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In April, #LibreOffice's developer and QA communities worked on new features, refined existing ones and squashed bugs. They also updated the Help content: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/05/13/qa-dev-report-april-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

@ArdentArchivist It's a bit hard to answer, with no details about your setup... How you update depends heavily on your operating system, for example.

@KindlyKelly @libreoffice It’s a good replacement for Office, although there are definitely some differences and a bit of a learning curve. But for basic to intermediate use, it totally rocks.

@MARFELALA It's definitely there – see this screenshot. Or use the German site: https://de.libreoffice.org

@jodmentum Hi – not sure exactly what you're referring to, regarding LibreOffice. Can you elaborate please?

Join us at the #LibreOffice Conference 2026 in Pordenone, Italy! Give a talk about what you're doing in the project, or how you're using the software – the Call for Papers is still open: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/11/libocon-2026-call-for-papers/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

New features and improvements are coming to #LibreOffice: JPEG XL import support, OpenType MATH fonts, and better word processor test coverage. Independent developers will contribute these features over the summer: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/09/projects-selected-for-libreoffice-in-the-google-summer-of-code-2026/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

@housepanther @paulk Yes, exactly...

@chuff @bjarne Well, there's a single toolbar mode that provides a simpler user interface, at least. But in terms of maintaining two versions – the full and a hypothetical "light" variant of the suite – that would require quite a few extra resources...

The Document Foundation is the non-profit organisation behind #LibreOffice. Join the online meeting of the Board of Directors this coming Monday, and let us know what you think of the agenda topics:

@PenguinByte Thanks! We did a major UI update (the tabbed NotebookBar) a couple of years ago, and are still working on improvements to it. What else would you like to see?

#LibreOffice has a new website! Many thanks to the volunteers who helped to implement it. You can help us to improve it further, and translate it into languages you know: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/07/announcing-the-new-libreoffice-website/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

@MARFELALA You don't have to use the Play Store. You can use F-Droid, for instance: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.documentfoundation.libreoffice/ (there are also direct links to .apk files there).

#LibreOffice isn't just software – it's a worldwide community of people working on design, documentation, marketing, localisation and other topics. And you can meet us at local events! We were at the Augsburger Linux-Infotag on Saturday: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/06/libreoffice-at-the-augsburger-linux-infotag-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

@joelpomales Glad you like it

Thank you, on behalf of the Open Document Format: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/05/thank-you-on-behalf-of-odf/ #opensource #freesoftware #foss #standards

Lots happening in the #LibreOffice project! In April we had an update to our latest stable branch (26.2), plus reports from events, new documentation and more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/04/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-april-2026/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware