LibreOffice Writer is the
free and open-source word processor
A word processor (WP) is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features.
Word processor (electronic device), Early word processors were stand-alone devices ded ...
and
desktop publishing component of the
LibreOffice software package
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* Package (package management system), in which individual files or resources are packed together as a software collection that provides certain functionality as part of a larger system
* Software suite, which provid ...
and is a
fork of
OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer is a word processor similar to
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processing software developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the name ''Multi-Tool Word'' for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms includi ...
and Corel's
WordPerfect with many similar features, and file format compatibility.
LibreOffice Writer is released under the
Mozilla Public License v2.0.
As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including
Linux
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,
FreeBSD,
macOS
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and
Microsoft Windows.
Some features
* Writer is capable of opening and saving to a number of formats, including
OpenDocument
The Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), also known as OpenDocument, is an open file format for word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics and using ZIP-compressed XML files. It was developed ...
(ODT is its default format),
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processing software developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the name ''Multi-Tool Word'' for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms includi ...
's
DOC,
DOCX,
RTF and
XHTML
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While HTML, prior ...
.
* A spelling and grammar checker (
Hunspell)
* Built-in drawing tools
* Built-in form building tools
* Built-in calculation functions
* Built-in equation editor
* Export in
PDF format, generate hybrid PDF (a standard PDF with attached source ODF file) and create fillable PDF form
* The ability to import and edit PDF files.
* Ability to edit
HTML
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,
XHTML
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While HTML, prior ...
files visually without using code with
WYSIWYG support
* Export in HTML, XHTML,
XML formats
* Export in
EPUB ebook format
* Contents, index, bibliography
* Document signing, password and
public-key (GPG) encryption
* Change tracking during revisions, document comparison (view changes between two files)
* Database integration, including a bibliography database
* MailMerge
* Scriptable and Remote Controllable via the
UNO API
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* ''Uno'' (film), a 2004 Norwegian drama film
*Rai Uno, an Italian TV channel
**'' ...
*
OpenType stylistic sets and character variants of fonts are not selectable from the menus, but can be specified manually in the font window. For example,
fontname:ss06&cv03 will set the font to stylistic set 6 and chose character variant 3. This is based on the same syntax for
Graphite font feature.
Supported file formats
Release history
Versions for LibreOffice Writer include the following:
See also
*
LibreOffice Calc
*
Comparison of office suites
*
Comparison of word processors
*
List of word processors
References
External links
Features pageat LibreOffice.org
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Cross-platform free software
Free word processors
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Linux word processors
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