Why Document Freedom Day Matters More Than Ever
Every year, Document Freedom Day reminds us of a simple but powerful idea: we should have control over our own data. Not just where we store it, but how
Open Document Format Archive
21 Mar 2025
REMINDER: Document Freedom Day @ LibreOffice
Next Wednesday, on March 26, we will celebrate Document Freedom Day 2025. During the day, we will mainly talk about the ISO Open Document Format, which was approved in 2005 by OASIS and in 2006 by ISO.
27 Jan 2025
Document Freedom Day: Empowering the Digital World with Open Standards
Every year, on the last Wednesday of March, advocates of free and open technologies come together to celebrate Document Freedom Day (DFD). In 2025, the Document Freedom Day will happen on March 26, and will be driven
29 Mar 2024
European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 breaches data protection law for EU institutions and bodies
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has found that the European Commission (Commission) has breached several provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, the EU data protection law for EU institutions (EUIs), in its use of Microsoft 365, including those relating to the transfer of personal data outside the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA). The
27 Mar 2024
Celebrating Document Freedom Day 2024!
Today is Document Freedom Day, which raises awareness of how open standards and open document formats provide us with the freedom to read and write as we wish:
Remember when you were sent an important file that your computer couldn’t read properly? Remember having to buy or download
04 Jan 2024
Announcing the ODF Toolkit 0.12.0 release
ODF is the Open Document Format, the native format used by LibreOffice (and supported by many other apps too). It has various sub-formats such as .odt for text files, .ods for spreadsheets, and .odp for presentations.
Meanwhile, the ODF Toolkit is a set of Java modules that