I know Libre Office well and it has always, just sucked (sorry to any fans) compared to MS Office. Is there any alternatives planned for Haiku that also has compatibility with Microsoft formats?
Also not a fan of how HUGE the buttons appear on my Haiku computers without a way to reduce the sizes.
There is one broken native spreadsheet app, but other than that there are no concrete plans.
You can try Calligra from kde: https://calligra.org
I also read about this office suite that was once native to BeOS and I think it would be a great idea to revive it. It would be native, original and wouldn’t be dependent on ports from Linux software.
OnlyOffice.
Also, Google Docs and/or /Microsoft 365 (using compatible web browser).
NOTE: VMs are another useful tool for specific commercial apps mainly on MacOS/Windows/etc that you remote into and use from within Haiku. Saves on licenses, keys, and support.. 
Something must be wrong with the LibreOffice installation on your screenshot.
I agree with you that it’s absolutely awful,looks like a GTK applications with those oversized touchy buttons 
Normally,LibreOffice on Haiku uses Qt for UI and looks almost native due to the great Qt bindings.
Just checked on my Haiku computer after installing all updates,it still looks fine here,with smaller buttons and everything in Haiku style as if it were a native application.
If you’re looking for alternatives,Calligra is the only application I know for Haiku.
If cloud stuff is okay for you,have a look at Cryptpad (open-source and encrypted) or Proton Docs (proprietary but encrypted),never trust Google or Micro$oft with your data.
If you absolutely hate LibreOffice you can try Joeffice suite, it’s a java open source office suite. I downloaded the zip file with their binaries, and installed OpenJdk18. you can try to build it from source also.
Edit: I was able to use it with OpenJDK 11 thru OpenJDK22
This is not a screenshot of the LibreOffice. It looks more like an AbiWord?
Yep, this is definitely AbiWord.
Who bothers to write such a posting full of complaints like the OP and doesn’t even know which program they’re talking about? Sometimes I really wonder …
Good catch! I had the exact same problem trying to run AbiWord in a VM, couple of years ago. At the time I blamed Gtk, but other apps look more or less the way they should on Haiku (if out of place).
