Submitted 2 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/20/libreoffice-25-8/
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.
I find the title kinda funny; it’s August 2025 and we’re proud of it 😎
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
Wait, is the G in GNU pronounced like the G in GIMP?!?!?
Do they have. pDF editor solution?
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).
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
Firefox lets you open and edit pdfs
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 months 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…
iawia@feddit.nl 2 months 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.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The ribbon UI sure is shit.
LO has a command palette which is handy when looking for obscure functions. Shift esc.
egrets@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
That looks great
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I like the 1998 version.
limer@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
If it was good enough for my parents, it’s good enough for me!
psycotica0@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The notes include “improved user interface”, so I’m sure whatever issues you have had for years are fixed by that 😅
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It has a proper dark mode now. Also there’s different icon themes, I like the Breezy theme. Makes it look early 2010s
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Would you prefer something Microsoft has cooked up recently?
null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 2 months ago
Ah yes, the only 2 design options. 1998 or Microsoft.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Looks like 98 SE now!
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Office apps looked like that in 1998 because it was an interface that worked. It never should have changed.