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LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming

16.06.2012
It seems like just yesterday the Document Foundation published the speedy new version 3.5.4 of its popular productivity suite, but already there's a new beta version of the next major iteration of the software available for testing.

LibreOffice 3.6.0 Beta 1, which was released last weekend, is apparently nearly feature complete, according to the official , and it adds a raft of new features and bug fixes that promise to make the open source software better than ever for users.

Two more beta versions and three release candidates are still expected before LibreOffice 3.6.0 makes its final debut, which is for late July or early August. In the meantime, you can download this first beta release for Windows, Linux, or Mac from .

Ready for a look at what's coming? Here's a quick rundown of some of the highlights.

1. A Cleaner Interface

A number of tweaks have been made to LibreOffice's interface in version 3.6.0, including a new About dialog (shown below), split color buttons for Writer and Calc, more lightweight rulers, and better rendering of GTK themes.