Two new buttons accelerate the process of increasing and decreasing the font size in Impress presentations. Notice any text that is highlighted when the Reply option is selected becomes a citation (like quoting an email). 3.0 introduced notes in the margin, and in 3.1 collaborators can carry discussions through these notes. This feature is useful for creating a sophisticated table of contents. Technical writers can now can define outline level and numbering style independently for each paragraph (or paragraph style). The result is a more familiar chart: Outline levels In 3.1 set the position of axes and their labels in the new properties dialog tab called Positioning: Take for example this XY scatterplot (shown in 3.0 without antialiasing): Now there is a new set of options to place the axes and labels wherever is convenient. That's unnatural compared to the way we were taught in school: the labels should cross the axes at zero. When charting negatives values, Calc would always draw the axes and their labels at the outermost edges. Compare the un-highlighted text (top) to selections in Writer 3.0 (middle) and in Writer 3.1 (bottom): Chart axes and labels 3.0 brought eye candy for selections to Calc, and 3.1 brings the same eye candy to Writer.

Before only a wireframe was shown nowĪ 50% transparent copy is painted. Solid draggingĭrawing objects are further improved through the new solid dragging feature. Antialiasing is supported in editing and export modes, but not yet in full-screen mode. Both images are enlarged to show detail.ĭrawing primitives (including lines, circles, and charts) are antialiased in Calc, Draw, Impress, and Writer.

On the left is 3.0, and the right is 3.1. Antialiased drawingsīy far, the most requested feature in this release is anti-aliasing, which smooths edges of diagonal lines.

3.1 is 65 days away, and developers are finishing up more than 1000 issues targeted for this Microsoft Office killer packing an army of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

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