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#1

Hi, I came across a post on linuxquestions where a guy had two different PCs: an old laptop running LO 3.5.7.2 and a newer desktop running 4.1.3.2. He grabbed these versions from his linux package manager and wants to be sure of compatibility.

My simple solution is to install 3.5.7.2 on his desktop. Maybe he gets lucky and it is available through the package manager (it isn't in Fedora 20).

So I had a look at the download section of the website which only offers the 4.x series. Any ideas how I would go about downloading 3.5.x versions of LO?

Cheers

#2

​Short answer:
http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

Long(er?) answer: update to newer version, check files, fix small things
that's not right (if needed of course...). It's some work, but way easier
than keeping old versions in the long term :)​

#3

thanks. I'll pass this on along with the long term advice

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
I wouldn't bother. Just use native ODF format. Older versions are
compatible with newer ones and newer ones with older.

The only problem is if you use newer features. In which case the older
version might not be able to show soem of the result but then when
re-opened with the newer version it'll be there.

I'm on 3.5.7 on this machine and at least 1 other and, of course, all
LiveUsb sessions of Ubuntu 12.04. I've never yet had a problem sharing
files with other machine on 4.1.x or higher.

Admittedly i'm not using advanced functionality though. The 'newest'
feature i use is plonking in logos in svg format! Note that if you take
any office suite or program and wiped out around 80% of it's functionality
then 80-90 of it's users would never notice.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: