LibreOfficeApr 29
Not only is one German state moving from Microsoft to LibreOffice, but the whole federal government is committing to move to open standards by 2027: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/29/germany-committing-to-odf-and-open-document-standards/
Germany committing to ODF and open document standards - The Document Foundation Blog

Digital sovereignty is of vital importance for data freedom. If governments and organisations use proprietary or pseudo-standard formats, they limit the tools that citizens can use to access data. So we’re happy to see that the IT Planning Council in Germany is committing to move to the Open Document Format – a fully standardised format […]

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Show threadToran "Torspedia" Shaw
@libreoffice just wish my university would let us submit assignments in .ODF format, as we can only really use Word... and as a Linux user that means Word Online, which is slow and clunky.
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Show threadLibreOfficeApr 29
@toran Oh no! Ask your uni why they won't accept standardised formats, and force students to use specific software. It's the exact opposite of what unis should be doing. If they say "We use Microsoft Office/365", point out that Microsoft also supports ODF so they should at least accept documents in that format!
Show threadkarlggestApr 29
@libreoffice
Microsoft support to odf is poor.
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Show threadPatrikApr 29
@karlggestd @libreoffice @toran Microsoft's support for ISO OOXML (“their own open standard”) is also poor. So, what?
Show thread⊥ᵒᵚ⁄Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️Apr 29
@PatrikSchoenfeldt @karlggestd @libreoffice @toran Microsoft's support for older .doc(x) is poor too!
Show threadToran "Torspedia" ShawApr 29
@karlggestd @libreoffice it's even poor for saving LO Writer files as .docx.. as the last time I tried it came back as 'corrupted'.
Show threadToran "Torspedia" ShawApr 29

@libreoffice I'll try, ta... they're heavily invested in the MS ecosystem, as we're given 365 accounts on sign up.

Didn't know that Word also opens .odf files, so will ask them about it. Ta! 🙂

Show threadRoboApr 29

@toran can't you use LibreOffice to save the document in .doc/.docx format? I used to do that when I was in University.

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Show threadJeremy ListApr 29
@neurob @toran @libreoffice that's what I did in first year and then in second year my math and humanities classes started wanting assignments in PDF and my computer science classes started wanting assignments in LaTeX.
Show threadToran "Torspedia" ShawMay 2
@neurob @libreoffice tried that, but the tutor told me that the document was partially corrupted.
Show threadGal also worksApr 29
@toran @libreoffice i don't mean to sound sarcastic but can't you just export as .docx or .doc? IIRC LibreOffice supports it
Show threadJeremy ListApr 29
@Sir_Ga1ahad @toran @libreoffice I hear that such documents don't always look exactly the same when opened in MS office, but the vast majority of the time it's close enough that you don't need to worry about it.
Show threadToran "Torspedia" ShawMay 2
@Sir_Ga1ahad @libreoffice not if the tutor can't open it.
Show threadBill ZaumenApr 29
@toran @libreoffice If you are just submitting a class assignment, is there any reason why you can't send them a PDF file---libreoffice can export a document in that format. I'd presume what you submit is read-only.
Show threadToran "Torspedia" ShawMay 2
@bzdev @libreoffice because they add comments to the assignment, when they return it, for feed back so we can improve for the next one.