LibreOffice 26.8 adds plenty of nice features and refuses to shove AI in your face
The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 26.8, bringing smarter paragraph typography, expanded spreadsheet tools, and zero intrusive AI features to the open-source office suite.
LibreOffice 26.8, the latest update to the open-source office suite, has been released with a focus on enhancing core functionalities rather than integrating generative AI. The Document Foundation, the organization behind LibreOffice, has not included any AI features in this version, ensuring that user data remains local and no processing occurs on external servers.
Instead, the update introduces a new text layout algorithm for Writer called the Paragraph Composer, which balances word spacing across consecutive lines in a paragraph for better justified text. Additionally, LibreOffice 26.8 supports OpenType variable fonts, offers automatic paragraph direction detection for right-to-left text, and introduces a distraction-free Draft view.
The spreadsheet application, Calc, now supports formula input for N'Ko and Adlam scripts, while the pivot table functionality is expanded with the addition of Calculated Fields. Impress and Draw allow for the mixing of multiple page sizes within a single document, and the layout of complex Microsoft Office charts, including waterfall, sunburst, and funnel charts, is preserved intact during round-trip document sharing. LibreOffice 26.8 is available for free download on Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.
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