diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 85b37fa..9b53cf6 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   ############################################################################
   # This is the Ant build file for writer2latex
   # Original: Sep 2004 (mgn)
-  # version 1.6 (2015-02-10)
+  # version 1.6 (2015-05-12)
   ############################################################################
 -->
 <project name="w2l" default="help" basedir=".">
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <!-- configure the directories -->
     <property name="jarfile" value="writer2latex"/>
     <property name="basename" value="writer2latex15"/>
-    <property name="distrofile" value="${basename}2alpha.zip" />
+    <property name="distrofile" value="${basename}3alpha.zip" />
     <!--<property name="sourcedistrofile" value="${basename}source.zip" />-->
     <property name="src" location="source/java"/>
     <property name="source.distro" location="source/distro" />
diff --git a/source/distro/Readme.txt b/source/distro/Readme.txt
index 9f96f77..6bfa25a 100644
--- a/source/distro/Readme.txt
+++ b/source/distro/Readme.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Writer2LaTeX version 1.5.2 (alpha test release)
+Writer2LaTeX version 1.5.3 (alpha test release)
 ===============================================
 
-This is the distribution of Writer2LaTeX version 1.5.2 alpha
+This is the distribution of Writer2LaTeX version 1.5.3 alpha
 
 Latest version can be found at the web site
   http://writer2latex.sourceforge.net
diff --git a/source/distro/changelog.txt b/source/distro/changelog.txt
index 69a95ba..8155cbf 100644
--- a/source/distro/changelog.txt
+++ b/source/distro/changelog.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Changelog for Writer2LaTeX version 1.4 -> 1.6
 
----------- version 1.5.2 ----------
+---------- version 1.5.3 ----------
 
-Items marked with * are work in progress
+---------- version 1.5.2 ----------
 
 [all] Using the filters from the command line with soffice --headless --convert-to is now documented in the user manual
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Items marked with * are work in progress
 
 [w2x] Changed default export format for toolbar from XHTML+MathML to HTML5
 
-[w2l] *Added new option font to load font packages. It accepts a large number of standard font packages such as
+[w2l] Added new option font to load font packages. It accepts a large number of standard font packages such as
   cmbright or fourier. Only packages with math support are included. Unknown packages defaults to Computer Modern.
   The font option is currently not available for the backend xetex.
   In the user interface, this option can be found in the export dialog. To make room for this, the BibTeX
diff --git a/source/distro/doc/user-manual.odt b/source/distro/doc/user-manual.odt
index fff1bea..8ad4e19 100644
Binary files a/source/distro/doc/user-manual.odt and b/source/distro/doc/user-manual.odt differ
diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/api/ConverterFactory.java b/source/java/writer2latex/api/ConverterFactory.java
index 6e35579..f11144b 100644
--- a/source/java/writer2latex/api/ConverterFactory.java
+++ b/source/java/writer2latex/api/ConverterFactory.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ package writer2latex.api;
 public class ConverterFactory {
 
     // Version information
-    private static final String VERSION = "1.5.2";
+    private static final String VERSION = "1.5.3";
     private static final String DATE = "2015-05-12";
 	
     /** Return the Writer2LaTeX version in the form
diff --git a/source/oxt/w2lconfig/description.xml b/source/oxt/w2lconfig/description.xml
index 6ed9f6d..7658468 100644
--- a/source/oxt/w2lconfig/description.xml
+++ b/source/oxt/w2lconfig/description.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
              xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 
   <identifier value="org.openoffice.da.w2lconfig.oxt" />
-  <version value="1.5.2" />
+  <version value="1.5.3" />
   <dependencies>
     <OpenOffice.org-minimal-version value="3.0" d:name="OpenOffice.org 3.0"/>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/source/oxt/writer2latex/description.xml b/source/oxt/writer2latex/description.xml
index 518013b..2887156 100644
--- a/source/oxt/writer2latex/description.xml
+++ b/source/oxt/writer2latex/description.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <identifier value="org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt"/>
 
-  <version value="1.5.2" />
+  <version value="1.5.3" />
 
   <dependencies>
     <OpenOffice.org-minimal-version value="3.0" d:name="OpenOffice.org 3.0"/>
diff --git a/source/oxt/writer2xhtml/description.xml b/source/oxt/writer2xhtml/description.xml
index d23cf7b..2493b33 100644
--- a/source/oxt/writer2xhtml/description.xml
+++ b/source/oxt/writer2xhtml/description.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 			 
   <identifier value="org.openoffice.da.writer2xhtml.oxt" />
   
-  <version value="1.5.2" />
+  <version value="1.5.3" />
   
   <dependencies>
     <OpenOffice.org-minimal-version value="3.0" d:name="OpenOffice.org 3.0"/>
diff --git a/source/oxt/xhtml-config-sample/description.xml b/source/oxt/xhtml-config-sample/description.xml
index 569d5d4..5bd1d4e 100644
--- a/source/oxt/xhtml-config-sample/description.xml
+++ b/source/oxt/xhtml-config-sample/description.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 <description xmlns="http://openoffice.org/extensions/description/2006"
              xmlns:d="http://openoffice.org/extensions/description/2006">
   <identifier value="org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.xhtml-config-sample.oxt" />
-  <version value="1.5.2" />
+  <version value="1.5.3" />
 </description> 
diff --git a/source/readme-source.txt b/source/readme-source.txt
index 83b2287..628fe99 100644
--- a/source/readme-source.txt
+++ b/source/readme-source.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Writer2LaTeX source version 1.5.2 alpha
+Writer2LaTeX source version 1.5.3 alpha
 =======================================
 
 Writer2LaTeX is (c) 2002-2015 by Henrik Just.