(See the post How to Customize the New LibreOffice 4.0for details on using Firefox themes.) New Flat Icon Setįlat design has been a hot feature in blogging and software design for over a year now, and it has finally reached LibreOffice with a new flat icon set inexplicably called “Sifr.” The icons do give the suite a more modern look, and it complements my added Firefox theme.
Many improvements have been made to fix bugs and add features to make it easier to exchange Write / Word and Calc / Excel files back and forth, including adding functions in Calc to make the switch easier. Better Import / Export between Microsoft Office and LibreOffice To my mind, the document icons seem overly large and I couldn’t find a way to change the size, but that’s a quibble to a good interface improvement. You can tap, use your mouse, or use keyboard shortcuts to select what you want to do. It also shows tiles of your most recently used documents. The first thing you’ll notice is a new, larger and better looking startup screen which allows you to choose which module you want to start up. My download and installation of the Windows version of the software went smoothly and the program automatically transferred all the settings from my earlier version. Here’s a quick first look at the program and changes, based on the test version. However, if you can’t wait until then, you can now download the test version of LibreOffice 4.2.0.1 from here. The Document Foundation will be releasing LibreOffice version 4.2, probably later this January or early February. LibreOffice Gets Better, But No Big Surprises
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