How to install LibreOffice 5.3 on Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.40, Using Snap Package. Install LibreOffice 5.3 on Ubuntu Linux Systems. LibreOffice 5.3 brings many new UI changes and features.
LibreOffice 5.3 Features
- Writer has a new dialog for quickly jump to another page that is available through Edit > Go to Page and Ctrl+G.
- Keyboard shortcuts now appear in context menus and its visibility can be set in Tools > Options > View > Menu.
- A new Arrows Toolbox, drawing tools were added (that were previously available only in Draw and Impress).
- Document recovery dialog has been simplified; it looks better and less complicated now.
- Redesign of the Colors, Gradients, Hatching and Bitmap tabs and the addition of a Pattern tab.
- Introduction of the Page Deck in the sidebar in Writer, housing four panels – Page Format Panel, Styles Panel, Header Panel and Footer Panel.
- Four toolbar modes have been added to make it easy for users to switch the visible toolbars, which can be done in View > Toolbar Layout.
- “Open Template” has been added to the “Open” dropdown.
- The Emoji One font has been bundled for Emoji support.
You can read the complete changelog and new features at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.3
Install LibreOffice 5.3
Ubuntu users can install LibreOffice 5.3 from snap on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 and other Ubuntu Derivatives. Follow the steps given below:
Vefore you begin a fresh installation of LibreOffice 5.3, remove prior installations by running these commands:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-core
sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice-core
Now begin a fresh installation of LibreOffice 5.3 using snap. Firstm get an info on LibreOffice snap package.
snap info libreoffice
After running the above command, you will see the following message on the screen:
name: libreoffice
summary: “LibreOffice is a powerful office suite including word processing and creation of spreadsheets, slideshows and databases”
publisher: canonical
description: | LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most powerful Free and Open Source office suite on the market: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing).
Now run the command given below to install LibreOffice using Snap package on Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo snap install libreoffice --channel=edge
Download LibreOffice 5.3
LibreOffice 5.3 is immediately available for download from the following link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/.
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