Document formats: a mystery to manyA licence tells you who owns the software, while the format tells you who owns the data.ODF has to be native, default, and by design.https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/02/document-formats-a-mystery-to-many/@libreoffice #odf

@Scott_Trakker A big chunk of code commits is currently done by Collabora developers, but not all, and there are many other things in a project (like QA, translations, documentation, design etc.) which are done by hundreds of people also outside of Collabora. And TDF is taking on new developers. So don't worry, LibreOffice will not only be developed further, but a lot of work is being done, even outside of the ecosystem!

Euro-Office: sovereign in name only, or in reality too?The announcement of the Euro-Office is welcome news. The coalition is credible, the governance is sound and the timing is perfect. Europe needs office software, and we are delighted to see such significant players allocating resources to make it happen.However, we have a question. It is not meant to be hostile, but it is the only question that matters.What is the native document format of Euro-Office?https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/euro-office/

Say hello to Neil Roberts, new #LibreOffice developer focusing on scripting support https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/29/say-hello-to-neil-roberts-new-libreoffice-developer-focusing-on-scripting-support/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

As Open Document Format (ODF) is more widely adopted, it's becoming clear: THIS is the future. A fully open, documented and standardised format – unlike Microsoft's "Transitional" OOXML: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/27/odf-is-the-future-ooxml-is-the-past/

A double-pack of updates: #LibreOffice 26.2.2 and 25.8.6 are now available. All users are recommended to stay up-to-date: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/26/libreoffice-26-2-2-and-libreoffice-25-8-6/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

@SamLeLuxo Yes, we posted about it several days ago: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/23/dear-europe/

@inverseatascii Glad to hear it! Support for files made in Apple's office apps is provided by this library, part of the Document Liberation Project: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libetonyek – Maybe you can share your experiences on the mailing list for it: https://www.documentliberation.org/contact/

Document Freedom Day – because the format is the message: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/25/document-freedom-day/

@Chtixof That website is not from us.

@libreoffice thanks.

Don't let your data get trapped in proprietary formats! Document Freedom Day is coming up – and here's an event in India for it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/24/coming-up-document-freedom-day-in-noida-india/

MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026, organised by Debian India, was held on 14 – 15 March – and The Document Foundation was happy to sponsor it! The event featured a wide variety of talks on Debian (of course), #LibreOffice, OpenStreetMap and other free and open source software projects: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/23/libreoffice-at-minidebconf-kanpur-2026/

Here's more information on Germany using the Open Document Format (ODF) in its "Deutschland-Stack", rather than Microsoft's file formats: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/20/big-news-germany-has-just-made-odf-mandatory/

@libreoffice Official Deutschland Format

@libreoffice This is crazy. I used to be able to walk to Pordenone from my Italian home in Cordenons. Here’s to a great conference in Friuli-Venezia Giulia!

@glifo Oh yes – there are many ways to help, way beyond coding See this site for instance: https://whatcanidoforlibreoffice.org – And let us know if you need more info...

@jerrej Well yes, Linux distros usually include the Gtk/Qt integration too, so the old-looking VCL interface should hardly ever come up. That's why there's no need to update it. But yes, there is an argument that when the desktop integration package is missing, LibreOffice should alert the user (while showing the old-looking VCL interface).

@libreoffice very lovelytried placing some pictures in writer the other day and they kept jumping around, moving to other pages while my sanity deterioratedand i swear i was not on drugs. well i was on drugs, but only a little

@richlvSounds likely doesn't it.@tachan @libreoffice