Although in media like LxA we often talk about a software that serves as an alternative to another, the alternatives are not usually perfect. That is something that is demonstrated in each and every release of the most popular free office suite, as one of the changes that The Document Foundation always mentions is that changes have been made to improve compatibility with MS Office. That is something they have also done today in the release note de LibreOffice 7.1.4.
In total, TDF says that have made about 80 fixes in this latest version of the LO community. The fifth part, which would coincide with about 16, have focused on correcting the compatibility with the DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and the old DOC formats. Once again, they have taken advantage of the launch to recommend companies to make the jump to the Enterprise version, with which they will receive improved support and on-demand features.
LibreOffice 7.1.4 is not yet recommended for production teams
Once again, we have to remember that LibreOffice 7.1.4 is the most up-to-date version of the suite, which means that it has the latest improvements, but also more bugs. Therefore, The Document Foundation still recommends LibreOffice 7.0.6 for production teams.
On the other hand, today we have been told about a migration protocol To support the move of proprietary suite companies to LibreOffice:
The Document Foundation has developed a Migration Protocol to help companies move from proprietary office suites to LibreOffice, which is based on the deployment of an LTS version of the LibreOffice Enterprise family, as well as migration training and consulting to by certified professionals who offer CIOs and IT managers value-added solutions in line with proprietary offerings.
LibreOffice 7.1.4 can now be downloaded on any supported system since project download page. From there, Linux users will download DEB and RPM packages, but it will also appear on Flathub soon.