{UPDATE} LibreOffice 3.6.1

[Gordon Darling]

"The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.6.1

Berlin, August 29, 2012 - The Document Foundation (TDF) announces
LibreOffice 3.6.1, a new and improved version of the best free office
suite ever. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, solving a number
of issues and regressions, plus further improving the stability of the
program. LibreOffice 3.6.1 is offered in over 100 languages, covering
all the countries of Europe and the Americas, and many countries in
Africa and Asia/Pacific where it is often the only available native
language suite.

LibreOffice 3.6.1 is announced within a month after the 3.6.0 release,
which brings lots of new features and functionality:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-6-new-features-and-fixes/

LibreOffice is quickly becoming the de-facto standard for migrations to
free office suites, thanks to the growing feature set and the improved
interoperability with proprietary software file formats.

News also comes from the Regione Umbria, the first Italian region to
recognize and support ODF in 2007, that has just announced a migration
project to LibreOffice, which will start in autumn and involve 5,000
desktops in different organizations. The migration project has launched
a blog in Italian at http://libreumbria.wordpress.com/

The Câmara Municipal de Vieira do Minho (county of Vieira do Minho) in
Portugal has also announced its migration to LibreOffice:
http://www.cm-vminho.pt/index.php?oid=9871&op=all

The growing number of adoptions of LibreOffice by private and public
enterprises is testament to the improvements brought to the old code by
TDF, thanks to over 500 developers and many testers and translators
working on exciting new features, stability and quality.

While preparing the next major version, the LibreOffice community
continues to work on the current 3.6 series of its software, and has
also produced another maintenance release for the previous 3.5 series,
to ensure continuity and stability for adopters.

TDF has also just announced a new “HardHacks” project at
http://skyfromme.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/announcing-libreoffice-
hardhacks/
and will be reporting progress on this on a regular basis.

LibreOffice 3.6.1 is available for immediate download from:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
Extensions for LibreOffice are available at:
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center

Change logs are available at
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/bugfixes-
libreoffice-3-6-1-release-3.6.1.1.log
(fixes in 3.6.1.1) and
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/bugfixes-
libreoffice-3-6-1-release-3.6.1.2.log
(fixes in 3.6.1.2).

Your donation helps us to deliver a better product:
http://donate.libreoffice.org

Short link to The Document Foundation blog: http://wp.me/p1byPE-ji


About The Document Foundation (TDF)

The Document Foundation is an open, independent, self-governing,
meritocratic organization, which builds on ten years of dedicated work
by the OpenOffice.org Community. TDF was created in the belief that the
culture born of an independent foundation brings out the best in
corporate and volunteer contributors, and will deliver the best free
office suite. TDF is open to any individual who agrees with its core
values and contributes to its activities, and warmly welcomes corporate
participation, e.g. by sponsoring individuals to work as equals
alongside other contributors in the community. As of August 30, 2012,
TDF has over 140 members and over 2,000 volunteers and contributors
worldwide."

Regards
Gordon

[s|b]

Post by Gordon Darling
LibreOffice 3.6.1 is announced within a month after the 3.6.0 release,
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-6-new-features-and-fixes/

Tnx!

[Ron May]

Post by Gordon Darling
The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.6.1

Thannks, Gordon. Passed on 3.6.0 to wait for the first bug fix release. I
did the Torrent D/L a few minutes ago. The 199MB main file took just under
120 SECONDS!

[John Corliss]

Post by Ron May

Post by Gordon Darling
The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.6.1

Thannks, Gordon. Passed on 3.6.0 to wait for the first bug fix release. I
did the Torrent D/L a few minutes ago. The 199MB main file took just under
120 SECONDS!

I'm waiting for them to include a Reveal Codes feature. Until then, I'll
stick with WordPerfect.
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freeware- which I define as legally obtainable, local install computer
programs that can be used indefinitely at no cost, monetary or otherwise.

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[Richard Steinfeld]

Post by John Corliss
I'm waiting for them to include a Reveal Codes feature. Until
then, I'll stick with WordPerfect.

Hmmm.
I've always detested WordPerfect's klutziness, but also
appreciated this feature. I did some hefty document conversions
back in the DOS era, and virtually all word processing files back
then contained embedded codes where you would expect to find
them. And those codes always made sense. XyWrite was the most
powerful, sensible, and fast-handling word/publishing package
that I have ever had the pleasure to work with.

Microsoft Word stood that sensible convention on its head by
eliminating formatting codes in favor of lengthy, opaque,
formatting heavily-coded descriptions grouped by themselves at
the beginnings and the ends of entire documents. It looks like
Martian.

The insanity of coding the requirement for its use is because
ASCII came directly out of teletype conventions, and when I was
on radio, it was clear that teletype did not include underline,
bold, and italics. But it did ring a bell (ASCII code "BEL.").

Being able to see and edit codes directly is a feature that is
gut-sensible. Thanks for mentioning this, John. I'll keep my eyes
open to see if it's in Scribus, and other lesser-known
writing-focused word processing packages.

Richard

[David H. Lipman]

Post by Gordon Darling
"The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.6.1

< snip >

Danke

[Richard Steinfeld]

I want to add an interesting note.
Some of us have been long aware that Open Office has not
necessarily been bloated, but has imposed a resource problem
because the entire damn package has had to be loaded as One Huge
Elephant. Not even resource-squandering Microsoft has saddled us
with this penalty in implementations of Microsoft Office. But
with OO, it's been all-or-nothing. Naturally, this aspect of Open
Office has caused usability penalties, especially on older systmes.

The Linux/Ubuntu world includes an implementation that's known
for its resource frugality: Bodhi. And on the Bodhi site, you
will find a surprise: here, you can download Libre Office
applications separately.

I have not yet begun to explore Linux/Ubuntu/Bodhi, so I'm just
point out the existence of these separated applications. I can't
talk about their quality, not having gotten there yet. Here, in
the playpen of a Linux that's focused on resource efficiency, is
a resource-efficient flavor of a respectable office suite.

Richard

[Rick]

Post by Gordon Darling
"The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.6.1
Berlin, August 29, 2012 - The Document Foundation (TDF) announces
LibreOffice 3.6.1, a new and improved version of the best free office
suite ever. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, solving a number
of issues and regressions, plus further improving the stability of the
program. LibreOffice 3.6.1 is offered in over 100 languages, covering
all the countries of Europe and the Americas, and many countries in
Africa and Asia/Pacific where it is often the only available native
language suite.
LibreOffice 3.6.1 is announced within a month after the 3.6.0 release,
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-6-new-features-and-fixes/
LibreOffice is quickly becoming the de-facto standard for migrations to
free office suites, thanks to the growing feature set and the improved
interoperability with proprietary software file formats.
News also comes from the Regione Umbria, the first Italian region to
recognize and support ODF in 2007, that has just announced a migration
project to LibreOffice, which will start in autumn and involve 5,000
desktops in different organizations. The migration project has launched
a blog in Italian at http://libreumbria.wordpress.com/
The Câmara Municipal de Vieira do Minho (county of Vieira do Minho) in
http://www.cm-vminho.pt/index.php?oid=9871&op=all
The growing number of adoptions of LibreOffice by private and public
enterprises is testament to the improvements brought to the old code by
TDF, thanks to over 500 developers and many testers and translators
working on exciting new features, stability and quality.
While preparing the next major version, the LibreOffice community
continues to work on the current 3.6 series of its software, and has
also produced another maintenance release for the previous 3.5 series,
to ensure continuity and stability for adopters.
TDF has also just announced a new “HardHacks” project at
http://skyfromme.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/announcing-libreoffice-
hardhacks/
and will be reporting progress on this on a regular basis.
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center
Change logs are available at
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/bugfixes-
libreoffice-3-6-1-release-3.6.1.1.log
(fixes in 3.6.1.1) and
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/bugfixes-
libreoffice-3-6-1-release-3.6.1.2.log
(fixes in 3.6.1.2).
http://donate.libreoffice.org
Short link to The Document Foundation blog: http://wp.me/p1byPE-ji
About The Document Foundation (TDF)
The Document Foundation is an open, independent, self-governing,
meritocratic organization, which builds on ten years of dedicated work
by the OpenOffice.org Community. TDF was created in the belief that the
culture born of an independent foundation brings out the best in
corporate and volunteer contributors, and will deliver the best free
office suite. TDF is open to any individual who agrees with its core
values and contributes to its activities, and warmly welcomes corporate
participation, e.g. by sponsoring individuals to work as equals
alongside other contributors in the community. As of August 30, 2012,
TDF has over 140 members and over 2,000 volunteers and contributors
worldwide."
Regards
Gordon

Thanks....