LibreOffice 26.8 released
Version 26.8 of the LibreOffice suite has been released. LibreOffice 26.8 concentrates on three areas: the typographic quality of what the suite produces, the range of writing systems it handles correctly, and the fidelity with which documents survive exchange with other office suites. The largest single body of work in this release addresses bidirectional and complex text. Writer now detects…
LibreOffice 26.8, the latest version of the popular office suite, has been officially released. This release focuses on enhancing three key areas: typographic quality, handling of diverse writing systems, and document compatibility when exchanging files with other office suites. The most significant development in this update is the improved support for bidirectional and complex text.
Writer now automatically detects paragraph direction when opening documents or pasting plain text. This means line wrapping will respect the direction of the paragraph rather than the orientation of individual characters. Additionally, resizing objects functions correctly in right-to-left and vertical CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) documents.
Bidirectional control characters are now visible alongside other formatting marks, providing better visibility for users working with these complex text layouts. In the Calc component, the suite automatically sets the direction of a cell to right-to-left when typing such text into an empty cell. Users can find the complete list of changes in the release notes.
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