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[resolved] LibreOffice 5.1.6.2 or LibreOffice 6.0.4

pcfan5

Tue May 22, 2018 12:15:41 am

I am wondering about the pros and cons of installing LibreOffice 6.0.4 in my fresh instalation of Zorin Lite 12.3. I use Write a lot for my work, but most of times I cannot select text easily by scrolling for example - you can get a lot of text selecting and you cannot control the mouse (this happens in earlier versions too. I mean the ones that comes with the OS's, - also regardin Linux Mint).
Also if I save a file under "RTF" format, to open it with "wordpad" under my virtual box's windows 7, I got a lot of wrong caracters... (but this might be a problem among the applications)

I have been using 5.1.6.2 for a long time and all in all it seems realy stable for me, didn't experienced bad shut downs, non that I recall. However I asume it doesn't have all the features include in 6.0.4 , I don't know..... you may know better.

I have used LibreOffice 5.3.4, (in another computer) so I know there are some differences. However I wonder if I install the lastest LibreOffice version (6.0.4), would it ocupy many space of my disk?, and if some problems mentioned will be fixed.. My main concern is that this is a stable version.

To sum up which are the differences? Is it better to have 6.04 ?

There is also a version called Stable: LibreOffice 5.4.7 ... :roll:


Ps: I have just made a fresh install of Zorin Lite 12.3 (in Spanish) and realized LibreOffice is en english :|



Thanks and sorry for the long text.

Swarfendor437

Tue May 22, 2018 11:50:54 am

I would always go for stable, and don't forget there is a slight lag as Zorin is a fork of Ubuntu so things filter through a bit more slowly to ensure stability of the OS. For installing into Spanish,
take a look at the post by Rubén Carbonero here:

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-install ... em?share=1

pcfan5

Tue May 22, 2018 12:15:18 pm

Swarfendor437 wrote:I would always go for stable, and don't forget there is a slight lag as Zorin is a fork of Ubuntu so things filter through a bit more slowly to ensure stability of the OS. For installing into Spanish,
take a look at the post by Rubén Carbonero here:

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-install ... em?share=1


Thank you, and thanks for the link there's an spanish package to apply that I've already use, I guess that is your link about.
I would try the stable version.
I wonder if there are big differences with the one that come already with the system and if will take a much space of my disk. :?:

Swarfendor437

Tue May 22, 2018 9:08:18 pm

Hi, I suggest you take a look at the official website of LibreOffice for the latest information:

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/new-features/

It would appear you can now save documents as ePub files! ;) :D

pcfan5

Fri May 25, 2018 4:12:05 pm

Swarfendor437 wrote:Hi, I suggest you take a look at the official website of LibreOffice for the latest information:

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/new-features/

It would appear you can now save documents as ePub files! ;) :D



thank you so very much for this video, very kind of you! ... This time I will go for stable version 5.4.7 here is a video for those interested in this version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBNWOWJul4w

Linx

Sun May 27, 2018 8:03:05 am

I have both installed on my machine it takes up more diskspace, but it lets me trial the new version without risking anything. :)

pcfan5

Sun May 27, 2018 4:06:11 pm

Linx wrote:I have both installed on my machine it takes up more diskspace, but it lets me trial the new version without risking anything. :)


;) :idea:

zorinantwerp

Sun May 27, 2018 6:21:09 pm

pcfan5 wrote:
Linx wrote:I have both installed on my machine it takes up more diskspace, but it lets me trial the new version without risking anything. :)


;) :idea:


a fine conclusion pcfan5. trust it is ok with you his tread can be CLOSED

cheers

pcfan5

Mon May 28, 2018 1:17:37 am

ok.