#officedocuments — Public Fediverse posts

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 […]

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.”

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/

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/

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 […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/22/the-register-libreoffice-25-8-faster-leaner-and-finally-speaks-pdf-2-0/

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.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/18/makeuseof-these-google-drive-tricks-keep-my-files-perfectly-organized/

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.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/10/pc-world-this-office-app-survived-35-years-now-microsoft-is-killing-it/

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/

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 […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/pc-world-microsoft-just-killed-the-ability-to-look-up-words-and-phrases-in-word/