LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor and desktop publishing component of the LibreOffice software package and is a fork of OpenOffice.org Writer.
Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word 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, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
Some features
Writer is capable of opening and saving to a number of formats, including OpenDocument (ODT is its default format), Microsoft Word's DOC, DOCX, RTF and XHTML.
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, XHTML 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
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
Comparison of office suites
Comparison of word processors
List of word processors
References
External links
Features page at LibreOffice.org
