#officedocuments — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #officedocuments, aggregated by home.social.
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404 Media: The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI. “Consulting giant Accenture is trying to figure out how to stop non-technical workers from blowing through companies’ AI token budget on trivial tasks like converting PDFs to presentation slides, according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media. Across the industry Accenture is seeing ‘soaring token […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/24/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai-404-media/ -
🚀🤖 Oh, joy! Yet another #GitHub project promising to bring Office documents to your browser, because nothing screams #innovation like rehashing ideas from 2010. 🤦♂️ Let’s all gather around and pretend we’re impressed by this groundbreaking feat of technological déjà vu! 📜✨
https://github.com/yukiyokotani/office-open-xml-viewer #OfficeDocuments #TechDéjàVu #BrowserProjects #HackerNews #ngated -
Digital Preservation at the University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives: Digging for Data: Recovering Files from Forgotten Word Processing Systems. “The collections we work with contain disks from machines that were once used professionally but are now largely forgotten. While imaging the disks themselves was possible, none of our usual tools, or others we could find online, were able to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/04/digging-for-data-recovering-files-from-forgotten-word-processing-systems-university-of-cambridge-libraries/ -
ZDNet: Euro-Office, Europe’s open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launches June 9. “Euro-Office’s 1.0 release, available June 9 for anyone to download from the project’s public GitHub repositories, will come with ready‑to‑use web editors for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations that support real‑time collaboration. The suite is designed to help public […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/zdnet-euro-office-europes-open-source-alternative-to-microsoft-office-and-google-docs-launches-june-9/ -
ZDNet: Proton just launched a Google Workspace alternative – and it’s fully encrypted. “Proton, the organization behind the popular Proton VPN service, is carving a foothold in the productivity arena with the launch of Proton Workspace, available today. Proton, based in Switzerland and subject to the country’s strict privacy and data protection laws, calls its new offering a ‘private […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/zdnet-proton-just-launched-a-google-workspace-alternative-and-its-fully-encrypted/ -
The Register: LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2. “LibreOffice Writer can open documents in almost any word processor file format, and save back into almost any other. As of late last month, this includes Markdown. Specifically, LibreOffice 26.2 supports the version called CommonMark.”
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ZDNet: Sick of Microsoft and Google? This new European office suite is a private, open-source alternative. “This new cloud service is positioning itself as a fully European, open‑source‑based alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. The service promises digital sovereignty, strict compliance with European Union (EU) law, and a familiar cloud‑office experience for organizations […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/12/zdnet-sick-of-microsoft-and-google-this-new-european-office-suite-is-a-private-open-source-alternative/ -
XDA Developers: LibreOffice resumes work on its self-hosted Google Docs alternative. “…back in 2022, The Document Foundation (TDF) voted on putting the work on LibreOffice Online on hold. However, a vote has passed that revokes the resolution of the original poll, which means that LibreOffice Online is back under construction.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/28/xda-developers-libreoffice-resumes-work-on-its-self-hosted-google-docs-alternative/ -
Engadget: Proton Sheets joins the company’s productivity suite. “The latest addition to Proton’s workplace suite is a spreadsheet tool called Proton Sheets. It will offer real-time collaboration, and users can control who has access to view and edit files. Proton Sheets can also be accessed on any device, including mobile ones. It supports importing CSV and XLS files, and the spreadsheets also […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/08/engadget-proton-sheets-joins-the-companys-productivity-suite/
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ZDNet: My 20+ Google Docs tricks to supercharge your workflow (no extensions required). “Most people are familiar with the basics of the platform, but I bet you don’t know most of its features. Google Docs is packed with tools that even longtime users miss. To help you out, I’ve compiled over 25 Google Docs tips and tricks to help you work faster, stay organized, and collaborate more […]
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How-To Geek: Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 Are Dead. “Today is the day we’ve been waiting for, as Microsoft has officially ended support for the Office 2016 and Office 2019 suites, standalone apps, and servers. That means if you are still running any of these versions, you won’t be getting any more fixes or technical support from Microsoft.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/18/how-to-geek-microsoft-office-2016-and-office-2019-are-dead/
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Piccalilli: A guide to creating accessible PDFs using free tools. “Before we look at what free alternatives there are for creating and checking PDFs, you should ask yourself the following question: do I really need to create a PDF, or could I create a website or write an email instead? … If the answer was ‘yes’, I’m going to show you how to do the following things using a practical […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/06/piccalilli-a-guide-to-creating-accessible-pdfs-using-free-tools/
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ZDNet: Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – how to use them. I’d rather know how to turn them off! “Microsoft 365 users looking for assistance in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can now call on AI agents to help them with their work. On Monday, Microsoft announced that the new agentic AI skills are now available for both business and personal subscribers of Microsoft […]
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Bleeping Computer: Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October. I gotta get my Mom on Linux. “Next month, Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices outside the European Economic Area (EEA) region that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps.”
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Mashable: Anthropic Claude can now create spreadsheets and slide decks for you. “On Tuesday, Anthropic shared a new feature for Claude where users can ask it to create Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoints, Word documents, and PDFs directly within the chat. The new capability is available as a preview for Claude Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers, and Anthropic said it would be rolling out to […]
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MakeUseOf: Google Drive search is bad—here are 8 better ways to find files. “Google Drive is fantastic for storing and sharing files, but actually finding the file you need can sometimes be a challenge, especially if you don’t remember its name. Luckily, there are smarter ways to search, filter, and navigate your Drive so you can find exactly what you’re looking for—fast.”
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The Register: LibreOffice 25.8: Faster, leaner, and finally speaks PDF 2.0. “If you open Microsoft Office documents, .DOCX, .XLSX, and .PPTX files should all import more faithfully. This version is better at handling hyphenation, its font handling is more compatible with PowerPoint, and the Calc spreadsheet supports over a dozen new functions that should mean Excel spreadsheets import better […]
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MakeUseOf: These Google Drive Tricks Keep My Files Perfectly Organized. “Google Drive can become a chaotic mess of files scattered everywhere. If that happens, it becomes nearly impossible to find what you need when deadlines are looming. The solution isn’t complicated—it just requires a smart organizational system.”
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Engadget: Surprise, Google Workspace is adding more AI tools to Docs, Sheets, Chat and other apps. “In an incredibly shocking turn of events, more generative AI features are coming to the Google Workspace suite of productivity apps by way of Gemini. Docs, Sheets, Chat, Meet and newcomer Vids are among the tools that are getting new AI capabilities that perhaps some folks will find useful.”
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PC World: This Office app survived 35 years. Now Microsoft is killing it. “As Microsoft Word and PowerPoint continually improve their feature sets, the two apps are slowly strangling one of Microsoft’s traditional Office apps: Microsoft Publisher.”
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Digitaltrends: I tried the free version of Microsoft Office. All I got was ads and anxiety. “With the free desktop versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Microsoft is doing the reverse. You’re not being stuffed with ads, but the sheer lack of features will make you wish you never installed these apps in the first place.”
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TechCrunch: Google Drive users can now access and search transcripts for videos. “After launching automatically generated captions for videos last year, Google Drive is now launching searchable video transcripts. Google announced that starting Monday, Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their videos. The new feature gets rid of the need to upload a video’s audio to a […]
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MakeUseOf: These Are the 4 Best Online PDF Compression Tools. “If you need to share PDF files online, compressing them is a must. Smaller PDFs are quicker to upload and download, easier to email, and take up less storage space. Luckily, plenty of free web-based tools can shrink your PDFs in seconds—no installation required.” Please do not use these tools with PDFs containing sensitive or […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/22/makeuseof-these-are-the-4-best-online-pdf-compression-tools/
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9to5Linux: LibreOffice 25.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New. “The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 25.2 as the latest stable version of this popular, powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux, Android, macOS, and Windows systems. LibreOffice 25.2 introduces a new privacy feature that removes all personal […]
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PC World: Microsoft just killed the ability to look up words and phrases in Word. “Smart Lookup was long powered by Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and it actually worked quite well. So why remove it? The only reasonable answer is that Microsoft wants to push users toward Copilot. If you want to look up stuff — not just definitions and synonyms but anything else — then you’ll have to […]