Many government departments around the world are moving away from vendor lock-in by tech giants, and switching to free and open source software like LibreOffice. This helps with privacy, security, and digital sovereignty. One such example is the Austrian Military (Bundesheer), which has moved 16,000 PCs from Microsoft Office to Continue reading at the publisher's website.

A truly open document format requires free public availability, royalty-free standards, and no usage restrictions. Organizations like the Open Knowledge Foundation and the European Union use several core rules to guarantee long-term data access, system independence, and freedom from single-vendor control. Core Openness Criteria Public Specification: The complete format rules Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… We had one update in July: LibreOffice 26.2.5, the fifth maintenance update to the LibreOffice 26.2 branch. We also said a big welcome to our new Continue reading at the publisher's website.

On 30 July 2026, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published Open Source Software: Security Principles and Practices, a 31-page guidance document for federal civilian agencies. It is available at no cost and marked TLP:CLEAR, meaning it may be shared without restriction. The document is addressed to US Continue reading at the publisher's website.

LibreOffice extensions are optional, third-party addons for the suite, that add extra functionality. Bora Yarkın has been working on a new extension for LibreOffice Impress, so let’s hear from him about it… Tell us about it! The extension lets you control a LibreOffice Impress presentation from your phone or any Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Today we’re talking to Karl-Heinz Gruner, who has been supporting the LibreOffice community at events in Germany and recently became a member of The Document Foundation, the non-profit behind the suite: Tell us a bit about yourself! I live in Middle Franconia, near Nuremberg. In my spare time, I enjoy Continue reading at the publisher's website.

The question arises naturally for anyone who chooses the standard format over the proprietary one: why do office suites that use OOXML as their native format handle ODF in ways that range from poor to appalling? The two most obvious answers are these: vendors have neglected the format, treating it Continue reading at the publisher's website.

On 13 October 2026, Microsoft ends support for Office 2021. No more security updates, no more fixes, no more assurances. The software will still launch. It will still open your files. But from that date it becomes a liability rather than an asset — and the only sanctioned path forward Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Digital sovereignty is not about owning everything, it is about ensuring that nothing essential can be taken away. That single line settles more arguments than it first appears to, because it disqualifies the two positions that dominate the debate. One side imagines sovereignty as control. The other imagines it as Continue reading at the publisher's website.

Berlin, 23 July 2026 – The Document Foundation today announced the release of LibreOffice 26.2.5, the fifth maintenance update to the LibreOffice 26.2 branch. Building on the major feature release published on February 4, 2026, this update delivers targeted bug fixes and stability improvements contributed by a global community of Continue reading at the publisher's website.