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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A ver para cundo la administracion española de todos los niveles deja de regalarle nuestro dinero a Micro$oft
A ver para cundo la administracion española de todos los niveles deja de regalarle nuestro dinero a Micro$oft
@libreoffice I love these good news stories! Do you have someone there who may like to come tell the story of LibreOffice on @crossed ?
@jsbilsbrough @crossed Hi! Do you mean, someone from LibreOffice to appear on the Crossed Wires podcast?
@libreoffice @crossed absolutely, we’d love to chat with someone - we’ve already talked NextCloud and given the growing frustration with MS it seems a good follow up
@libreoffice finally! thanks trump!!!!
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Italy will switch to libreoffice in 3050, before Hungary and Poland, but after all the others
@libreoffice daran sollten sich unsere Politiker ein Beispiel nehmen!
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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?
@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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Oh, sorry, I understand!
I didn't see it there, that's why I thought I would ask here.
@libreoffice Awesome! I just wish they'd fix their macros. I can't seem to get those to work right.
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@FirewallDragons I’m not seeking out Denmark-related stories, but here we are.
@FirewallDragons I’m not seeking out Denmark-related stories, but here we are.
@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?
@asael Hi! For all help, please use https://ask.libreoffice.org
@libreoffice It's comments like this: "Not because we think it’s easy – but because we know it’s necessary to lead the way if we want to create more competition and innovation – and reduce our dependence on the few."
That makes me believe it may actually succeed.
@libreoffice that's really a good news
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I don't make recommendations BUT I can tell you I've been using Libre Office for many years with complete satisfaction.
I don't make recommendations BUT I can tell you I've been using Libre Office for many years with complete satisfaction.
@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.
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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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.
@libreoffice GOOD. copilot is something no-one asked for from a company no-one trusts anymore.
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Hoping this will lead to more funding and development resources beeing contributed back to the project.
Hoping this will lead to more funding and development resources beeing contributed back to the project.
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