30 Nov 2019
LibreOffice monthly recap: November 2019
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more!
- We got started with the Month of LibreOffice, November 2019. This is a campaign that we run every six months, crediting contributions all across the project. Everyone who helps the LibreOffice community during November can claim a sticker pack, and has a chance to win a cool glass mug. Today is the final day, so click the link to find out how to participate!
- The OpenDocument Format (ODF) is the native file format in LibreOffice, and is used by other applications too. On November 7, we welcomed the release to OASIS of TC Committee Draft of ODF Version 1.3 for ratification. At the end of the process, ODF Version 1.3 will be submitted to ISO to become a standard. The final approval is expected in late 2020 or early 2021.
- Also on the topic of ODF, we announced a new tender for consultancy on implementing ODF 1.3 conformance in LibreOffice. This task can be taken on by an individual or a company, so if you have some technical background in ODF and the LibreOffice source code, take a look.
- The LibreOffice Conference 2019 took place in Almeria, Spain in September, and we finished editing and uploading videos of presentations from the main room (auditorium). They’re all in the playlist, which you can browse below – click the button at the top to change to a different video:
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- Meanwhile, we talked to Celia Palacios from the Mexican LibreOffice community, who has recently become a member of The Document Foundation. She tells us why she joined, and how she’s helping the LibreOffice project and community.
- Then the Turkish community gave a presentation about the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) in Ankara. There were around 40 attendees, all interested to hear how GSoC students had worked on new features and improvements in LibreOffice.
- In other news, we announced a new version of the LibreOffice Impress Remote for Android. This lets you interact with your slideshow presentation from your Android device – including slide previews, speaker notes, and more.
- Another community that was especially active this month was the Albanian LibreOffice community, who organised a localisation sprint and other events. We really appreciate their help – and our thoughts are with them, and the people of Albania, in the difficult times after the earthquake.
- Over in the documentation project, a team of contributors has worked on refreshing the LibreOffice “Frequently Asked Question” pages. Check out the graph below to see how many wiki edits were made over the last two years:
- And then we had even more community news! LibreOffice was present at two events in the Czech Republic, LinuxDays in Prague and OpenAlt in Brno. Thanks to Zdeněk, Petr and Stanislav for their great work!
- Over in Indonesia, Sokibi’s story tells us about advocacy of free software and LibreOffice at a local level. It’s wonderful to see people all around the world who are so passionate about open source and sharing knowledge!
- The new LibreOffice Macro Team posted a progress report, detailing bugs fixed, help update and code contributions. Great work, everyone!
- And finally, we had a local event update from Sofia, Bulgaria, where LibreOffice was present at OpenFest. Gabriele Ponzo describes his experiences there, and explains how other community members can get involved too.
