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   LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 17:56:07 JST LibreOffice

   More good news! Another government is freeing itself from tech giants and vendor lock-in. The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is dropping Microsoft Office/365 and moving to #LibreOffice, to get back control: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

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     LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 22:00:31 JST LibreOffice

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     • Zvonimir Stanecic

     @asael Hi! For all help, please use https://ask.libreoffice.org

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     Zvonimir Stanecic (asael@mastodon.ml)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 22:00:33 JST Zvonimir Stanecic

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     @libreoffice Hi to all the libreoffice team. One questio for you... I didn't found a fast way to do it via keyboard. Is there an option to change the font quickly via keyboard in writer?

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     Brad Rubenstein “:verified:” [OLD ACCOUNT] (bradrubenstein@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 22:03:00 JST Brad Rubenstein “:verified:” [OLD ACCOUNT]

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     • Dan Johansen

     @Strit @libreoffice

     Curious: In moving a government workforce toward LibreOffice, Is there discussion for what the support model should be?

     Currently, the entire Professional Support list looks like it might support a few dozen companies totaling say 10k seats. Denmark has something like 800k bureaucrats (over a quarter of the national workforce).

     Clearly not just an exercise in installing and using FOSS software, but massively scaling up the ability to support and fix and develop it for a huge (and consequential) workforce.

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     LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 22:03:00 JST LibreOffice

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     • Brad Rubenstein “:verified:” [OLD ACCOUNT]
     • Dan Johansen

     @BradRubenstein @Strit Bear in mind, that page on our site is only a selection of people doing support (who've asked to be on the page). There are many more people across the world doing consulting, support and custom development for open source apps. And Denmark – should it go ahead with a bigger LibreOffice rollout – could employ its own support staff too. So there's more than just the possibilities on that page.

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     Dan Johansen (strit@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 22:03:01 JST Dan Johansen

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     @libreoffice It's more of a trial run than a commitment as far as I understand it.
     They are testing with the most technical people first and if that goes well, they will make a plan to get more switched.

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     LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Jul-2025 04:23:01 JST LibreOffice

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     • 🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼

     @pascaline Hi! For all questions, please use https://ask.libreoffice.org – Sorry we can't answer directly here, but we're a small non-profit, driven by volunteers, so please use our dedicated Q+A site 😊 Thank you!

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     🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼 (pascaline@mastodon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Jul-2025 04:23:03 JST 🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼

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     @libreoffice

     I would like to switch, but I can't find help on two things I use a lot in Word.

     Is it possible to simultaneously scroll two documents?

     And is it possible to install multiple language packs to check grammar, typos, and more? I type in mostly two but sometimes three.

     I create a lot of work in Word, and the layout of elements is crucial since the output goes to Acrobat for printing. Placed images should not be compressed. How does LibreOffice handle this?

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     da_habakuk (da_habakuk@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 17:47:22 JST da_habakuk

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     @libreoffice finally! thanks trump!!!!

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     LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 18:36:25 JST LibreOffice

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     • James Bilsbrough
     • Crossed Wires

     @jsbilsbrough @crossed Hi! Do you mean, someone from LibreOffice to appear on the Crossed Wires podcast?

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     James Bilsbrough (jsbilsbrough@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 18:36:27 JST James Bilsbrough

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     • Crossed Wires

     @libreoffice I love these good news stories! Do you have someone there who may like to come tell the story of LibreOffice on @crossed ?