LibreOffice Writer

{{Infobox software

| name = LibreOffice Writer

| logo = LibreOffice 7.5 Writer Icon.svg

| logo upright = 0.3

| screenshot = LibreOffice 7.2.4.1 Writer screenshot.png

| caption = LibreOffice Writer 7.2.4 (released in December 2021, running on Linux and KDE Plasma 5 with the Breeze icon set)

| developer = The Document Foundation

| ver layout = stacked

| latest release version = {{Latest stable software release/LibreOffice}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|Q10135|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|references|edit|Q10135|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| operating system = Cross platform

| replaces = OpenOffice.org Writer

| genre = Word processor

| license = MPLv2.0 (secondary license GPL, LGPLv3+ or Apache License 2.0){{Cite web |title=Licenses |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/download/license/ |access-date=16 December 2015 |publisher=The Document Foundation}}

| website = {{URL|libreoffice.org/discover/writer}}

}}

LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor and desktop publishing component of the LibreOffice suite and is a fork of OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect with many similar features, and file format compatibility.{{Cite web |last=Elena Opris |date=January 8, 2014 |title=LibreOffice Writer Review |url=http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/LibreOffice-Review-414822.shtml |access-date=July 7, 2015 |publisher=Softpedia}}{{Cite web |last=Jon L. Jacobi |date=June 27, 2013 |title=Review: LibreOffice 4 liberates you from Microsoft Office |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2042552/review-libreoffice-4-liberates-you-from-microsoft-office.html |access-date=July 7, 2015 |publisher=IDG Consumer & SMB}}

LibreOffice Writer is released under the Mozilla Public License v2.0.

As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Writer can be used across a variety of platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Microsoft Windows. There are community builds for many other platforms. Ecosystem partner Collabora uses LibreOffice upstream code and provides apps for Android, iOS, iPadOS and ChromeOS.{{Cite web |title=Collabora Office – Apps on Google Play |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.collabora.libreoffice}}{{Cite web |date=25 October 2023 |title=Collabora Office |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/collabora-office/id1440482071}} LibreOffice Online is an online office suite which includes the applications Writer, Calc and Impress and provides an upstream for projects such as commercial Collabora Online.

Some features

Writer is capable of opening and saving to a number of formats, including OpenDocument (ODT is its default format), Microsoft Word's DOC, DOCX, RTF and XHTML.{{Cite web |last=The Document Foundation |author-link=The Document Foundation |year=n.d. |title=Writer, a Word Processor for Every Kind of Document |url=https://www.libreoffice.org/features/writer/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622105417/http://www.libreoffice.org/features/writer |archive-date=22 June 2011 |access-date=15 June 2011}}
A spelling and grammar checker (Hunspell){{Cite web |last=The Document Foundation |author-link=The Document Foundation |year=2012 |title=Chapter 1 – Introducing Writer |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/c/c8/WG3601-IntroducingWriter.pdf |access-date=1 February 2013}}{{Cite web |last=The Document Foundation |author-link=The Document Foundation |year=2011 |title=Checking Spelling and Grammar |url=https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Checking_Spelling_and_Grammar |access-date=15 June 2011}}
Built-in drawing tools
Built-in form building tools
Built-in calculation functions
Built-in equation editor{{Cite web |last=The Document Foundation |author-link=The Document Foundation |year=2012 |title=LibreOffice Version 3.5. Math Guide. Using The Equation Editor |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/6/65/MG35-MathGuide_LO.pdf |access-date=1 February 2013}}
Export in PDF format, generate hybrid PDF (a standard PDF with attached source ODF file) and create fillable PDF form
The ability to import and edit PDF files.{{Cite news |last=Linton |first=Susan |date=June 2011 |title=The New Features in LibreOffice 3.3 |url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreoffice-33-release-brings-new-features |access-date=15 June 2011 |work=Linux Journal}}
Ability to edit HTML, XHTML files visually without using code with WYSIWYG support
Export in HTML, XHTML, XML formats
Export in EPUB ebook format
Contents, index, bibliography
Document signing, password and public-key (GPG) encryption
Change tracking during revisions, document comparison (view changes between two files)
Database integration, including a bibliography database
MailMerge{{Cite web |last=The Document Foundation |author-link=The Document Foundation |year=2013 |title=Chapter 11. Using Mail Merge. Form letters, mailing labels and envelopes |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/6/65/MG35-MathGuide_LO.pdf |access-date=1 February 2013}}
Scriptable and Remote Controllable via the UNO API
OpenType stylistic sets and character variants of fonts are not selectable from the menus, but can be specified manually in the font window. For example, fontname:ss06&cv03 will set the font to stylistic set 6 and chose character variant 3. This is based on the same syntax for Graphite font feature.