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1. LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 20:20:08 JST LibreOffice

   30,000 PCs are moving from Microsoft Office to #LibreOffice in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. At the recent Univention Summit 2025, we met the people handling the migration: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/05/libreoffice-at-the-univention-summit-2025/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 23:44:29 JST LibreOffice

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     • Chl0333Z

     @Chl0333Z Glad you like it 😊

   • Chl0333Z (chl0333z@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 23:44:30 JST Chl0333Z

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     @libreoffice I just installed LibreOffice the other day! As ridiculous as it is, it's a pain to set a custom font in Google and Microsoft's line of products so I decided to give your software a spin and it is amazing! Thank you!

   • B. Raheem (aquarianoak1@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 23:44:44 JST B. Raheem

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     @libreoffice
     Just downloaded LibreOffice yesterday. Looking forward to using it and having peace of mind at the same time!

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 23:44:44 JST LibreOffice

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     • B. Raheem

     @aquarianoak1 Hope you like it!

   • James R Steinhaus, Author (james_steinhaus@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 23:46:00 JST James R Steinhaus, Author

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     @libreoffice I need a good clear voice to read what I wrote back to me. are you going to come up with that feature?

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 23:46:00 JST LibreOffice

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     • James R Steinhaus, Author

     @James_Steinhaus Text-to-speech is normally a feature provided by your operating system on a global base, and not individual apps. What operating system are you using?

   • inucat9 (inucat9@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 23:48:30 JST inucat9

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     @libreoffice More than 12 years have passed since our city switched from MS Office to LibreOffice. We are glad to have more friends in the OSS world 😉

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 23:48:30 JST LibreOffice

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     • inucat9

     @inucat9 Ahh! Which city is that?

   • devSJR :python: :rstats: (devsjr@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 01:13:23 JST devSJR :python: :rstats:

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     • switching.software

     @libreoffice @switchingsoftware

     💪

     #LibreOffice #foss #opensource #freesoftware

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 02:20:51 JST LibreOffice

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     • AskPippa🇨🇦

     @AskPippa Glad you like it! For the features you meant, you can already turn words into links by selecting them and then Insert > Hyperlink. What do you mean by "comments mode"? You can add comments to sections of text too.

   • AskPippa🇨🇦 (askpippa@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 02:20:52 JST AskPippa🇨🇦

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     • B. Raheem

     @libreoffice @aquarianoak1 I started using it a couple months ago and am impressed with how smoothly it works. I'm recommending it to other writer friends.
     2 features I would *like* to see in the word processor: embedding links in words; a comments mode.

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 02:21:30 JST LibreOffice

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     • Quark Maker

     @QuarkMaker As the blog post says, they are switching to Linux!

   • Quark Maker (quarkmaker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 02:21:31 JST Quark Maker

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     @libreoffice I love Libre Office. I used it for a bit when I was still a Mac person, and after switching full time to Linux with Linux Mint, I then used it with my job almost every day for six years.

     I found building tools in LO Calc was significantly easier than Excel.

     Congrats #schleswigholstein for making the right choice!

   • Quark Maker (quarkmaker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 02:21:31 JST Quark Maker

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     @libreoffice One other point I'd like to make is that, given the current political and Wall Street climate in the U.S., the EU's response through passing the ACI, etc., I think breaking and eliminating dependence upon Microsoft and, in practice, any other American tech corporation, is in national, state, and even city-level security and economic interest.

     I think adopting LibreOffice is a good first step, but you also need to switch to Linux, and Germany's own SUSE is an excellent choice.

   • James R Steinhaus, Author (james_steinhaus@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 17:21:44 JST James R Steinhaus, Author

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     @libreoffice the windows basic voice is mechanical. the one on their paid version of office is far more natural, it is far easer to use being integrated. I was an open office user but using that feature has massively improved my writing. my ears catch what my dyslexia misses

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 17:21:44 JST LibreOffice

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     • James R Steinhaus, Author

     @James_Steinhaus Ah, understood. We have very limited resources so we focus on the core office suite components, but you could consider funding a developer to work on this, so that all users benefit: https://www.documentfoundation.org/certified-developers/ – Thank you!

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 05:35:55 JST LibreOffice

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     • Jeramee

     @Jeramee Glad to hear it 😊

   • Jeramee (jeramee@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 05:35:56 JST Jeramee

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     • B. Raheem

     @aquarianoak1 @libreoffice

     I hope your experience is as great as mine has been.

     If you ever run into a problem, their help forum is great. The folks there are very friendly and knowledgeable.

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 16:41:36 JST LibreOffice

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     • jeanjo

     @jeanjo As the article says, "The northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Windows and Office to Linux and LibreOffice."

   • jeanjo (jeanjo@friendica.world)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 16:41:39 JST jeanjo

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     @libreoffice It's not enough, they ought to also move from Windows to #Linux or #BSD !