The latest version of LibreOffice can be downloaded from Softpedia

Apr 18, 2013 11:31 GMT  ·  By

The Document Foundation has announced that the first Release Candidate for LibreOffice 4.0.3 is now available for the Linux platform, bringing a lot of bug fixes and improvements.

As a side note from the developers, the Linux packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 3.6, but do not run simultaneously.

Highlights of LibreOffice 4.0.3 RC1:

• Import w:tblLayout from the DOCX tables is now supported; • Comments added to the footer are no longer placed at the right top of the page; • Hyperlinks are no longer missing after closing the document; • LibreOffice no remembers the settings for the "Hierarchy" of the Styles and Formatting dialog; • A crash, that occurred when trying shortcuts in the printing dialog, has been fixed.

Check out the official changelog for a complete list of updates and new features.

Download LibreOffice 4.0.3 RC1 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.