LibreOffice 24.2.2 and 7.6.6: Free and Portable Alternative to Microsoft Office

Almost all of us use Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint regularly in our computers but Office suite is not free and one needs to purchase the complete Office suite program to use these apps. If you don’t want to purchase Microsoft Office suite and are looking for a free alternative to MS Office, here is something interesting for you.

LibreOffice Features List

LibreOffice is one of the best, free and open source office suite which is widely used by people as an alternative to Microsoft Office. It’s based on popular OpenOffice.org (OOo) suite.

It can be used for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and much more. It is compatible with almost all other major office suites.

LibreOffice is absolutely free to download, use, and distribute. It provides almost all essential features of an Office suite, so you’ll never miss Microsoft Office if you install LibreOffice suite.

It comes with following applications:

• Writer – A word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
• Calc – A powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
• Impress – The fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
• Draw – Lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
• Base – Lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within LibreOffice
• Math – Lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.

What’s New in LibreOffice Latest Version

The new “fresh” version of LibreOffice comes with following changes and enhancements:

• Save AutoRecovery information is enabled by default, and is always creating backup copies. This reduces the risk of losing content for first-time users who are unfamiliar with LibreOffice settings.
• Many UI enhancements to improve the experience for users familiar with the Microsoft Office UI.
• Several significant improvements to the handling of mouse positions and the presentation of dialogue boxes via the Accessibility APIs, allowing screen readers to present them correctly.
• Improved management of IAccessible2 roles and text/object attributes, allowing screen readers to present them correctly.
• Status bars in dialogs are reported with the correct accessible role so that screen readers can find and report them appropriately, while checkboxes in dialogs can be toggled using the space bar.
• The Save with Password dialogue box now has a password strength meter. This uses zxcvbn-c to determine the password strength.
• New password-based ODF encryption that performs better, hides metadata better, and is more resistant to tampering and brute force.
• Clarification of the text in the options dialogue box around the macro security settings, so that it is clear exactly what is allowed and what is not.

LibreOffice System Requirements

Following are the system requirements to install LibreOffice in your computer system:

• Windows 32-bit/64-bit (Windows 7 SP1 or higher)
• GNU/Linux x64 (deb/rpm ) (Kernel version 3.10 or higher and glibc2 v2.17 or higher)
• Mac OS X (Aarch64/Apple Silicon)
• macOS (Intel) (10.12 or newer)

Download LibreOffice Latest Version

LibreOffice can be downloaded for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows, Linux and macOS.

You can download it using following link:

Download LibreOffice

Download LibreOffice Portable Edition for Windows

LibreOffice also comes in portable version which doesn’t need any installation. So you can carry it on your USB thumb drive and use it any computer system anywhere you want.

The portable version is a full-featured edition of LibreOffice for Windows which includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database.

You can download its portable version using following link:

Download LibreOffice Portable Version

Do you also use LibreOffice in your system? If you use any other Office suite, please let us know in your comment…