I wanted to append a prefix to the beginning of the contents of a bunch of cells in #LibreOffice Calc, and the "simplest" way I found to do that today (from what I saw as recommendations in forums like StackOverflow and Reddit)… was to use regexes

So, to prefix the contents, I searched for:
^(.)

…and replaced by:
The string you want to add as a prefix $1

I feel dirty.

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LibreOffice is finally getting this done!

https://news.itsfoss.com/libreoffice-markdown-support/

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More good news! Another government is freeing itself from tech giants and vendor lock-in. The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is dropping Microsoft Office/365 and moving to #LibreOffice, to get back control: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

LibreOffice erhält Markdown-Unterstützung
https://linuxnews.de/libreoffice-erhaelt-markdown-unterstuetzung/ #libreoffice #markdown #linux #opensource

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LibreOffice gets Markdown support

In future, LibreOffice will be able to import and export Markdown files. However, it is unclear when – work on the function has only just begun.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/LibreOffice-gets-Markdown-support-10477455.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#LibreOffice möchte #Markdown unterstützen: https://www.heise.de/news/LibreOffice-erhaelt-Markdown-Support-10477309.html

Dumme Idee.

Mein Kommentar: https://www.heise.de/forum/heise-online/Kommentare/LibreOffice-erhaelt-Markdown-Support/Keine-gute-Idee-Es-gibt-nicht-das-Markdown-Nehmt-was-anderes-oder-lasst-es/posting-45328375/show/

We're making tabs in #LibreOffice dialog boxes vertical, to improve navigation. This is just one of the many changes our QA and Development communities worked on in June: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/07/07/qa-dev-report-june-2025/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

Open Document Format – #LibreOffice's native format – is based on XML. But what exactly is XML, and why is it used almost everywhere? Find out: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/04/xml-an-explanation/ #foss #opensource #xml #openst

I have to say, this is not an ideal way for LibreOffice Writer to look when I open my first document in it after installation…

Lots happening in the #LibreOffice project! Last month we had an update to the software, plus new merchandise, tutorials, docs, a lookback at StarOffice, and more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/02/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-june-2025/ #foss #OpenSource

@qlp

Oh man, yes!

Requiring pixel-accuracy for anything on modern displays is insanity.

#LibreOffice is guilty of this on occasion.

Big update from our Documentation team – the #LibreOffice 25.2 user guides are now available! This is fantastic work, driven primarily by volunteers: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/01/%f0%9f%93%a3-the-new-libreoffice-25-2-user-guides-are-here/ #foss #OpenSource