Tuesday, October 13, 2026

AndrOpen Office 5.6.8

AndrOpen Office 5.6.8 is now available. This release adds Markdown support, fixes several crashes and makes the app smaller to download.

Markdown

  • Markdown files can now be opened and saved.
  • Headings, lists, tables, links, images, code blocks and strikethrough are kept.
  • Markdown files can be opened from file managers and the file picker.

Stability

  • Fix for a crash when switching sheets in Calc.
  • Fix for a crash when opening Word, Excel or PowerPoint files with broken document properties.
  • Fix for a crash when recovering a PDF document without the PDF import add-on.
  • Fix for a crash after many warning beeps.
  • Fix for a crash or endless loading when pressing Back on the start screen.

App

  • Smaller download from removing text conversion data the app never uses.
  • Saving a document no longer asks to confirm its format. Save As still asks.

Monday, August 24, 2026

AndrOpen Office 5.6.6 — Now on Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16, with a Smaller Install

AndrOpen Office 5.6.6 is rolling out now. This release moves the app onto the newest Apache OpenOffice code base, makes the install noticeably smaller, and fixes a long list of Word compatibility problems.

📱 A New Code Base

AndrOpen Office 5.6.6 is built on Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16, the latest release of the project the app is derived from. That brings every upstream fix and improvement along with it.

📄 Better Word Compatibility

A lot of work this cycle went into DOCX and DOC round-tripping — that is, opening a Word file, editing it, saving it, and getting back what you started with. Improved in 5.6.6:

  • Drop caps
  • Character highlighting and background colour
  • Superscript and subscript
  • Character spacing and kerning
  • Paragraph borders and line spacing
  • Tab stops and list numbering
  • Table column widths and cell shading
  • Fields, including EDITTIME, CREATEDATE, TEMPLATE, USERINITIALS and MACROBUTTON

📦 A Smaller Install

Parts of the app that most people never touch no longer ship to everyone. PDF import, WebDAV, the solver, icon themes and the conversion filters are now downloaded only when you actually use them — the app offers to fetch the piece it needs, right at the moment it needs it, and carries on once it arrives.

If you never open a PDF, you never download the PDF importer.

📁 Box, Renewed

Box support has been rebuilt on Box's current API, replacing the SDK Box retired in 2023. Sign-in and file transfers work as before, with progress reporting intact.

🛠 Under the Hood

  • Target API level raised to 36, for the latest Android releases
  • Fixed a crash on documents containing Syriac text
  • Fixed missing fallback fonts for some scripts

🙏 Thank You

Thank you for using AndrOpen Office and for the bug reports that make releases like this one possible. As always, AndrOpen Office works offline, needs no account, and asks for no unusual permissions.

The update is available on Google Play now.

Friday, August 21, 2026

AndrOpen Office 5.6.3 — Native Writer Dialogs and Better Word Tables

AndrOpen Office 5.6.3 continues the long-running work of replacing the desktop dialogs inherited from OpenOffice with native Android ones, and improves how Word tables survive a round trip.

📱 Native Dialogs for Writer

OpenOffice was built for a mouse and a large screen. Its dialogs work on a phone, but they were never designed for one — small targets, dense layouts, and controls that expect a cursor. Replacing them with native Android dialogs, one at a time, has been an ongoing effort across many releases.

5.6.3 brings native versions of the Writer dialogs you reach most often while laying out a document:

  • Page
  • Columns
  • Footnote
  • Text grid
  • Header and footer
  • Paragraph style and page style

They use real Android controls, so they scroll properly, respect your system theme, and are sized for a fingertip rather than a mouse pointer.

⌨️ A Smoother Keyboard

Single-line text fields in dialogs now show the keyboard's Done action, so you can confirm what you typed and dismiss the keyboard without reaching for the dialog's buttons.

📄 Better Word Tables

Tables are among the hardest things to carry between word processors intact. This release improves DOCX and DOC round-tripping for table width, margins, borders, alignment and background — so a document edited in AndrOpen Office and reopened in Word keeps the table layout you left it with.

🙏 Thank You

Thank you for using AndrOpen Office and for the reports that guide which dialog gets mobilized next. As always, AndrOpen Office works offline, needs no account, and asks for no unusual permissions.

Monday, May 26, 2025

Celebrating 8 Million Downloads – Thank You for Supporting AndrOpen Office!

Thank you, as always, for using AndrOpen Office.

We’re excited to announce that AndrOpen Office has officially surpassed 8 million downloads worldwide!

It all started with a simple idea:

"We need an office app that truly works on smartphones and tablets."

From that desire, AndrOpen Office was born.

Our mission has always been to make document editing easy, reliable, and accessible anytime, anywhere—for everyone.


📱 What is AndrOpen Office?

AndrOpen Office is an Office app that brings full-fledged document editing to your smartphone or tablet.

It supports Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file formats,

and works entirely offline, so you can create, edit, and save your documents without relying on the cloud or a network connection.


📱 Why People Love AndrOpen Office

Behind the 8 million downloads are the real voices of our users:

  • “I was amazed I could edit spreadsheets on my phone like I do in Excel.”
  • “No login required and no strange permissions—just works. That’s rare and reassuring.”
  • “Perfect for jotting down ideas during commutes. Super handy.”

These comments have encouraged us every step of the way, and they continue to drive our improvements and updates.


📱 What's Next for AndrOpen Office

Reaching 8 million downloads is just one milestone.

We’re committed to making AndrOpen Office even better, with updates focused on:

  • Smoother performance
  • A more intuitive interface
  • Support for additional file formats and features

Whether you’re already a user or just discovering us now,

we want AndrOpen Office to be the app you’re glad you downloaded.


📱 Thank You

To everyone who uses AndrOpen Office,

to those who’ve sent us feedback,

and to those quietly cheering us on—

thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

AndrOpen Office will continue to evolve.

We hope you’ll stay with us on this journey.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Encryption support

  In AndrOpen Office version 5.5.4, we support loading and saving modern encryptions for DOC / XLS / PPT / DOCX / XLSX / PPTX.

We support encryption in AndrOpen Office as below:

  • ECMA-376 Document Encryption (Aglie Encryption)
    • DOCX / XLSX / PPTX
      • Office 2007 SP2, Office 2010, Office 2013 ...
  • ECMA-376 Document Encryption (Standard Encryption)
    • DOCX / XLSX / PPTX
      • Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2007 SP1, Office 2007 SP2, Office 2010, Office 2013 ...
  • Office Binary Document RC4 CryptoAPI Encryption
    • DOC
      • Word 2002, 2003, 2004
    • XLS
      • Excel 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010
    • PPT
      • PowerPoint 2002, 2003, 2004
  • Office Binary Document RC4 Encryption
    • DOC
      • Word 97, 98, 2000
    • XLS
      • Excel 97, 98, 2000
  • XOR Obfuscation
    • DOC
      • Word 2002, 2003, 2004
    • XLS
      • Excel 2002, 2003

Monday, September 9, 2024

AndrOpen Office Version 5.4.8 Released - Improved Character dialog by adapting native UI.

  AndrOpen Office Version 5.4.8 Released 


Improved dialog in Character by adapting native UI.


In this version, the dialog in Character has been nativized.


<Font>

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<Font Effects>

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<Position>

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<Asian Layout>

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<Hyperlink>

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<Background>

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AndrOpen Office Version 5.4.5 Released - Improved Paragph dialog by adapting native UI.

 AndrOpen Office Version 5.4.5 Released 


Improved dialog in Paragraph by adapting native UI.


In this version, the dialog in Paragraph has been nativized.


<Indent & Spacing>

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<Alignment>

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<Text Flow>

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<Asian Typography>

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<Outline & Numbering>

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<Tabs>

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<Drop Caps>

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<Borders>

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<Background>

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

AndrOpen Office version 5.4.4 - Update code base to Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15

 AO Office version 5.4.4 is released.



Update code base to Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15



Apache OpenOffice is an open source project with Apache License.


AO Office is based on the source code of the Apache OpenOffice and that was version 4.1.15.


The code base is updated to version 4.1.15, the latest version.


It includes the security updates and is strongly recommended to update to the latest version.


The detailed information about Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 is here:




Monday, January 29, 2024

AndrOpen Office Version 5.4.1 Released - Improved Text Import dialog by adapting native UI.

AndrOpen Office Version 5.4.1 Released 


Improved Text Import dialog by adapting native UI.


In this version, the Text Import dialog has been nativized.


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Friday, December 22, 2023

AndrOpen Office Version 5.4.0 Released - Improved Format Cells dialog by adapting native UI.

 AndrOpen Office Version 5.4.0 Released 


Improved Format Cells dialog by adapting native UI.


In this version, the Format Cells dialog has been nativized.


<Number>

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<Font>

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<Font Effects>

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<Alignment>

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<Asian Typography>

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<Borders>

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<Background>

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<Cell protection>

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Friday, November 10, 2023

AndrOpen Office Version 5.3.9 Released - Improved Presentation Wizard dialog by adapting native UI.

  AndrOpen Office Version 5.3.9 Released 


Improved dialog in Presentation Wizard by adapting native UI.


In this version, the dialog in Presentation Wizard has been nativized.


<Page 1>

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<Page 2>

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<Page 3>

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<Page 4>

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<Page 5>

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