2026-07-02 10:02 UTC
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2026-07-02 10:10
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org Given that the last update broke my LibreOffice so that it no longer runs, I'm interested in (1) whether the August update will fix whatever was just broken, and (2) how I will update to the new version given that LibreOffice won't load? In the meantime it's just as well I haven't yet cancelled the MS Office subscription, isn't it.
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@mortal_engine@mastodon.social 2026-07-02 10:26
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org Add ability to select multiple images & frames. Add ability to move frames with a table inside, with Alt+Arrow Keys.
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2026-07-02 10:26
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org Windows 11. A couple of days ago I was running the then latest version. On starting it, it said it was updating to a new version (I wasn't asked whether I wanted it to - I didn't want it to, I just wanted to open a file). Having done that, or failed to do it, I don't know which, it now doesn't work at all. Open the application or open a file and nothing visible happens. As I happen to be a techie I tried looking in Task Manager, where I saw two, or sometimes three, processes get started, but they apparently sit there doing nothing at 0% CPU. The shortcut on my desktop is labelled "LibreOffice 25.8, which presumably failed to get updated on a previous update. There is a file called "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\LibreOffice_26.2.4.2_Win_x86-64.msi" dated 30/06/2026 (again, not something a non-techie Office user would know to look at), which is presumably something to do with the attempted update that broke everything.
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2026-07-02 10:49
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org It does run in safe mode (from the command line, of course, as I can't get at any menus).
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2026-07-02 10:57
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org Is there any logging or suchlike that I could add to the bug report?
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2026-07-02 13:15
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org I'm now using the latest LibreOffice with hardware acceleration turned off. I'm working with a large (for me) spreadsheet, not quite 100,000 rows, and doing a lot of scrolling up and down. Compared to the previous version of LibreOffice, with hardware acceleration turned on, the scrolling is faster, smoother, and overall less clunky. In fact scrolling now behaves pretty much as I'd expect, whereas the previous behaviour was rather disappointing for someone used to Excel.
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2026-07-02 13:46
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org I found some hardware audit tool lying around on this PC so added its output to the bug report in case that turns out to be helpful.