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Last updated 12 November 2026

Terms of Service for this website

These Terms of Service define the terms and conditions for using the Break LibreOffice Guides website. By using the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

Questions about these terms can be sent through the contact page. Please state that your message concerns the terms of service so it reaches the right place.

Contents

Find the part you need

Each section stands on its own. You do not need to read the page in order, but the order below follows the way a visit usually goes: arriving, reading, sending a message, and using the site day to day.

Using this website

Acceptance of these terms

Use of this website means you accept these Terms of Service in full. The terms apply to all visitors who browse guides, send a contact message, or use any other feature of the site, whether you arrived from a search result, a link in a document, or a referral from someone in your office.

Material changes to the terms will be published on this page, with the date at the top updated. Continued use after publication means you accept the updated terms. If a change affects something you were in the middle of doing, such as a guide step you had saved, the new wording applies from the date it appears here.

Who runs the site

About the site

Break LibreOffice Guides is an independent guide site about using LibreOffice for office work. It is not LibreOffice and not The Document Foundation. Guides explain documented features in Writer, Calc, Base, and related areas, including templates, styles, extensions, built-in help, and Microsoft Office compatibility.

Links to official LibreOffice resources are provided for checking sources and downloading the suite. Where a guide names a source, such as LibreOffice help or a manual, that source remains the authority for the feature described. This site explains the steps in plain language; it does not replace the help that ships with LibreOffice.

Reading and sharing

Use of site content

Guide content is provided for personal and general office use, such as learning Writer styles or Calc formulas. You may read, print, or save pages for your own reference, and you may follow the steps in your own documents at work or at home.

You may not copy large parts of the site and present them as your own publication, or republish whole guides as if they were written by you or your organisation. Short quotations with attribution are acceptable for discussion of a guide, for example when you are asking a colleague to look at a particular step. If you want to reuse more than a short extract, contact us first through the contact page.

Versions and checking

Accuracy and version information

Guides aim to follow LibreOffice help and manuals for the version named on the page. Menu names, dialog labels, and steps can change between branches, such as LibreOffice 26.8.2, and between operating systems. A step that reads one way in Writer on one machine may sit in a different menu on another.

Readers should check the version label on the guide and test steps on a copy of their file before applying them to the only copy of a document. The site does not promise that a guide matches every future branch without review. If a step no longer matches your version, the official help for your branch is the place to confirm it.

What you send, and what you agree not to do

The practical side of using the site

These sections cover the messages you send us and the limits that keep the site working for everyone who reads it.

User submissions

Contact messages, corrections, and guide requests are submissions to the site. By sending a message, you confirm that it does not contain unlawful content or material you have no right to share. Keep messages to the point: what you were trying to do in LibreOffice, which version you are using, and what happened when you followed the step.

The site may use a correction to update a guide, with attribution only where appropriate. Do not send files or macros from unknown sources, and do not attach documents that contain other people's personal data unless you have a clear reason and the right to share them.

Acceptable use

You agree not to misuse the site, including attempts to disrupt it, scrape it in a way that harms its operation, or send false or misleading contact messages. You agree not to use the site to distribute malware or to collect personal data from other visitors.

Misuse may lead to messages being ignored or access being restricted where technically possible. Ordinary use, such as reading guides, printing a page for your desk, and sending a correction, is exactly what the site is for.

Limits

Liability

The site is provided as a guide resource and content is provided without a warranty of any kind as far as the law allows. LibreOffice use involves your own files and settings, so you should back up important data before following any step, especially steps that change styles, macros, extensions, or file formats.

The site is not liable for loss of data, documents, or time resulting from use of the guides, to the extent permitted by law. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

Names and sources

Intellectual property

LibreOffice and related names belong to their respective owners. Guide text on this site is the site's own editorial work unless otherwise stated. Official manual and help references are named as sources and are not presented as site content.

Trademarks and product names are used for identification only. That includes the names of LibreOffice applications such as Writer, Calc, and Base, and the names of other products mentioned when they are needed to explain file compatibility.

Keeping the site current

Changes and availability

The site may change, add, or remove guides and pages at any time. Access may be interrupted for maintenance, hosting changes, or other reasons. No guide is promised to remain available in its current form.

Version-labelled pages will be updated or retired when they no longer match a current branch. If a guide you rely on is updated, the version label and the steps on the page are the record of what changed. If you saved a printed copy, check it against the current page before using it on a newer LibreOffice version.

Law and contact

Governing terms and contact

These terms are governed by the laws applicable to a Dublin-based website publisher, subject to any mandatory consumer rights in your country. Questions about these terms can be sent through the contact page. Please state that your message concerns the terms of service.

The privacy policy and cookie policy form part of the site's published policies and should be read with these terms. Together they describe how the site is run, what you may do with it, and what happens to information you send.

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