Editor's note: The article's headline has been updated because the original headline misrepresented Microsoft's MS Office product. I've long been a fan of the open-source LibreOffice suite. It works ...

OpenOffice was the first big, mainstream free software competitor to Microsoft Office, and because of that, it still has mainstream name recognition—which is a problem. Developers have almost all ...

It’s a good day for fans of open-source software. The Document Foundation is releasing LibreOffice 5.1 for Windows, Linux, and Mac. On tap are reorganized menus, integrated support for remote servers ...

The latest pre-release version of the free and open source productivity suite LibreOffice 5.3 comes with a new tab-style UI codenamed MUFFIN (My User Friendly & Flexible INterface), which is an ...

News briefs for February 7, 2019. The Document Foundation today announces the official release of LibreOffice 6.2 with NotebookBar. This is a major new release that "features a radical new approach to ...

But perhaps the most important update in this version is improved interoperability with Microsoft Office file formats like DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX. Apparently, users were experiencing bugs when opening ...

News briefs for August 8, 2018. The Document Foundation announced this morning that LibreOffice 6.1 is now available. This is the second major release of the 6 family, and it has many new features, ...