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LibreOffice 6.0 arrives as the open source Office alternative turns seven

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OPEN SOURCE productivity suite LibreOffice has reached version 6.0 with a bevvy of tweaks.

The popular alternative to Microsoft's paid for product celebrates its 7th anniversary with a major update across Windows, Linux and macOS, with cloud augmentation to allow users to work on the web too.

Improvements in multimedia embedding within Microsoft formats like .docx and .pptx has been significantly improved, thanks to improved ActiveX compatibility, plus there's now an option to turn your documents straight into E-PUB e-books. You can also import files from QuarkExpress.

An improved Form menu has been added for, well, designing forms, and there's easier access to special characters - great for those of us that type "µ" a lot.

ODF 1.2-compliant functions SEARCHB, FINDB and REPLACEB have been added to CALC, plus you can now select a range of cells and export them as a picture - either jpg or png.