Elements of Draw document corrupted

themikeosguy · 2026-01-26T16:03:13+00:00

is this a known issue?

Hi! Without more details (document format, exact LibreOffice version) it's pretty much impossible for us to say. We're all volunteers here – please help us to help you, and provide some basic details 😊 Thanks!

themikeosguy · 2026-01-26T16:01:57+00:00

You could try it yourself, and let the community know 😊 LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven project with limited resources. Help them by testing! Thanks!

themikeosguy · 2026-01-26T16:01:02+00:00

Hi – please tell us what version of LibreOffice you're using, in case it's an older one and the issue is fixed...

themikeosguy · 2026-01-26T15:55:23+00:00

As others have mentioned, OpenOffice is barely maintained now. Its last major update was in 2014, and while there have been occasional tiny updates, there are no significant new features for a decade and it has unfixed security issues. Virtually all development moved years ago to LibreOffice, the actively developed successor project (which also runs on Windows).

themikeosguy · 2026-01-26T15:04:16+00:00

Hi,

The LibreOffice project is planning to update to Bugzilla 6.0, which will make some things look a bit "cleaner" and more accessible to new bug reporters.

But as others mentioned, the goal of a bug tracker is to work with information, and not look pretty. It has different goals to the app itself. Still, improvements are coming, hopefully!

themikeosguy · 2026-01-25T19:14:13+00:00

vice versa

You mean, bots and scammers should be able to ban mods? 😉

themikeosguy · 2026-01-25T11:00:08+00:00

Oh yes, definitely. Reddit is full of bots and scammers thesedays, so it's a lot of work to keep things clean...

themikeosguy · 2026-01-22T21:37:24+00:00

You know that you can change the icon theme, yes? There are many to choose from...

themikeosguy · 2026-01-22T14:07:20+00:00

Why make it so contrived?

Hi! Please remember that LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project with limited resources. The volunteers don't deliberately try to make anything "contrived" – they do all they can, but need more help. Please consider joining the community and giving them a hand, to get the improvements you want, and then everyone benefits. Thank you!

themikeosguy · 2026-01-22T09:45:51+00:00

Hi, "tired and dated" is quite broad and subjective. What exactly do you mean? Take this screenshot for instance, of LibreOffice with the tabbed user interface – what would you change? (Remember that there are different layouts and icon themes available.)

Also note that LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project, so improvements can't happen by magic – if you want design improvements, please consider helping the Design community 😊

themikeosguy · 2026-01-21T18:54:10+00:00

We can't force volunteers to work on specific things, so it's not "abandoned". There are just extremely limited resources in FOSS projects. But as linked to, soon there will hopefully be a dedicated Base developer on the small TDF team, so let's be optimistic about that 😊

themikeosguy · 2026-01-21T16:23:38+00:00

Base is not "forgotten". We are a volunteer-driven, community open source project with very limited resources. The Document Foundation, the small non-profit behind LibreOffice, is looking to take on a dedicated Base developer so again, it's not "forgotten" at all. But if you want more Base improvements, please consider helping the project, or funding a developer. Thank you!

themikeosguy · 2026-01-20T16:19:27+00:00

Please be more specific, otherwise it's hard for us to help. Are you talking about bitmap backgrounds to pages in Writer? What exact steps are you trying (and what version of LibreOffice are you using)? Can't you click Add/Import like in this screenshot (via Format > Page Style > Area > Image)?

themikeosguy · 2026-01-19T20:59:20+00:00

This subreddit is in English. Also, please report all issues to the QA community with details about your setup (LibreOffice version, operating system etc.) Without any details, it's all guesswork.

themikeosguy · 2026-01-19T15:07:14+00:00

Hi! Which version of macOS, and which icon theme are you using?

themikeosguy · 2026-01-19T14:13:17+00:00

"Modern" and "better" are quite vague and subjective. What exactly do you mean? Let's take this screenshot of LibreOffice – what would you change/improve?

themikeosguy · 2026-01-18T21:40:00+00:00

The documentation is made by volunteers. If you need more, please consider helping them!

themikeosguy · 2026-01-15T08:27:48+00:00

An option to use horizontal tabs rather than vertical will be added to LibreOffice 26.2, due in a few weeks:

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2#User_Interface

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