WPS Office Updates are Up for Download

All the WPS users shall be delighted with the news of the latest product update which is now available for download. The Office Suite which is similar to Microsoft Office has released its v11.1.0.8372 which ships with a modest set of improvements and fixes. Here are some of the highlights from WPS Changelog:

New application skins Easier access to recently opened documents and templates Open new document in Tavs SVG + QR picture support Font size previews New navigation panel Font replacement feature Improved PDF export

It is to be noted that, this release states a “built-in browser”, it’s not actually an embedded web-browser, but a tabbed interface that lets you open multiple documents in the same window. The tabs in a web browser is an example.

For over a long time, the WPS Office suite (once known as Kingsoft Office) is often confused with FreeOffice, a similarly positioned Microsoft Office alternative that’s also available on Linux. Both apps feature a UI design that’s very close to the one shipped in recent versions of Microsoft Office. This is intentional, as WPS wants Microsoft users to "feel right at home with WPS Office”. Both WPS Office and FreeOffice also support Microsoft Office document formats, both opening, editing, and saving. It’s proficiency in this is, some say, better than that offered by LibreOffice. Your own milage my vary, of course.

What is so unique about WPS Ofice is that it works on both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux systems, including Linux Mint and Ubuntu.