New features in LibreOffice 5
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LibreOffice for Android
LibreOffice Viewer is now also available for Android. If needed, you can download it from the Google Play Store (Figure 8). The smartphone or tablet has run at least Android 4 to use the app.
Figure 8: The LibreOffice View for Android seems promising, but it is not yet completely stable.
The LibreOffice Viewer lets you read documents and also perform rudimentary editing actions. The editor possibilities are limited to adding and deleting text and hard formatting, such as boldface, cursive, underline, and strike through.
The LibreOffice viewer supports ODT, ODS, and ODP formats as well as Microsoft documents in DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, and PPTX formats.
Conclusion
LibreOffice 5.0 is not revolutionary, but it does have visual and functional improvements. Under the hood, there are numerous advances, including increased compatibility with Microsoft formats. A complete listing of all changes can be found in the Release Notes provided by the LibreOffice Community [3]. LibreOffice Viewer for Android is a bonus even if it still has difficulties. There should be no problems with existing LibreOffice documents, thus making it easier to upgrade to the new version.
Infos
- New features in LibreOffice 5: https://libreoffice.org/discover/new-features/
- Open-Formula-Standard: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part2.html
- Release Notes: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.0/
- Downloading LibreOffice 5: https://libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/
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