{"id":43032,"date":"2022-08-19T16:57:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43032"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:57:47","slug":"libreoffice-office-suite-7-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/libreoffice-office-suite-7-4\/","title":{"rendered":"LibreOffice Office Suite 7.4 is Available to Download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/libreoffice-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/libreoffice-icon-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-36666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/libreoffice-icon-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/libreoffice-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/libreoffice-icon-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/libreoffice-icon-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/libreoffice-icon.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu&#8217;s default LibreOffice office suite got a big updates! See what&#8217;s new and how to install guide.<\/p>\n<p>LibreOffice finally added WebP image format support by releasing the 7.4 release. As well, this release features new remote grammar checker: LanguageTool API; Calc now supports sparklines and uses 16,384 columns in spreadsheets; Show Changes mode does no longer count deleted list items, instead it now shows changes in numbering correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in LibreOffice 7.4 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New optional hyphenation settings to adjust paragraph-level text flow.<\/li>\n<li>EMZ\/WMZ files support.<\/li>\n<li>Impress now has the start of document theme support<\/li>\n<li>Writer now supports clearing breaks from Word.<\/li>\n<li>Experimental dark mode support for Windows 10\/11<\/li>\n<li>Help pages for the ScriptForge scripting library<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.documentfoundation.org\/ReleaseNotes\/7.4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">release note<\/a> for more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/libreoffice74-base-600x452.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/libreoffice74-base-600x452.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/libreoffice74-base-300x226.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/libreoffice74-base-768x579.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/libreoffice74-base.webp 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to Install LibreOffice 7.4 in Ubuntu:<\/h2>\n<p>There are a few ways to get the most recent LibreOffice package for Ubuntu Linux, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/details\/org.libreoffice.LibreOffice\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flatpak package<\/a> &#8211; universal Linux package runs in sandbox.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/libreoffice\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snap package<\/a> &#8211; available in Ubuntu Software and run in sandbox.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/download\/download\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Native DEB<\/a> packages &#8211; but not well integrated with Ubuntu desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/download\/appimage\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AppImage<\/a> &#8211; no installation required, just click to run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Except the non-install AppImage package, all others will install another copy along side the system pre-installed version. Meaning you&#8217;ll have duplicated shortcut icons.<\/p>\n<p>So, <b>the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~libreoffice\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LibreOffice PPA<\/a> is highly recommended<\/b>. Which will update the stock packages to the latest and keep it up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the command below to add PPA for all current Ubuntu releases:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/libreoffice-ppa-focal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"145\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33434\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Next, either open &#8220;Update Manager&#8221; to install updates, or run the command below in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade<\/pre>\n<p><b>NOTE:<\/b> This PPA at the moment is not updated with LibreOffice 7.4.0 package. Maintainers need time to build and test the new packages, especially for major releases.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Restore:<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the PPA as well as downgrading the office packages to stock version, run command in terminal to install ppa-purge tool and purge the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:libreoffice\/ppa<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu&#8217;s default LibreOffice office suite got a big updates! See what&#8217;s new and how to install guide. LibreOffice finally added WebP image format support by releasing the 7.4 release. 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