Notices by LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)

@andre_601 Hi! I'm afraid we can't provide support on social media (we're a small non-profit with extremely limited resources). But you can get lots of help from the community on Ask LibreOffice: https://ask.libreoffice.org – Thanks for understanding 😊

Next Wednesday, March 26, we will celebrate Document Freedom Day !!! During the day, three webinars and two Q&A sessions: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/21/reminder-dfd-libreoffice/ @tdforg @libreoffice

It's also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVAe7bTGeYg

Episode #2 of the LibreOffice Podcast! We're talking about #Design, #UI and #UX in free and open source software: https://peertube.opencloud.lu/w/1sppBckJ73Jfeg6SzJG3gb

@aes Can you provide a bit of context to what you're writing? Where is "black on black" – what LibreOffice version, what operating system?

@Josteglitz Hi! You can submit enhancement requests here: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org – But of course, we're a volunteer-driven project with very limited resources. To get a new feature more quickly, you can consider helping our volunteers, or funding a developer. Thank you ☺️👍

With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/13/updates-on-schleswig-holstein-moving-to-libreoffice/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

@asael Please help us to improve accessibility by reporting issues (or even better, helping our volunteers to fix them): https://bugs.documentfoundation.org – Thank you 😊

Our #LibreOffice 25.2 "New Features" video is available in 18 languages thanks to our awesome localisation communities! 🌎 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/12/libreoffice-25-2-video-in-18-languages-%f0%9f%8c%8e/ #foss #OpenSource

Sometimes the smallest changes make a big difference. In future #LibreOffice versions, you can choose a currency from the drop-down with a direct click – no need to also click "OK". Learn more what our QA and Dev communities are doing: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/03/10/qa-dev-report-february-2025/ #foss #OpenSource

@mytwobits01 As you still won't tell us your LibreOffice version or operating system, or file a bug report, there's not much we can do to help...

@mytwobits01 That's impossible for us to answer, without any useful details. What version of LibreOffice, on what operating system? What do you mean by "handle correctly" – when exporting? Have you filed a bug report, or even better, offered to help the volunteers who work hard to give the world a free office suite, with extremely limited resources? 😊

@luis_in_brief Please contact them (apache@apache.org) and ask why they're still distributing OpenOffice despite multiple unfixed security issues over a year old, and no updates. Let us know what they say. Thanks!

@vartak Hi! Nothing is due to a "lack of interest". It's almost always a lack of resources. Everyone wants improvements and new features in FOSS, but very few actually step up to implement them, or fund developers. We'd have much better macOS support if people give us a hand or fund developers: https://www.documentfoundation.org/certified-developers/

@axx Obviously it shouldn't look like that at all, but you didn't say anything about your setup so it's hard to say what the cause could be. Here's how it looks on LibreOffice 25.2 (have you tried restarting LibreOffice after selecting the dark mode?)

@kirb You can email press@apache.org and ask them if it's responsible to keep distributing OpenOffice despite the multiple, year-old security issues. See what they respond...

@bluetea Please contact press@apache.org and ask them why they're still distributing OpenOffice despite multiple unfixed security issues over a year old. The more people that do this, the more chance there is of finally putting it in the Attic...

@bignose @libreoffice @TheASF No, ASF has the domain and the Google/SEO juice, so they have the primary responsibility.

And to be clear they’re not actually maintaining it, since it regularly has security vulnerabilities that go unpatched for months at a time.

@hans @AngelaScholder We don't "need" them. But we're not going to arbitrarily reject open source code patches from volunteers, which greatly improve LibreOffice for all users, because those volunteers get some financial help to work on the open source code patches.

@AngelaScholder We choose the projects. Please read this to learn more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GSoC