30 Apr 2020
LibreOffice monthly recap: April 2020
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more…
- Communities around the world organise local events to meet in person, but many of these events have moved online, given the ongoing pandemic. The Indonesian community organised an online translation marathon to improve LibreOffice’s localisation in their language. They’re getting close to having 100% of the user interface translated – a big thanks for all their work!
- More event news: early in April, we posted an update about the join openSUSE + LibreOffice Conference 2020, which is due to take place in October. We’re keeping an eye on the situation regarding international travel and large meetings, and will post an update on this blog soon.
- Leif-Jöran Olsson recently became a member of The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice. We chatted to him about his activities in the project, and why he chose to become a member.
- Meanwhile, LibreOffice’s documentation community has been working on a new help editor, making it easier to contribute. The editor simplifies the process for editing XHP, which is the dialect of XML used in the help system.
- We had some updates from two new teams in the LibreOffice project. First, the macro team posted a progress report, detailing documentation and code improvements. Then the PowerPoint team also provided an update, listing various improvements made to PPT(X) presentation compatibility.
- On a more light-hearted note, TDF Board member Franklin Weng created an Easter Egg hunting game, based on the Document Freedom Day. Try to find the important words or phrases!
- In the middle of the month, we provided an update on the status of LibreOffice for Android and iOS. Our main focus is on the desktop app right now, but mobile apps based on LibreOffice are available from our certified developers and partners.
- We recently started issuing Open Badges to LibreOffice community members, and in April we sent out a new batch, this time for top wiki contributors. We’ll be creating more badges in the coming weeks and months, and we’ll let you know if you win one!
- On April 16, TDF announced LibreOffice 6.4.3, the third minor release of the 6.4 family. It includes over 50 bugfixes and compatibility improvements.
- Running LibreOffice on Windows 10? Need help with file management? Harald Berger, from our documentation and German-language communities, created a newcomer-friendly video explaining the basics of file management, and how to organise your documents for efficient usage in LibreOffice.
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- Finally, we had another chat with a community member: this time with Stanislaus J. Pinasthika from Indonesia, who helps out with QA (quality assurance) and marketing.
