Libreoffice Portable Mac
LibreOffice Portable is a full-featured office suite - including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database - that's compatible with Microsoft Office, Word Perfect, Lotus and other office applications. LibreOffice Portable is a full-featured office suite - including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database - that's compatible with Microsoft Office, Word Perfect, Lotus and other office applications. It's easy-to-use and feature-rich, performing nearly all of the functions you'd expect in an office suite, but at no cost.
Complex productivity suite which enables you to create text document, spreadsheets and presentations, manage databases and draw, and offers compatibility with other major office suites
When it comes to office suites, Microsoft Office and OpenOffice are among the most popular ones due to their numerous functions and intuitive interfaces. However, since LibreOffice was developed from a fork of OpenOffice, it also regains its features and ease of use, and thus it gradually become just as famous.
The application comes with several components specifically created to help users process their text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, databases and formulas. This software solution also supports the default formats of Microsoft Office, so one can easily open and edit PowerPoint, Word or Excel files.
Create text documents and perform complex calculations
LibreOffice Writer provides users with a wide range of options, including common ones (such as font formatting, text alignment and line spacing) as well as more specialized ones, like synonyms and thesaurus (provided the required dictionary files have been previously downloaded).
LibreOffice Calc is the component that can be accessed whenever users want to organize their data in tables according to the number of rows and columns they need. This tool supports several types of functions that can come in handy for creating formulas and performing complex calculations.
Present pertinent data in a custom setting
LibreOffice Impress is the utility that can be of use for designing and customizing presentations and slideshows, while also supporting charts, diagrams, text messages and multimedia backgrounds. Each of the projects supports animation effects, slide transitions and font editing, so the result is bound to match the user’s expectations.
Draw and manage databases
LibreOffice Draw allows users to create both simple and intricate designs that can be exported to common graphic formats and then integrated into other projects. The generated drawings can include tables, charts or formulas previously created within LibreOffice apps.
Users can access LibreOffice Base when they want to explore the contents of their database files or connect to external multi-user database engines (such as MySQL, MS Access, Adabas D or PostgreSQL). In addition, this tool features built-in native-support drivers for the engines it supports.
Conclusion
Overall, LibreOffice includes a lot of the tools users need on a daily basis to complete their tasks – and considering it comes with an open-source license, one can enjoy the utility’s functions both at home and at work.
Jobs are completed in a timely fashion without popping errors or hanging. The interface is quite simple, allowing all user types to work with it easily. If you are interested in bypassing the installation process, you should know that a portable edition is also available for download, called Portable LibreOffice.
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LibreOffice was reviewed by Giorgiana ArghireLibreoffice Portable App
- Pentium-compatible PC (Pentium III, Athlon or more-recent system recommended)
- 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
- Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space
- 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors.
- Administrator rights are needed for the installation process
- Bugs fixed compared to 7.0.5 RC1:
- tdf#134940 --> does not replace automatically to → in AutoCorrect [László Németh]
- tdf#139039 PDF export: Error message if filepath is URL coded / crash when saving as DOCX [Miklos Vajna]
- tdf#140137 FILEOPEN Cannot open .docx in writer - format openXML [Aron Budea]
LibreOffice 7.1.2.2 Fresh / 7.1.3.1 RC 1 Fresh / 7.0.5.2 Still / 7.0.6.1 RC 1 Still
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- A portable version of this application is available: Portable LibreOffice
- runs on:
- Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows Server 2012
Windows 8 32/64 bit
Windows 7 32/64 bit - file size:
- 284 MB
- main category:
- Office tools
- developer:
- visit homepage
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You also can obtain LibreOffice through the Mac App Store, called LibreOffice Vanilla. Click here to see a page about this version.
Mac LibreOffice vs. Windows and Linux versions
LibreOffice for the Mac has all the features and applications that the Windows and Linux distro versions have. However, when it comes to being installed, the Mac version of LibreOffice has less options than the other two.
The Windows version has a typical installation and a customized installation, that allows users to choose user interface languages, components, and dictionaries through an installation wizard. The wizard also has features that allow the installed LibreOffice to be modified and uninstalled. In addition to this, there are several versions of the suite in the Windows 10 Store and a portable version that can be taken from computer to computer.
Many Linux distros come with LibreOffice preinstalled, or the it can easily be installed through the distros PPA. Users can install individual applications, and they don’t have to install the entire suite. There are also several different ways to download the suite: directly through the Website, through Snap, through Flatpak, as an AppImage, etc.
The Mac version can either be downloaded directly from libreoffice.org or installed through the Mac Store. Unlike the Linux versions, only the entire suite can be installed. Individual applications cannot be left uninstalled. It also doesn’t have individual icons for each application. In order to launch LibreOffice without clicking on a document that has already been created, you have to click the white icon that launches StartCenter.
Download from Website
The most common way to install LibreOffice is by downloading the DMG file from libreoffice,org and then running the installation process. The specific page is https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
- If you are visiting the Web page on your Mac, the Web page will recognize that you are using a Mac and shows macOS in the drop-down menus for the two versions that are available.
- If you are not using a Mac, simply click the drop-down menu for one of the two version choices. Then click on macOS (64-bit).
The latest version is on top. It has the latest features and changes from the development team. The bottom version is older, but most likely has less bugs because it has been tested for a longer period of time.
Simply click the Download button for the desired one. NOTE: You may want to change the location where your browser downloads the DMG.
After clicking the Download button, you will be taken to a Donation page. There is no need to make a donation. The download has already started.
Installing
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Once the DMG is downloaded, go to where the file is located. Double-click it. This opens a dialog that allows you to drag an image of the LibreOffice icon to an image of the Applications folder.
- Click the LibreOffice image and hold down the left-side of the mouse button.
- Drag the LibreOffice image into the image of the folder. This will start the installation process.
To launch the application, go to the the Application folder, and double-click the LibreOffice icon. It will launch and the icon will appear in the Dock.
If LibreOffice does not launch, go to the Security & Privacy page in Settings and set it to App Store and identified developers.
- Click Settings, either the icon or System Preferences in the Apple menu, to launch Settings.
- Click the Security & Privacy icon.
- Click the General tab
- If Allow apps downloaded from cannot be changed, click the lock in the bottom, left of the dialog.
- Type your password in the dialog that appears.
- Click the Unlock button.
- Click the radio button for App Store and identified developers
- Click the lock in the bottom, left corner of the dialog.
- Return to the Applications folder and double-click the LibreOffice icon.
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