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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d2f951b31e --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/news/20220819 LibreOffice 7.4 is Here With WebP Support and Powerful Enhancements for MS Office Interoperability.md @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +[#]: 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/