10 Facts About Calligra

1.

Calligra Suite is a graphic art and office suite by KDE.

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Calligra uses the OpenDocument format as its default file format for most applications and can import other formats, such as Microsoft Office formats.

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Calligra relies on KDE technology and is often used in combination with KDE Plasma Workspaces.

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4.

Calligra was created after disagreements within the KOffice community in 2010 – between KWord maintainer Thomas Zander and the other core developers.

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On 18 May 2011, the Calligra team began releasing monthly snapshots while preparing for the release of Calligra 2.

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6.

Calligra Active was launched in 2011 after the Plasma Active initiative to provide a document viewer similar to Calligra Mobile but for tablet computers.

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7.

Calligra Gemini is a continuation of Calligra Active and Sailfish Office developments but with added editing capabilities.

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8.

Yes, regarding LibreOffice Calligra is still two steps behind [but] it brings small differentials that would be welcomed in LibreOffice.

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9.

Calligra is written with dependencies on KDE Frameworks 5 and Qt 5.

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10.

All components of the Calligra Suite are released under free software licenses and use OpenDocument as their native file format when applicable.

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