Product Description

LibreOffice for Windows is a full productivity suite supported by SUSE, which provides word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database capabilities. With LibreOffice for Windows, enterprises can dramatically lower costs, maximize productivity, while gaining the key functionality of Microsoft Office and interoperability with Microsoft Office file formats.

Key Features

LibreOffice 3.5 for Windows contains enhancements and bug fixes, especially for interoperability with Microsoft Office and other word processing programs. These enhancements include:

• Writer
  better UI for header/footer handling
  better page breaks indicators
  modeless word count dialog that updates as you type
  grammar checking improvements
  
• Calc
  new multiline inputbar
  supports 10000 sheets and has improved performance for a lot of sheet operations
  initial number of sheets in new documents can be configured
  handles DDE and external links failures more gracefully
  new Calc functions as declared in the ODF 1.2 specification: BITAND, BITOR, BITXOR BITRSHIFT and BITLSHIFT; SEC, CSC, SECH and CSCH
  re-designed Autofilter popup window for better visual appearance and the ability to allow multiple selections
  many performance improvements
  
• Impress / Draw
  SmartArt import
  custom shapes import
  elliptical arcs in path
  better handling of export to PDF for hidden slides
  support embedding Pallettes and other property list types
  "Exchange Screen Images" button in Presenter console extension to work around problems with detecting projector and laptop screen
  
• Filters
  import filter for MS Visio documents
  new, re-written RTF import filter
  many improvements in import/export filters, especially for Microsoft OpenXML file formats
  
• User interface
  new color picker
  menus list their entries in a natural sort order
  improved usability in several areas
  
• Enhanced Fonts
  Licensed fonts from Agfa* Monotype* which are metrically identical and visually compatible with some of the key Microsoft fonts.
  Linux Libertine G and Linux Biolinum G fonts that feature true small caps, true superscript and subscript, ligatures, medieval numbers and more by using graphite smart font rendering technology
  
• Misc
  support for Java 7
  ODF 1.2 conforming documents are produced by default
  performance improvements
  improved translations
  AES encryption is used, which replaces the previously used one (Blowfish)
  

System Requirements

Microsoft Windows system requirements:

• Windows 2000* (Service Pack 4 or higher), Windows XP* (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows Vista*, Windows 7*, Windows 8*
• Pentium-compatible PC (Pentium III, Athlon or more recent system recommended)
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB or more recommended)
• Up to 1.5 Gb available hard disk space
• 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors

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