LibreOffice’s native file format is OpenDocument, a fully open and standardised format that’s great for sharing documents and long-term data storage. Of course, LibreOffice does its best to open files made by other office software as well, even if they’re stored in pseudo-“standards” with cryptic and obfuscated contents. Compatibility with PowerPoint PPT(X) presentations
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06 May 2021
LibreOffice 7.1.3 Community available for download
Berlin, May 6, 2021 – LibreOffice 7.1.3 Community, the third minor release of the LibreOffice 7.1 family, targeted at technology enthusiasts and power users, is available for download from
05 May 2021
3D Objects: Making a Globe with LibreOffice
Regina Henschel shows you how to do some nifty 3D tricks in LibreOffice…
First, you need a world map in “Miller projection”. You find a suitable one on Wikipedia – download the full-size version. Here’s a thumbnail of it (CC-BY-SA, Daniel R. Strebe, August 2011):
Next, start LibreOffice Draw, and create
04 May 2021
Annual Report: LibreOffice Conference 2020
The LibreOffice Conference is the annual gathering of the community, our end-users, developers, and everyone interested in free office software. Last year, it took place online – and was co-organised with the openSUSE project
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2020 – the full version will be
03 May 2021
LibreOffice monthly recap: April 2021
Check out our summary of what happened in the LibreOffice community last month…
- We started off by releasing LibreOffice 7.1.2, an update with over 60 bug fixes and improvements to document compatibility.
- Meanwhile, the Council of the German city of Dortmund announced that it’s
01 May 2021
Starting today: the Month of LibreOffice, May 2021!
If you’ve been using LibreOffice for a while, you may be wondering: who makes it? Well, the answer is: people like you! LibreOffice is a worldwide, community open source project – and many people who help to improve it, actually started out as regular users of the software.
So in May, we want