.
LibreOffice is a powerful office suite for Linux Ubuntu Systems. It comes with powerful addons and plugins and has a remarkable clean interface and feature-rich tools. LibreOffice includes several office applications such as Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing). LibreOffice is compatible with a wide range of document formats such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher. LibreOffice also supports the OpenDocument Format (ODF) and many different formats including PDF.
LibreOffice 5.2.3
LibreOffice 5.2.3 is the third minor release of the LibreOffice 5.2 family, representing the bleeding edge in term of features and as such targeted at technology enthusiasts, early adopters and power users.
General
- Print to File now available within the list of printers in Print dialog.
- Video clips, charts and OLE objects will resize proportionately by default.
- Improved resizing behavior for images, videos and OLE objects: Dragging a corner will resize proportionately while dragging an edge will resize unproportionately.
- Simplification of Character spacing.
- “Save as Template” is now available in the Save toolbar button dropdown.
- Native gtk3 menubar in LibreOffice.
- Native gtk3 tooltips, popovers and context menus.
- The Tools > Customize… dialog has now a new Context Menus tab, where it’s possible to customize most of context menus.
- Revamped Find & Replace Dialog – Added Find Previous button and a new wide layout for the Find & Replace dialog.
- Google Drive’s Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) now supported.
- Added Icon View and buttons for switching between modes.
- New user interface for Template Manager.
- A huge number of Help pages have been added or updated for new and changed features.
Writer
- Single Toolbar Mode
- Selection Filter in Cross Reference Tab
- Redesigned Bookmark dialog window
Calc
- New spreadsheet functions
- Changed spreadsheet functions
- Support wildcards to be compatible with XLS/XLSX and with ODF 1.2
- Using named expressions and ranges with sheet-local scope on other sheets
- Copying named expressions and ranges while copying sheets
- Number Format
For a complete list of changes and bug fixes, please visit https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.2
Download LibreOffice
Ubuntu users can download and install the latest release of LibreOffice (version 5.2.3). Please note that LibreOffice Fresh is the stable version with the most recent features. Ubuntu users should download and use LibreOffice fresh version.
LibreOffice 5.2.3 is immediately available for download from the following link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/.