The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 26.2, now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, delivering noticeable upgrades in speed, compatibility, and overall usability.
Across the entire suite, opening, editing, and saving files is now faster. Support for documents created with proprietary office software has also been strengthened, improving day-to-day compatibility.
In Writer, floating tables now behave more consistently when using pagination options like “Keep with next” and “Don’t split,” helping to avoid unexpected page breaks. The change-tracking system has been refined as well, with better preservation of formatting, cleaner handling of partially removed paragraphs, and smarter management of related edits.
New direction-aware paragraph alignment settings make it easier to reuse styles between left-to-right and right-to-left documents, and automatic RTL detection while typing can now be enabled at the style level.
Calc receives both performance and interoperability boosts. Copying and pasting large datasets from Microsoft Excel is much smoother thanks to support for the BIFF12 clipboard format, removing earlier size limits. Sorting has also been improved with more natural ordering, persistent locale settings, and better handling of decimal separators.
When working with spreadsheets that contain many hidden columns or shapes, performance is noticeably better, and tasks like removing duplicates or rejecting tracked changes now complete more quickly.
Impress benefits from interface polish and better media support. On Windows, audio and video playback now relies on Microsoft Media Foundation for improved default codec compatibility. Several dialogs and panels have also been updated to use more native-looking widgets.
Presentation workflows gain useful enhancements too, including the ability to insert hyperlinks directly from the context menu and copy dialog screenshots straight to the clipboard.
Beyond the core apps, LibreOffice 26.2 expands its format support and interoperability. Markdown import and export are now available, including clipboard workflows and template-based imports. EPUB export is faster and now shows a progress indicator during the process.
Font handling has also been made more transparent: when documents use embedded fonts with restrictive licenses, users are prompted to choose between editable and read-only modes instead of having fonts replaced automatically.
Behind the scenes, Skia rendering is now mandatory on Windows and macOS to improve consistency and performance, while Linux gains faster SVG pattern rendering. Scripting and automation have been updated with Python 3.12 support, a broader standard library, and new ScriptForge features.
LibreOffice 26.2 is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux in more than 120 languages. Platform updates include a new minimum requirement of macOS 11 on Apple systems and revised CPU requirements for official Linux builds.
For full details, users can check the release notes or read the official announcement.
