After more than two years in development, Calligra 3.2 arrives, the new office suite version of the KDE project. Its innovations are divided between the advancement of Gemini, the improvement of its main applications, and many corrections.
Starting at the beginning, by Gemini we mean the version of the suite designed for '2 in 1' devices, that is, for convertibles that use both the traditional layout of any desktop computer and its touch capabilities. This subproject comes long and was already one of the main features in the previous version of Calligra.
In Calligra 3.2 the development of Gemini continues with the migration of the welcome screen to Kirigami, the KDE framework for the creation of adaptable interfaces, unifying the user experience between both modes of use and simplifying maintenance from now on, adding more events gestures and correcting integration with cloud storage services.
Another application that stands out in Calligra 3.2 is Karbon, the vector graphics editor, which now has support for documents with multiple pages, a new option to import PDF files and another to export the page you want. It also improves the toolbar, allowing scrolling with the mouse wheel when you have more tools activated than the screen size lets you see.
Stage, the presentation application, is the third new development, and the changes it brings include the automatic transition of slides in manual and automatic modes, the possibility of alternating the page margins, and corrections in the reproduction of sequential and parallel animations.
So far the highlight in the Calligra 3.2 release announcement, though by diving into the full changelog you can find the bulk of what this version brings: mostly fixes, including ones worth mentioning, like processor interoperability Word text with LibreOffice.
Calligra may not be an office suite to be considered for serious issues despite its potential for its slow development, weighed down by the lack of contributors; and because there are plenty of quality alternatives against which it cannot compete. But it continues there, which is not little.
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