{"id":1862,"date":"2014-01-31T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2014-01-31T14:43:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:43:16","slug":"libreoffice-4-2-challenges-microsoft-office-with-improved-windows-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/open-source-software\/libreoffice-4-2-challenges-microsoft-office-with-improved-windows-integration.php","title":{"rendered":"Libreoffice 4.2 challenges Microsoft Office with improved Windows integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>      OPEN SOURCE OFFICE SUITE Libreoffice 4.2 is      out and is a major upgrade release.    <\/p>\n<p>      The popular alternative to Microsoft Office has been retooled      to increase compatibility with that expensive proprietary      productivity applications suite, including compatibility with      Visio and Publisher files.    <\/p>\n<p>      In addition to a much improved formula process for its      spreadsheet application, Libreoffice 4.2 also includes a new      startup screen and improved round trip compatibility for      newer formats such as .docx.    <\/p>\n<p>      Java accessibility features are being phased out in favour of      the IBM IAccessibility2 package, which will supercede the      Java version in future editions.    <\/p>\n<p>      iOS users can take advantage of the Impress Remote Control      feature that allows users to control presentations from their      smartphones. This feature has been available on Android for      some time but now Apple fans can use it too.    <\/p>\n<p>      Libreoffice claims that this is the biggest recoding of its      office suite yet and says that it now offers better      integration with Windows 7 and Windows 8, with documents      grouped on the taskbar and quickview thumbnails.    <\/p>\n<p>      The news comes after UK cabinet minister Francis Maude      recently announced that      Parliament will move towards using open source software      for its documents, and said that interoperability      improvements such as those Libreoffice has introduced will be      key to ensuring that all areas of government communicate a      lot more effectively than they do right now.    <\/p>\n<p>      Libreoffice has also made contributing to continued      development of the open source office suite even easier with      a new code submission and review portal known as Gerrit.    <\/p>\n<p>      Libreoffice 4.2 is available to download now.     <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.theinquirer.net\/c\/554\/f\/7127\/s\/3692d3bd\/sc\/15\/l\/0L0Stheinquirer0Bnet0Cinquirer0Cnews0C23262950Clibreoffice0E420Echallenges0Emicrosoft0Eoffice0Ewith0Eimproved0Ewindows0Eintegration\/story01.htm\" title=\"Libreoffice 4.2 challenges Microsoft Office with improved Windows integration\">Libreoffice 4.2 challenges Microsoft Office with improved Windows integration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> OPEN SOURCE OFFICE SUITE Libreoffice 4.2 is out and is a major upgrade release. The popular alternative to Microsoft Office has been retooled to increase compatibility with that expensive proprietary productivity applications suite, including compatibility with Visio and Publisher files. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-source-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}