The Document Foundation maintains two editions of LibreOffice: version 3.3.x caters to conservative users, who wish to stick to a proven release in deep maintenance mode, with increasingly infrequent updates, while the 3.4 branch provides a more modern and featurefull release. The next version in that branch – LibreOffice 3.4.3 – is expected by the end of August. In the meantime, development is continuing on the 3.4 series, which offers new features. LibreOffice 3.3.4 fixes several bugs, the next maintenance release 3.3.5 is scheduled for October. The new version is available for download at

The source code has been cleaned for instance.The Document Foundation announces the availability of LibreOffice 3.3.4, a new release of the free office suite’s 3.3 branch. The development team has made many changes that are not visible to the average user. Vastly improved RTF export fixing many critical data-loss bugs.AutoCorrections match case of the words that AutoCorrect replaces.

New easy-to-use dialog box for creating and managing title pages.

Show all appropriate formats by default on 'Save As'.

'Experimental' mode, to allow users to test out as-yet-unfinished features.

Import SVG pictures* into Draw and edit them interactively.

Load and Save ODF documents in flat XML to make external XSLT processing easier.

If you look at the new features and fixes page over at LibreOffice you see some features that are specific to the Office suite. It is a bit of a hassle to compare the differences between Libre Office 3.3 and Open Office 3.3.

Which version should I download and install?.

What's the difference between Libre Office and Open Office?.

Popular questions that came up on various forums and websites were for instance: The move has caused confusion for Open Office users. Open Office is governed by the Community Council which is dependent on Oracle which has led to disputes in the past which eventually led to the departure of independent developers and the forming of The Document Foundation and Libre Office. Members of the Open Office project formed The Document Foundation back in September 2010 and made available a fork of Open Office that they called Libre Office. Oracle, with the purchase of the software company Sun, is the current main sponsor of the Open Source project.

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