libreoffice , to Random stuff
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Here's another handy feature you might not know about! If you're working on a long document and want to focus on the body text, uncheck View > Whitespace in the menu, and headers, footers and page breaks disappear: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/01/show_whitespace.html

itsfoss , (edited ) to Linux
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GerryT ,
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@itsfoss

1st: Have a look at cross-platform applications that are available on the current platform and Linux, and see if they are good for you (e.g. #LibreOffice, #Zotero, #Firefox, #Thunderbird, #Qoppa #PDFStudio, ...)

2nd: Is your computer/notebook and your printer etc. well supported by #Linux? Check the internet for it.

3rd: After switching: Look first for software in the distribution repositories and not on the websites of the projects. Install it from the distribution if available.

Em0nM4stodon , to Random stuff
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What technology and/or tech organization gives you the most hope for the future right now? 💚👀

mousey ,
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@Em0nM4stodon




Any and all distros





and the ongoing, tireless, thankless, largely invisible works of the

9to5linux , to Linux
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7.6.7 Office Suite Is Here as the Last Update in the Series, It's Time to Upgrade to LibreOffice 24.2 https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-7-6-7-is-here-as-the-last-update-in-the-series-upgrade-to-libreoffice-24-2

@libreoffice @tdforg

levi , to Random stuff
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Oh man. has a command palette.

Shift-Esc

Boom 💥

I use libreoffice all day every day but still spend an unreasonable amount of time trawling through menus trying to find functions.

neustradamus , to Random stuff
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24.2.3 has been released ( / / / / / / / ) https://libreoffice.org/

9to5linux , to Linux
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24.2.3 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with More Than 70 Bug Fixes https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-24-2-3-office-suite-is-now-available-for-download-with-79-bug-fixes

@libreoffice @tdforg

PaulHammond51 , to Random stuff
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is there a forum where I can post questions relating to 'Calc' functions. Hoping to move away from G-Sheets.

libreoffice , to Random stuff
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Did you know that has a built-in QR and barcode generator? Now you do 😉 https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/01/qrcode.html

LibreOfficeDE , to Random stuff German
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Hole dir die neuen Handbücher –
Calc Kap.02 Eingeben und bearbeiten von Daten und
Impress Kap.03 Text hinzufügen und formatieren in Version 24.2:
https://de.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/

libreoffice , to Random stuff
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Look! A feature you may not know about 😉 When exporting a the "Hybrid PDF" option embeds the original file. Then anyone with a PDF reader can view the file – and LibreOffice users can edit it too: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Writer/PDF_Hybrid#What_is_a_hybrid_PDF_file?

vwbusguy , to Random stuff
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When I was in Indiana last week, I found a floppy disk in my dad's desk and was able to recover the files from them and put them on a USB drive. They were documents and forms he had created back in 1994 with Word Perfect that triggered a number of memories for him. Luckily, I could read the floppy disk from and could read/convert the files.

kuketzblog , to Linux German
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Schleswig-Holstein packt es an und schlägt einen sinnvollen Weg in die Zukunft ein. "Schleswig-Holstein setzt auf einen digital souveränen IT-Arbeitsplatz in der Landesverwaltung". Das bedeutet unter anderem:

  • Umstieg von Microsoft Office auf LibreOffice
  • Umstieg des Betriebssystems von Microsoft Windows auf Linux
  • [...]

Weitere Informationen unter: https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/Presse/PI/2024/CdS/240403_cds_it-arbeitsplatz.html

roy_baer ,
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@kuketzblog nun muss noch Gelder für Kommunen und Kreise, die nicht auch zu & wechseln, auf das Niveau ohne -Lizenzgebühren kürzen. Nur so wird der Umstieg gelingen.

microbloggertom ,
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@kuketzblog Ich suche ein IT-Beratungsunternehmen, das schon mal eine -zentrierte Organisation auf umgestellt hat, am besten schrittweise statt big bang. Gibt es solche Unternehmen? So ein Umstieg ist sicherlich mit Schmerzen verbunden, und sicherlich gibt es best practices. Davon würde ich gerne profitieren.

linuxmagazine , to Linux
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The May issue has been released! This month we look at the D-Bus architecture, which creates a powerful channel for applications to communicate. Order your copy! today https://bit.ly/Linux-Magazine-catalog

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating

Schleswig-Holstein looks to succeed where Munich failed.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/german-state-gov-ditching-windows-for-linux-30k-workers-migrating/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ManuelInSpace ,
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@arstechnica "Buckle your seatbelt". I sincerely do hope that more governmental and public entities do follow. TBC

goncalor , to Linux
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"Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to and (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government."

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/

opensuse , to Linux
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Wonderful to see Schleswig-Holstein using with plans to switch to . @opensuse https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/germanys_northernmost_state_ditches_windows/

nixCraft , to Random stuff
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Yay! German state moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/ Taxpayers money should go towards FLOSS and not the proprietary vendors.

amueller ,
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@nixCraft

Hope someone is telling them how to setup the defaults!

libreoffice , to Linux
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Question! Why should local governments use taxpayers’ money to buy proprietary, closed software from a single vendor? And what happens to citizens' data? A solution is to move to free and open source software like and – which is exactly what Schleswig-Holstein is doing: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/

pyngudigital , to Linux German
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Schleswig-Holstein geht voran:

statt M$ Office
statt Windows
statt Outlook
statt Sharepoint

Das Kabinett hat den Startschuss für den Umstieg auf freie Software gegeben - ein Gewinn für -Sicherheit, und die heimische Digitalwirtschaft.

Langfristiges Ziel ist die vollständige digitale Souveränität des Landes.

https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2024/II/240403_digitalsouveraene_verwaltung.html

Wir ziehen den Hut und wünschen eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung!🎩

nekohayo , to Random stuff
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I had a sudden "what if…?" intuition for a potential speedup in my bug reporting workflow when tables of data are involved, and… it turns out that it is actually possible.

As you can see in this short demonstration I recorded below, you can paste cells into a ticket, and it automatically converts it to a proper table. It just works! What is this sorcery!? 🤯 What a time to be alive.

A short video showing a LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet with many cells selected, copy-pasted into a GitLab ticket editing form, and the cells get converted to MarkDown table format

libreoffice , to Random stuff
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Today is Document Freedom Day 2024! Let's spread the word about open standards and open formats, like uses, to ensure everyone can get access to their data – whatever apps we choose to use: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/03/27/celebrating-document-freedom-day-2024/

stooovie , to Random stuff
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Custom keyboard shortcuts do not work in on Mac

It's not just me https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/custom-shortcuts-not-working/44262/7

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