Troubleshooting opening, formatting, and data loss issues with Open Document Format files
ODF files are great for sharing documents across multiple platforms, but they don’t always work perfectly, especially when using Microsoft Office or other software based on proprietary formats. If you’ve encountered problems opening, editing, or preserving the formatting of .odt, .ods, or .odp files, you’re not alone.…
Zdeněk Crhonek (aka “raal”) from the Czech LibreOffice community writes:
…The Czech translation of the LibreOffice Calc Guide 25.2 is now available, thanks to the endless efforts of our team. It was translated by Petr Kuběj, Radomír Strnad and me. The Czech screenshots were done by Roman Toman, Petr Kuběj and me. Preparation of the chapters for translation was done in OmegaT – machine translation as suggestions, reuse of old screenshots etc.
A few weeks ago, Linux New Media released an updated version of its “LibreOffice Expert” magazine, which contains tutorials, tips and tricks about the office suite. And some articles were contributed by members of the LibreOffice community! The magazines come with DVDs that include LibreOffice for Linux, Windows and macOS, alongside extra templates, extensions, videos and guidebooks.…
Berlin, 8 September 2025 – The Document Foundation announces the release of LibreOffice 25.2.6, the sixth maintenance release of the LibreOffice 25.2 family, available for download at www.libreoffice.org/download [1].
LibreOffice 25.2.6 is based on the LibreOffice Technology, which enables the development of desktop, mobile and cloud versions – either from TDF or from the ecosystem – that fully support the two ISO standards for document formats: the open ODF or Open Document Format (ODT, ODS and ODP) and the closed and proprietary Microsoft OOXML (DOCX, XLSX and PPTX).…
We’re gathered together at the LibreOffice Conference 2025 in Budapest. A big thanks to the organisers! Here’s the group photo we took this afternoon. Of course, this is just one part of the wider LibreOffice community, made of hundreds of people.
Yes, the conference in Budapest has started. If you’re not there in-person, join one of the chat channels linked to on the site and you can watch talks remotely. Enjoy!
