LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control - TDF Community Blog
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We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2, the newest version of the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world. This release makes it easier than ever for users to create, edit and share documents on their own terms. Designed for individuals and organizations alike, it continues to be a trusted alternative to proprietary office software. LibreOffice 26.2 is focused on improvements that make a difference in daily work and brings better performance, smoother interaction with complex documents and improved compatibility with files created in other office software. Whether you’re writing reports, managing spreadsheets, or preparing presentations, the experience feels more responsive and reliable. LibreOffice has always been about giving users control. LibreOffice 26.2 continues that tradition by strengthening support for open document standards, and ensuring long-term access to your files, without subscriptions, license restrictions, or data collection. Your documents stay yours – forever. Behind this release there is a global community of contributors. Developers, designers, translators, QA testers, and volunteers from around the world worked together to deliver hundreds of fixes and refinements. Their efforts result in a suite that not only adds features, but also improves quality, consistency, and stability,
  • Boomland Jenkins @lemmy.world
    55·
    26 days ago

    I took 5+ years off from Libre, returning last year. It’s come a long way and has fully replaced my need for Google Docs and MS Office. If you were turned off in the past, it might be worth revisiting.

  • warmaster@lemmy.world
    38·
    26 days ago

    What’s New in LibreOffice 26.2

    Markdown import and export features. Improved performance and responsiveness across the suite, making large documents open, edit, and save more smoothly. Enhanced compatibility with documents created in proprietary and open core office software, reducing formatting issues and surprises. Refined user interface behavior for a cleaner, more consistent experience. Expanded support for open standards, reinforcing long-term access to documents. Hundreds of bug fixes and stability improvements contributed by the global LibreOffice community.

    See the Release Notes for the full list of new features.

    Markdown, great!

    Also, I’m curious about the UI refinement.

    • egrets@lemmy.world
      4·
      25 days ago

      Also, I’m curious about the UI refinement.

      In the release notes you’ve linked, there’s a heading called User Interface. It’s a fair number of small QOL improvements.

      • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
        11·
        24 days ago

        I see nothing about making the scroll bar static, with buttons, which is impossible to have on Linux–for an application designed around scrolling pages.

        • egrets@lemmy.world
          2·
          24 days ago

          This strikes me as an odd comment. Did you have a specific reason to expect that 26.2 would include this, such as an enhancement request that you’d logged (or had been following) via their community channels?

          • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
            1·
            24 days ago

            Um, no. But word processors are centered around scrolling, and all that’s available is a mobile scroll, which auto-hides and has no up and down buttons. I cannot possibly be the only person who finds this problematic. Hard pass.

            • egrets@lemmy.world
              1·
              24 days ago

              If you’re using KDE, apparently changing your system application style might help - Breeze, for example, has an option for visible scroll arrows. Link.

              In any case, it’s a GTK thing, not a LibreOffice thing.

  • user28282912@piefed.socialEnglish
    37·
    26 days ago

    This project has never been more relevant in light of the recent acceleration of enshitification over at Microslop. Might be time to donate a few bucks.

  • jpicture@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    25 days ago

    I use Libreoffice for all of my business admin, from invoices to pricing models. It’s fantastic software.

      • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
        3·
        25 days ago

        I used to maintain my resume in latex. I switched to typist. I vastly prefer it. The syntax is much easier to deal with. It really, to me, feels like a worthy successor

        • namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev
          2·
          25 days ago

          I had the same idea to write my CV in Latex, but then realized it’s not such a great idea. I wanted to keep it down to 2 pages, so I ended up having to do a lot of manual formatting (font size, margins, spacing), and the whole point of Latex is that you’re supposed to let the typesetter do the formatting for you. So I switched back to Libreoffice.

          But if I had a long-form CV, ie. an academic-style CV where you list all publications, conference talks, etc. with no regard to length, then Latex would be ideal for that.

        • Morphit @feddit.uk
          2·
          25 days ago

          For sure, that’s what I see. I’m just ‘locked in’ with Latex since all my colleagues use it and I’m used to a lot of packages there. At some point I’d like to try Typst out but now is not a good time.

          • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
            2·
            24 days ago

            For sure. The cost of switching is high since you’re already embedded in its ecosystem with a team. I last wrote serious latex in college and then just maintained my resume in it out of habit.

  • fireweed@lemmy.world
    410·
    25 days ago

    the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world.

    Do I use Libre office? Yes. Do I trust it? Absolutely not (in the sense that I don’t think they’re stealing my data, but wow is the user experience a buggy mess)