--- title: "LibreOffice 26.8's release fixes your word spacing, brings in a new Notebookbar UI, and still contains zero AI" url: https://daily.dev/posts/libreoffice-26-8-s-release-fixes-your-word-spacing-brings-in-a-new-notebookbar-ui-and-still-contai-nhrjm5re6 source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/libreoffice-268s-release-fixes-your-word-spacing-brings-in-a-new-ui-and-still-contains-zero-ai type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-08-27T01:51:35.653Z updated: 2026-08-27T01:58:40.008Z tags: ["open-source", "linux"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # LibreOffice 26.8's release fixes your word spacing, brings in a new Notebookbar UI, and still contains zero AI **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary LibreOffice 26.8 is now available, bringing a redesigned Notebookbar interface with app-colored bars and scrollable tab labels, plus a new Paragraph Composer feature for controlling paragraph-wide word spacing to produce cleaner line breaks. Notably, the release includes no generative AI features by design: no documents are sent to remote services, and the suite requires no network access, positioning it as a data-sovereignty-friendly alternative to Microsoft 365. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What's new in LibreOffice 26.8? LibreOffice 26.8 introduces a redesigned Notebookbar interface where the ribbon bar changes color depending on which app you're using, with scrollable tab labels navigable via mouse wheel or trackpad. It also adds a new Paragraph Composer tool that controls word spacing across an entire paragraph for more consistent line breaks. The release deliberately includes no generative AI features. _Track major open-source office suite releases like LibreOffice updates as they roll out on daily.dev._ ### Does LibreOffice 26.8 have any AI features? No, LibreOffice 26.8 deliberately contains zero generative AI features. Documents are never transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function, which The Document Foundation frames as necessary for organizations handling confidential, legally privileged, or personal data. _Developers weighing data sovereignty against AI features can follow tool comparisons like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [LibreOffice 26.8 Beta Released For Improving This Free Software Office Suite](https://daily.dev/posts/libreoffice-26-8-beta-released-for-improving-this-free-software-office-suite-es85yjxcp) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/libreoffice-26-8-s-release-fixes-your-word-spacing-brings-in-a-new-notebookbar-ui-and-still-contai-nhrjm5re6)