LibreOffice Writer


LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor and desktop publishing component of the LibreOffice software package and is a fork of OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect with many similar features, and file format compatibility.
LibreOffice Writer is released under the Mozilla Public License v2.0.
As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

Some features

Versions for LibreOffice Writer include the following:
Date ReleasedVersionComments
25 January 20113.3
  • Import of MS Works documents now possible.
  • SVG import into Writer is now possible.
  • Many WordPerfect import improvements.
3 June 20113.4
  • New gradient / drop-shadow to highlight writer pages, with configurable colors in the options.
  • Text rendering has been improved as text is now drawn via Cairo with the same subpixeling options as other Cairo-using apps.
    • 14 February 20123.5
  • Better user interface for header/footer handling. Easily add header or footers.
  • Faster built-in grammar checking.
  • Custom Shapes import was greatly enhanced, many bugs were fixed and new presets implementation added.
  • Import filter for Microsoft Visio documents.
    • 12 August 20123.6
  • Support for contextual spacing
  • Support for importing Smart Art
  • Word count in status bar
  • Shows Text Boundaries depending on the choice of display unprintable characters
    • 7 February 20134.0
  • Support for comments to text ranges in Writer
  • Import ink annotations from DOCX and RTF documents
  • Various DOCX improvements
    • 25 July 20134.1
  • Images embedded in writer can now be rotated easily in 90 degree increments
  • Embedding fonts in a Writer document
  • Writer textframes now support having a gradient as background
    • 30 January 20144.2
  • format one or more characters with a border
  • Writer can now create DOT files
  • DOCX Interoperability: Numerous significant improvements to interoperability with Microsoft Word's DOCX format
    • 30 July 20144.3
  • Character limitation raised from 65,535 to 2,147,483,647
  • Minor user interface improvements
  • Ability to print comments in margins
    • 29 January 20154.4
  • Substantial user interface improvements
  • Ability to digitally sign PDF files during the exporting process
  • AutoCorrect improvements
  • Improved track changes functions
    • 5 August 20155.0
  • Windows 10 compatibility
  • Emoji and in-word replacement support
  • Style previews in the sidebar
  • Microsoft Word compatible text highlighting
  • Crop an image with mouse
  • Improved displayed page number calculation
  • Additional table management features
  • Toolbar improvements
  • File import improvements
  • Image drag and drop on Mac OS X
  • Optional RSIDs
  • Additional LibreLogo features
    • 10 February 20165.1
  • User interface improvements
  • Additional improvements to proprietary document format inter-operability
  • Improvements to remote file access
  • Embed mail/merge data source into document
  • Changes to Widow/Orphan and speller dialogue defaults
  • Hide whitespace option
  • Jump to desired page in print preview mode
    • 3 August 20165.2
  • New drawing tools
  • New button for showing/hiding track changes toolbar
  • Single Toolbar Mode
    • 1 February 20175.3
  • New dialog for quickly jump to another page
  • Implement table styles
  • New drawing tools for arrows
  • A toolbar button for small capitals
    • 28 July 20175.4
  • Importing AutoText from Microsoft Word DOTM templates
  • Preserving full structure of numbered and bulleted lists while exporting or pasting them as plain text
  • Creating custom watermarks via Format menu
  • New context menu items have been added for working with sections, footnotes, endnotes and styles
    • 31 January 20186.0
  • Add Form menu in menubar
  • Input field behavior improves
  • Implement rotation of images to any angle
  • Use ODT and XLSX files as mail merge data source
  • New default table style
  • "Grammar By" spell checking
    • 8 August 20186.1
  • Multiple improves for Ruby characters
  • Support generating signature line via Insert menu
  • Add localized settings for tab scopes and caption order
  • Multiple improves to EPUB export
    • 7 February 20196.2
  • Copy and paste spreadsheet data directly in an existing table
  • UTF-8 and UTF-16 text file can be saved without byte order mark
    • 8 August 20196.3
  • AutoCorrect exception list function has been extended to avoid auto-capitalization in words like mRNA, iPhone, fMRI
  • Add "Send Outline to Clipboard" button to Navigator → Context Menu
  • New bottom-to-top, left-to-right writing direction in table cells and text frames
  • Support importing charts from DOCX drawingML group shapes
  • New interface add Word form controls
    • 29 January 20206.4
  • Option to mark comments as resolved in Writer
  • The bottom-to-top, left-to-right text direction is available in Writer Text Frames
  • Comments on Writer images and charts
  • New Paste Special menu options for pasting table data into tables