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Stable release "Fresh" version:5.3.1 (16 March 2017; 1 day ago (2017-03-16)) [±]"Still" version:5.2.6 (9 March 2017; 8 days ago (2017-03-09)) [±] Operating system License MPLv2.0 (secondary license GPL, LGPLv3+ or Apache License 2.0) |
LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor 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 some identical features.
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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.
Features
Writer is capable of opening and saving documents in a number of formats, including the Open Document Format 1.2 Extended (ODT is its default format), Microsoft Word's DOC, DOCX, RTF and XHTML.
Writer provides a number of features, such as the inclusion of a word completion mechanism for predictive writing and the ability to export to PDF format.
Features include:
Release history
Versions for LibreOffice Writer include the following: