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LibreOffice 3.5.1 Released With Fixes

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

Thinkcloud writes "The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 3.5.1. Some of the core fixes include: don't crash for empty input data in charts, UI fix on PDF export dialog, don't copy page styles into temporary clipboard doc, and use the correct db range for the copy. 'Another milestone for the LibreOffice project was hit this past month as well. "The number of TDF hackers has overtaken the threshold of 400 code developers, with a large majority of independent volunteers and several companies paying full time hackers." Although some are paid developers, no company employs more than 7% of developers, keeping the project independent and self-governing.'"

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  1. Re:Biggest flaw remains unfixed- by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's more like MS Office than current versions of MS Office... ribbonless, the way I likes it. Now get off my lawn!

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  2. Finally get good doc support? by Murdoch5 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm a Libre Office fan, it's one of the only good office solutions on the market as it's free and cross platform, something Microsoft Office can't say for itself;. My only lasting big peeve is that Libre can't seem to open a docx document with out having formatting / rendering issues. It also can't copy charts from a doc / docx and keep the chart in tact. Other then that's it's a bullet proof office suite, does any one have this issue or have a fix for this issue?

  3. Quick question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did they, finally, remove that nonsensical Java dependency?

    It made strategical sense as long as it was Sun's baby. But, technically, it really is just a huge "WTF?"

    1. Re:Quick question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Work is under way, but it's a non-trivial task since large bits of the code are in Java, most notably in Base. The rest will as far as I know run without it but you might get errors when you try to use some functionality. Patience, my friend.

  4. Re:Biggest flaw remains unfixed- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The ribbon is a nice UI that really isn't very different than the old UI. It takes vertical drop-down menus and makes them horizontal. Then it ads pictures.

    Big deal.

    Some people claim that it takes up more space, but that is debatable. If you're truly hard-up for space you can always minimize the ribbon. Apparently in the next version of Office it will be minimized by default.

    Dunno why people bitch about the ribbon so much. I think it's a combination of "I don't care why they changed it, it's different and I HATE different" and "Look! Microsoft is doing something! LET'S HATE ON IT!"

  5. Re:Biggest flaw remains unfixed- by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The one thing that I find very unfortunate about the timing of the 'ribbon' is that it managed to coincide with the massive shift in the most common and cheapest PC displays(especially in laptops) from 4:3 to a brief period of 16:10 followed by a rush to 16:9. Having the menu bar expanding even as vertical resolution was being nibbled away at made the always-slightly-awkward editing of 8.5x11 or A4 documents on computer screens even more irritating.

    I mostly blame the fuckers who killed 16:10, since that can't be fixed in software; but it wasn't a helpful coincidence.