LibreOffice or alternatives for android

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 hours

I’d like to process some Microsoft Word documents on my android tab. Do you have any recommendations on FOSS word editors that work with .doc and .docx on android?

Joker@lemmy.ml · 50 minutes

what about only office?

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 37 minutes

Nah, tried it, but alas… I just went home and did it with LibreOffice on my Linux rig.

Ardens@lemmy.ml · 2 hours

Maybe consider Collabora Office…

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 hour

Didn’t work for some reason. Now I’m guessing the files were read-only. But then again, LibreOffice opened them without issues on my Linux rig a few minutes ago…

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 2 hours

First off, convert them to ODF, to not get nasty surprises and compatibility problems. MS OOXML is only a pseudo-standard and kept incompatible to competitors on purpose.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 hour

Done and done 👌 thanks! 😊

Kopeshan@lemmy.world · 3 hours

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.documentfoundation.libreoffice

Editing is experimental though.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 hours

Nice! Thanks! As a last resort, I’m considering X11 + LibreOffice on Termux.

iByteABit@lemmy.ml · 2 hours

Had no idea you can setup a full DE & display server on Termux, must be clunky but really cool

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 hour

Yeah, it’s pretty sweet! There’s even a whole sub over at Reddit. But be warned: I once asked politely why they insist on ricing their termux instances - expecting some sincere replies - and I got bullied out of there faster than the Millennium Falcon did the Kessel Run…

sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 40 minutes

Maybe dontnsay ricing

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 38 minutes

Why? People above ricing now? 🤣

sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 22 minutes

Think about what group of people a word based on “rice” targets?

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 minutes

I’m really not deep enough into that culture to understand what you mean. Either that, or it’s that I’m a non native speaker? 😅 Please explain. 🙏 Is it not just a nerdy way of saying “making a Linux desktop environment look fancy”?

hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 2 hours

libreoffice under termux + termux-x11 was the best solution i could find in 2025, actually worked really well. but it could be a bit tedious to use if you’re not familiar with *nix stuff.

i think the termux repo didn’t ship libreoffice and i had to use proot distro debian, but i may be misremembering.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 hour

Yep, that still seems to be the case.

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website · 3 hours

I was looking for something similar late last year. I dare say there is no good and FOSS solution right now on Android.

Babalugats@feddit.uk · 3 hours

As well as LibreOffice

Collabora Office (Based on LibreOffice)

and

OpenDocument

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 hours

Thanks! Unfortunately, neither were able to open my .docx files.

lyralycan@sh.itjust.works · 2 hours

I recommend moving to .odt and such, Microsoft altered the supposed-to-be-standardised formats they use, probably to lock people into their ecosystem. You could instead select all and copy from the docx into a fresh .odt, and fix the formatting differences.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 hours

Yeah, I’m on my way home now to do this on my Linux rig. Ugh… Would’ve been nice to be able to do it from my tab at the cafe, but, we can’t have it all, I guess 🤣

Babalugats@feddit.uk · 3 hours

I thought Collabaro would for sure.

I don’t really know these, but…

Only Office

AndroOpenOffice

iByteABit@lemmy.ml · 2 hours

Can confirm Only Office has worked well for me