LibreOffice 24.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
Highlights of LibreOffice 24.2 include a new calendar-based numbering scheme (YY.M), enablement of the Save AutoRecovery information by default to always create backup copies reducing the risk of losing content, improvements to NotebookBar UI like better print preview support, proper resetting of customized layout, and enhanced use of radio buttons, as well as support for the Insert Special Character drop-down list to display a description for the selected character.
LibreOffice 24.2 also introduces new security-released features, such as a new password-based ODF encryption that performs better, hides metadata better, and is more resistant to tampering and brute force, a password strength meter in the Save with Password dialog, and clarification of the text in the options dialog box around the macro security settings to make it clear exactly what is allowed and what is not.
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LibreOffice 24.2 Released, This is What’s New
LibreOffice 24.2 is the follow up to last year’s LibreOffice 7.6 release. A leap because the latest edition is the first to use a calendar-based version number (like Ubuntu’s own): 24 denotes 2024, and 2 denotes the month, February.
Switching to a date-based version number will allow LibreOffice users to know how up-to-date their version is. After all, LibreOffice 7.6 tells you nothing about when it was released, really.
LibreOffice 24.2 ships with 6 months worth of developments from 5098 commits, spanning the full breadth, from bug fixes and security buffs to UI tweaks, new features, and more of those ever-important interoperability improvements.
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LibreOffice 24.2 Delivers Advanced Features and Global Accessibility
The Document Foundation has officially launched LibreOffice 24.2, which is now available for download for Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. This release introduces a new calendar-based version numbering system (YY.M). Here’s what it’s all about.
The latest major release of the well-known office suite was 7.6. However, this is set to change with the introduction of 24.2, as the version numbering will now follow a “year.month” pattern, similar to that used by Ubuntu releases, for example. This change aims to simplify version identification for end users, making it more intuitive to understand. More on that – here.
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LibreOffice 24.2.0 Released! New Version Numbering Scheme
LibreOffice, the popular free open-source office suite, announced a new major release this Wednesday. It’s LibreOffice 24.2.0, the first release introduced the new calendar-based numbering scheme (YY.M). Meaning it’s release in February, 2024. The release added better support for Qt-based UI variants.
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LibreOffice 24.2 Community available for all operating systems
LibreOffice 24.2 Community, the new major release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite and the first to use the new calendar-based numbering scheme (YY.M), is now available at https://www.libreoffice.org/download for backdoored Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), macOS (Apple and Intel) and Linux. The new numbering scheme will help users keep their […]
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LibreOffice 24.2 Community released
Version 24.2 of the LibreOffice office suite is available. Changes include AutoRecovery enabled by default, styling of comments, better floating-table support, improved accessibility, and more. See the release notes for details.