LibreOffice Writer

Jump to content
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Libreoffice Writer)
LibreOffice Writer
DeveloperThe Document Foundation
Stable release(s)
Repository
Operating systemCross platform
PredecessorOpenOffice.org Writer
TypeWord processor
LicenseMPLv2.0 (secondary license GPL, LGPLv3+ or Apache License 2.0)[3]
Websitelibreoffice.org/discover/writer

LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor and desktop publishing component of the LibreOffice suite 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.[4][5]

LibreOffice Writer is released under the Mozilla Public License v2.0.[3]

As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Microsoft Windows. There are community builds for many other platforms. Ecosystem partner Collabora uses LibreOffice upstream code and provides apps for Android, iOS, iPadOS and ChromeOS.[6][7] LibreOffice Online is an online office suite which includes the applications Writer, Calc and Impress and provides an upstream for projects such as commercial Collabora Online.

Some features

[edit]
  • 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.[8]
  • A spelling and grammar checker (Hunspell)[9][10]
  • Built-in drawing tools
  • Built-in form building tools
  • Built-in calculation functions
  • Built-in equation editor[11]
  • 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.[12]
  • 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[13]
  • 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

[edit]
File formatExtensionRead/WriteNotes
AbiWordABW, ZABWFrom 4.2
AppleWorks (word

processing)

CWKFrom 4.1Formerly called ClarisWorks
Apple PagesPAGESFrom 5.0
AportisDoc (Palm)PDBYesRequires Java
BroadBand eBookLRFYes
DocBookXMLYes
FictionBookFB2From 4.2
Hangul WP 97HWPYesNewer "5.x" documents are not supported[citation needed]
HTMLHTM, HTMLYes
Ichitaro 8/9/10/11JTD, JTTYes
Lotus Word ProLWPYes
MacWrite Pro 1.5MW, MCWFrom 4.1
Microsoft Pocket WordPSWYesRequires Java
Microsoft RTFRTFYes
Microsoft Word 2003 XML

(WordprocessingML)

XMLYes
Microsoft Word 4/5/6.0/95DOC, DOTYes, writing up to 3.6
Microsoft Word 97–2003DOC, DOTYes
Microsoft Word 2007-nowDOCX, DOTX, DOCM,

DOTM

Yes
Microsoft Works

(word processing)

WPS, WPTYesMicrosoft Works for Mac formats since 4.1
Microsoft WriteWRIFrom 5.1
OpenDocument

(word processing)

ODT, FODT, OTT,Yes
OpenOffice.org XML

(word processing)

SXW, STWYes
Plain textTXTYesVarious encodings supported
Software602 (T602)602, TXTYes
StarOffice StarWriter 3/4/5SDW, SGL, VORDropped in 4.0 then

added back in 5.3,

up to 3.6[clarification needed]

Unified Office Format

(word processing)

UOTYes
WordPerfectWPDYes
WordPerfect Suite

2000/Office 1.0

WPSYes
WriteNow 4.0WN, NX^DFrom 4.1

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Italo Vignoli (18 December 2025). "Announcement of LibreOffice 25.8.4". Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  2. ^ Italo Vignoli (30 October 2025). "[tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 25.2.7". Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Licenses". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  4. ^ Elena Opris (January 8, 2014). "LibreOffice Writer Review". Softpedia. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Jon L. Jacobi (June 27, 2013). "Review: LibreOffice 4 liberates you from Microsoft Office". IDG Consumer & SMB. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  6. ^ "Collabora Office – Apps on Google Play".
  7. ^ "Collabora Office". 25 October 2023.
  8. ^ The Document Foundation (n.d.). "Writer, a Word Processor for Every Kind of Document". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  9. ^ The Document Foundation (2012). "Chapter 1 – Introducing Writer" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  10. ^ The Document Foundation (2011). "Checking Spelling and Grammar". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  11. ^ The Document Foundation (2012). "LibreOffice Version 3.5. Math Guide. Using The Equation Editor" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  12. ^ Linton, Susan (June 2011). "The New Features in LibreOffice 3.3". Linux Journal. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  13. ^ The Document Foundation (2013). "Chapter 11. Using Mail Merge. Form letters, mailing labels and envelopes" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Screenshots of LibreOffice Writer.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LibreOffice_Writer&oldid=1329879956"
    LibreOffice Writer
    DeveloperThe Document Foundation
    Stable release(s)
    • Fresh: 25.8.4 / 18 December 2025[1] 
    • Still: 25.2.7 / 30 October 2025[2] 
    Repository
    • github.com/LibreOffice/core.git
    Operating systemCross platform
    PredecessorOpenOffice.org Writer
    TypeWord processor
    LicenseMPLv2.0 (secondary license GPL, LGPLv3+ or Apache License 2.0)[3]
    Websitelibreoffice.org/discover/writer

    LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor and desktop publishing component of the LibreOffice suite 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.[4][5]

    LibreOffice Writer is released under the Mozilla Public License v2.0.[3]

    As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Microsoft Windows. There are community builds for many other platforms. Ecosystem partner Collabora uses LibreOffice upstream code and provides apps for Android, iOS, iPadOS and ChromeOS.[6][7] LibreOffice Online is an online office suite which includes the applications Writer, Calc and Impress and provides an upstream for projects such as commercial Collabora Online.

    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.[8]
    • A spelling and grammar checker (Hunspell)[9][10]
    • Built-in drawing tools
    • Built-in form building tools
    • Built-in calculation functions
    • Built-in equation editor[11]
    • 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.[12]
    • 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[13]
    • 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

    File formatExtensionRead/WriteNotes
    AbiWordABW, ZABWFrom 4.2
    AppleWorks (word

    processing)

    		CWKFrom 4.1Formerly called ClarisWorks
    Apple PagesPAGESFrom 5.0
    AportisDoc (Palm)PDBYesRequires Java
    BroadBand eBookLRFYes
    DocBookXMLYes
    FictionBookFB2From 4.2
    Hangul WP 97HWPYesNewer "5.x" documents are not supported[citation needed]
    HTMLHTM, HTMLYes
    Ichitaro 8/9/10/11JTD, JTTYes
    Lotus Word ProLWPYes
    MacWrite Pro 1.5MW, MCWFrom 4.1
    Microsoft Pocket WordPSWYesRequires Java
    Microsoft RTFRTFYes
    Microsoft Word 2003 XML

    (WordprocessingML)

    		XMLYes
    Microsoft Word 4/5/6.0/95DOC, DOTYes, writing up to 3.6
    Microsoft Word 97–2003DOC, DOTYes
    Microsoft Word 2007-nowDOCX, DOTX, DOCM,

    DOTM

    		Yes
    Microsoft Works

    (word processing)

    		WPS, WPTYesMicrosoft Works for Mac formats since 4.1
    Microsoft WriteWRIFrom 5.1
    OpenDocument

    (word processing)

    		ODT, FODT, OTT,Yes
    OpenOffice.org XML

    (word processing)

    		SXW, STWYes
    Plain textTXTYesVarious encodings supported
    Software602 (T602)602, TXTYes
    StarOffice StarWriter 3/4/5SDW, SGL, VORDropped in 4.0 then

    added back in 5.3,

    up to 3.6[clarification needed]

    Unified Office Format

    (word processing)

    		UOTYes
    WordPerfectWPDYes
    WordPerfect Suite

    2000/Office 1.0

    		WPSYes
    WriteNow 4.0WN, NX^DFrom 4.1

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Italo Vignoli (18 December 2025). "Announcement of LibreOffice 25.8.4". Retrieved 18 December 2025.
    2. ^ Italo Vignoli (30 October 2025). "[tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 25.2.7". Retrieved 30 October 2025.
    3. ^ a b "Licenses". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
    4. ^ Elena Opris (January 8, 2014). "LibreOffice Writer Review". Softpedia. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
    5. ^ Jon L. Jacobi (June 27, 2013). "Review: LibreOffice 4 liberates you from Microsoft Office". IDG Consumer & SMB. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
    6. ^ "Collabora Office – Apps on Google Play".
    7. ^ "Collabora Office". 25 October 2023.
    8. ^ The Document Foundation (n.d.). "Writer, a Word Processor for Every Kind of Document". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
    9. ^ The Document Foundation (2012). "Chapter 1 – Introducing Writer" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
    10. ^ The Document Foundation (2011). "Checking Spelling and Grammar". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
    11. ^ The Document Foundation (2012). "LibreOffice Version 3.5. Math Guide. Using The Equation Editor" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
    12. ^ Linton, Susan (June 2011). "The New Features in LibreOffice 3.3". Linux Journal. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
    13. ^ The Document Foundation (2013). "Chapter 11. Using Mail Merge. Form letters, mailing labels and envelopes" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Screenshots of LibreOffice Writer.
    • Features page at LibreOffice.org
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LibreOffice_Writer&oldid=1329879956"