The Document Foundation is proud to release LibreOffice 25.8.

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• ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Does it still look like it’s from 1998?

  It works very well for my light personal needs, but I find the UI to be an eyesore…

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  • egrets@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There’s an optional “tabbed interface” in View > User Interface that’s a lot like the Microsoft ribbon. I’ve not had a need for LibreOffice for a while, but it certainly looks a lot less cluttered than the default old-school toolbars.

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    • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That looks great

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  • iawia@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    To be fair, they’ve had the option to switch to that unusable ribbon trying Microsoft switched to fit a while now.

    Thankfully, it’s not the default.

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    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The ribbon UI sure is shit.

      LO has a command palette which is handy when looking for obscure functions. Shift esc.

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  • barnaclebutt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I like the 1998 version.

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    • limer@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If it was good enough for my parents, it’s good enough for me!

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  • psycotica0@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The notes include “improved user interface”, so I’m sure whatever issues you have had for years are fixed by that 😅

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  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It has a proper dark mode now. Also there’s different icon themes, I like the Breezy theme. Makes it look early 2010s

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  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Would you prefer something Microsoft has cooked up recently?

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    • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Ah yes, the only 2 design options. 1998 or Microsoft.

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Office apps looked like that in 1998 because it was an interface that worked. It never should have changed.

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  • MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Looks like 98 SE now!

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• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Lots of love for LibreOffice.

  Its a great opensource project that just keeps chugging along being great.

  My team and I use it exclusively in our consultancy. Complex documents and spreadsheets all day long. LO never gets tired.

  Without LO id be beholden to Microsoft.

  Apache should really release the rights to the name OpenOffice and let LO have it.

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• pipes@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I find the title kinda funny; it’s August 2025 and we’re proud of it 😎

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  • carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    honestly kinda disappointed they switched to calendar versioning, it makes identifying big releases much harder

    GNU IMP (i refuse to say the short name) 3.0.0 was such an event, it’s sad knowing libreoffice can’t really have that

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    • lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wait, is the G in GNU pronounced like the G in GIMP?!?!?

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• ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do they have. pDF editor solution?

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  • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    LibreOffice Draw can actually edit PDFs - it’s not perfect for complex layouts but works great for basic editing, adding text, and modifing simple elements (tho sometimes formatting gets a bit wonky).

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  • Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Maybe i got lucky, but i always had good experiences with the pdfs i have to tweak in draw

    But most of my modofications are kind of form-filling, alignment font and format was never a reequirement

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  • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Firefox lets you open and edit pdfs

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