/tags/libreoffice/ Recent content in LibreOffice on Amit Agarwal Linux Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:03:17 +0000 /2017/03/20/flatpak-latest-libreoffice/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:03:17 +0000 /2017/03/20/flatpak-latest-libreoffice/ <p>flatpak is tool similar to 0install. You can find more details <a href="http://flatpak.org/">here</a>.</p> <pre class="brush:shell"># Get the gnome-sdk gpg keys wget https://sdk.gnome.org/keys/gnome-sdk.gpg # Add the keys to trusted keys flatpak remote-add --user --gpg-import=gnome-sdk.gpg gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/repo/ # Install pre-requisite gnome flatpak install --user gnome org.gnome.Platform 3.20 # Download the flatpak file and install it. Or you can follow the next step. wget 'http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/flatpak/latest/LibreOffice.flatpak' flatpak install --user --bundle LibreOffice.flatpak # Install flatpak without downloading flatpak install --user gnome org.gnome.Platform.Locale 3.20 # Run you brand new shiny latest libreoffice flatpak run org.libreoffice.LibreOffice # At a later date, when you want to update libreoffice. flatpak update --user org.libreoffice.LibreOffice </pre> /2012/03/17/visio-support-linux-loads-features-libreoffice/ Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:32:54 +0000 /2012/03/17/visio-support-linux-loads-features-libreoffice/ <figure style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Microsoft_Visio_2010.png" target="_blank"><img class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" title="Microsoft Visio 2010" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/Microsoft_Visio_2010.png/300px-Microsoft_Visio_2010.png" alt="Microsoft Visio 2010" width="300" height="214" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Image via Wikipedia</figcaption></figure> <p><a class="zem_slink" title="LibreOffice" href="http://www.libreoffice.org" rel="homepage" target="_blank">LibreOffice</a> 3.5 was released few days back with loads of features and improvements. Most bragged about feature should be capability to read visio diagrams. You can read the full list of features <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-5-new-features-and-fixes/">here</a>. And here are some interesting features:</p> <ul> <li>Better <a class="zem_slink" title="User interface" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">UI</a> for header/footer handling. Easily add header or footers. Quickly see what is edited with new changing text boundaries. 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