Libre Office Macos Big Sur



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08 Dec 2020
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Some Apache OpenOffice users are reporting that version 4.1.8 is crashing on Apple macOS 11.0 (aka “Big Sur” or 10.16) when opening OOXML documents – like .docx and .xlsx. The error message is:

OpenOffice quit unexpectedly

Here’s a video showing how it crashes (WebM version here):

So I made a bug report found but running LibreOffice 7.0.3.1 in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 on my MacBook Pro 13' results in the text being blurry when.

Libreoffice Mac Big Sur

Libreoffice macos big sur
  1. I just installed LibreOffice 7.1.2.2 on my Macbook Pro running Big Sur 11.3 and some important features are not working. The format paintbrush does nothing and when I go to print it fails with a 'printer error' dialogue box. When I do 'About LibreOffice', it thinks it's running in MAC OS X 10.16 environment.
  2. LibreOffice 7.0は、macOS Big Surでも利用できます。こちらからダウンロードして作業を続けましょう。そして、まだ続きがあります。LibreOfficeエコシステムに参加する企業のCollabora Productivity社の協力により、AppleのM1ベースMacに最適化されたバージョンのLibreOfficeの開発が進められています。.
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One solution is to install LibreOffice, a more actively developed successor project. (OpenOffice’s last major release – 4.1 – was back in 2014.)

Macos Big Sur Problems

LibreOffice has much better support for modern operating systems, and many other features too, such as OOXML export, an updated NotebookBar user interface, a cloud-based version and much more. This timeline shows the major releases:

LibreOffice 7.1 runs on macOS Big Sur, so download it here and carry on with your work. And there’s more to come: an optimised version of LibreOffice for Apple’s M1-based Macs is being developed, thanks to work from Collabora Productivity, a company in LibreOffice’s ecosystem. And more improvements for LibreOffice on macOS Big Sur are on the way – stay tuned!

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