10 Apr 2014

LibreOffice 4.2.3 is now available for download

Posted in Announcements By Italo Vignoli On April 10, 2014

Berlin, April 10, 2014 – The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 4.2.3, the third minor release of the LibreOffice 4.2 family. LibreOffice 4.2.3 “Fresh” is the most feature rich version of the software, and is suited for early adopters willing to leverage a larger number of innovations. For enterprise deployments and for more conservative users, The Document Foundation suggests the more mature LibreOffice 4.1.5 “Stable”.

People interested in technical details about this release can access change logs here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.3/RC1 (fixed in RC1), here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.3/RC2 (fixed in RC2) and here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.3/RC3 (fixed in RC3).

In addition, the released version of LibreOffice 4.2.3 adds a security fix for the Heartbleed Bug (CVE-2014-0160).

Download LibreOffice

LibreOffice 4.2.3 and LibreOffice 4.1.5 are both available for download from the following link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/. Extensions and templates to complement the installation of the software and add specific features are available here: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/.

LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation with a donation at http://donate.libreoffice.org. Money collected will be used to grow the project both at global and local level.

Comments

  1. By Romain

    “LibreOffice 4.2.2 and LibreOffice 4.1.5 are both available for download”

    => LibreOffice 4.2.3 😉

    • By italovignoli

      Amended.

    • By richard eishen

      I am not computer literate. I down loaded LO 4.1.5 this AM to my windows 8 O.S. It shows up as 206 mb on my hard disc.But I am unable to open the program and use it. There no plaque on my start screen. Can you gently lead me thru the steps to become operational (please remember my my ignorance)
      I would appreciate a reply by e-mail.

      • By italovignoli

        You have to install the software by double clicking on the icon, and then follow the instructions.

  2. By update enthusiask

    Thanks, now if only the update mechanism would work. It’s pretty important for LO to keep users on new LO versions to prevent issues. Currently the update process required too many steps. It would be great to make use of the existing update check and enabling updates similar to how Extensions are updated.

    Incentives to update should exist. If an update means a lot of steps users will stay on outdated versions…

  3. By keithcu

    For those with HiDPI screens running Windows / Linux, the patches I (and others) worked on are in this release: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=3444 There is a known issue with incorrect detection of some lo-res screens on KDE, but a fix will go into 4.2.4: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-4-2&id=bcba071c0d583a0b3a62d6d718829b906ecc37f2

  4. By Raphael Awoseyin

    I think the 4.2.3 update is more than just fixing the Heartbleed bug. It is the first version that shows my PowerPoint slides in the correct font. Previous versions did not show the Arial fonts correctly – the characters were much smaller than they were in the original PowerPoint. In general, every update of this great software shows better compatibility with MS-Office.