On May 1st, 2005, the Open Document Format (ODF) become an OASIS standard. One year after, it became an ISO/IEC standard. After two decades, it is the only true open standard for document formats available on the market, and the only one protecting users from proprietary lock in and ensuring a full control over contents. The presentation provides an overview over ODF features and explains why ODF should be used versus Microsoft OOXML (DOCX, XLSX and PPTX).…
09 May 2025
ODF 20th Anniversary Video
08 May 2025
LibreOffice 24.8.7 is available for download
Berlin, 8 May 2025 – LibreOffice 24.8.7, the seventh and last minor release of the LibreOffice 24.8 family of the free open source, volunteer-supported office suite for Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), MacOS (Apple and Intel) and Linux, is available at www.libreoffice.org/download. LibreOffice is the only office suite that respects the privacy of the user, ensuring that the user is able to decide if and with whom to share the content they create.…
06 May 2025
LibreOffice Conference Budapest 2025 Call for Papers
Join us in Budapest and tell us what you’re doing with LibreOffice!
The Document Foundation invites all members and contributors to submit talks, presentations and workshops for this year’s LibreOffice conference in Budapest at ELTE’s Faculty of Informatics, co-organized by FSF.hu Foundation. The event will take place from 4 to 6 September, with an informal community meeting on 3 September.…
06 May 2025
Brazilian LibreOffice Community shines at FLISOL Brasilia 2025
On April 26, 2025, the Estácio University Center in Brasília – Taguatinga-DF Unit, was the stage for a remarkable moment in the promotion of technological freedom in Brazil. The LibreOffice community actively participated in FLISOL – the Latin American Free Software Installation Festival – with presentations and strong interactions with the public.
More than just an event, FLISOL was a symbol of resistance, collective construction and promotion of the use of open source tools.…
05 May 2025
LibreOffice Documentation in 2024 – TDF’s Annual Report
In 2024, the documentation community continued to update LibreOffice guidebooks, and the Help application
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2024 – we’ll post the full version here soon.)
New and translated guides
Throughout the year, the documentation project closed the gap between LibreOffice’s major releases, and the updates of the corresponding user guides.…
01 May 2025
Starting today: The Month of LibreOffice, May 2025
Want to learn new skills for a potential future career change, or expand your knowledge and have fun on the way? Then get involved in the Month of LibreOffice, May 2025! Over the next four weeks, hundreds of people around the world will collaborate to improve the software – and you can help them. There are many ways to get involved, as you’ll see in a second.…