diff --git a/sources/news/20220819 LibreOffice 7.4 is Here With WebP Support and Powerful Enhancements for MS Office Interoperability.md b/sources/news/20220819 LibreOffice 7.4 is Here With WebP Support and Powerful Enhancements for MS Office Interoperability.md deleted file mode 100644 index d2f951b31e..0000000000 --- a/sources/news/20220819 LibreOffice 7.4 is Here With WebP Support and Powerful Enhancements for MS Office Interoperability.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,116 +0,0 @@ -[#]: subject: "LibreOffice 7.4 is Here With WebP Support and Powerful Enhancements for MS Office Interoperability" -[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/libreoffice-7-4-release/" -[#]: author: "Ankush Das https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/" -[#]: collector: "lkxed" -[#]: translator: " " -[#]: reviewer: " " -[#]: publisher: " " -[#]: url: " " - -LibreOffice 7.4 is Here With WebP Support and Powerful Enhancements for MS Office Interoperability -====== -LibreOffice 7.4 is an exciting release with WebP support, performance boost, and MS Office compatibility improvements. - -![LibreOffice 7.4 is Here With WebP Support and Powerful Enhancements for MS Office Interoperability][1] - -LibreOffice 7.4 community edition is a major upgrade to the previous release after six months. - -With LibreOffice 7.4, The Document Foundation mentions that the development is now focused on “**interoperability**” with Microsoft's proprietary file formats. - -While this is great news for users migrating away from MS Office, the upgrade also introduces some cool features. Here, let me highlight the best parts of the release. - -### 🆕 LibreOffice 7.4: Overview - -As usual, every LibreOffice update brings in enhancements to all of its programs that include **Writer, Calc, Impress & Draw, Base, Chart, and Math**. - -![LibreOffice 7.4: New Features][2] - -Overall, the key refinements include: - -* New open-source grammar checker integration, i.e., [LanguageTool][3]. -* WebP image support. -* Performance improvements to Calc. -* Support for 16,384 columns in spreadsheets. -* Improved typographic settings in Writer. -* Master slide improvement for Impress & Draw. -* Import/Export enhancements for DOCX, PPTX, and a couple other file types. -* New macro scripting resources for power users. -* Experimental dark mode support for Windows 10/11. - -Let us explore a few things about the major additions. - -### LanguageTool Integration - -![][4] - -With LibreOffice Writer, one can use LanguageTool API for grammar checking. - -If you did not know, [LanguageTool][5] is a remarkable open-source alternative to tools like [Grammarly][6]. - -Our team uses it to proofread and edit articles as well. You can enable the LanguageTool integration under the **Language** settings. - -#### Also Read: - -![][7] - -![][8] - -### WebP Image Support - -If you recently tried saving an image from the internet, it is most likely a **WebP**file. - -It is now the predominantly used image format (developed by Google) on the internet with the best compression/quality balance. - -LibreOffice 7.4 added support for WebP image import/export. So, you can work with any image file format you want now. - -### MS Office Compatibility Improvements - -With the upgrade, several refinements for **lighting extruded custom shapes**were worked upon to make rendering more compatible with MS Office binary formats. - -When importing a DOCX/PPTX file, LibreOffice 7.4 now doesn't miss fetching the tables, images, and linked media files. Furthermore, if you had a missing embedded video file when exporting a PPTX file, that has been fixed. - -If you wanted to unlock protected change tracking of DOCX files, you should now be able to do it without any hiccups. - -### Other Refinements - -There are numerous under-the-hood changes, and feature additions that should elevate your user experience with LibreOffice programs. - -Things like new macro resources, a search field in the extension manager, and performance tuning, makes this an exciting release. - -You can read all the technical details in its [official changelog][9] and more about the release/enterprise plans on its [announcement blog post][10]. - -### 📂 Download LibreOffice 7.4.0 - -LibreOffice 7.4 is available through the [official download webpage][11]. - -You can find deb, and rpm files along with packages for Windows and macOS (Intel/ARM). - -Torrent file is also available for a smooth download experience. If you already have it installed on your system, expect an update in the next few days/weeks, depending on your Linux distribution. You can also use the Flatpak package for faster access to the latest version. - -[Download LibreOffice 7.4.0][12] - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -via: https://news.itsfoss.com/libreoffice-7-4-release/ - -作者：[Ankush Das][a] -选题：[lkxed][b] -译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) -校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) - -本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 - -[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/ -[b]: https://github.com/lkxed -[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w1200/2022/08/libreoffice-7-4-release.jpg -[2]: https://youtu.be/PC8M4UzqpqE -[3]: https://itsfoss.com/languagetool-review/ -[4]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/08/languagetool-libreoffice.jpg -[5]: https://languagetool.org/ -[6]: https://www.grammarly.com/ -[7]: https://itsfoss.com/libreoffice-tips/ -[8]: https://itsfoss.com/libreoffice-tips/ -[9]: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.4 -[10]: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/08/18/libreoffice-7-4-community/ -[11]: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/ -[12]: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/