LibreOffice project and community recap: September 2021

Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more!

• The biggest event in September for was the LibreOffice Conference 2021! It had to take place online again this year, due to the pandemic, but we still had hundreds of people around the world joining our live streams and taking part in the discussions. We’ve also started uploading videos of the talks with more to come – stay tuned to this blog!

• On September 28, we celebrated our 11th anniversary. After 11 years, the project and its global community are amongst the largest in the FLOSS ecosystem, and LibreOffice Technology sets the development path for personal productivity.

• During the month, we had updates to the 7.1 and 7.2 branches of LibreOffice, fixing bugs and improving compatibility. LibreOffice 7.2.1 was released on September 16, while LibreOffice 7.1.6 arrived on September 9.

• Thanks to our awesome documentation community, we had a bunch of new guides and translations in September! The LibreOffice 7.2 Getting Started Guide is an essential accompaniment to the suite, covering all the latest features. Meanwhile, the Czech team worked on a translation of the Impress Guide 7.0. Great work, everyone!

• Lastly, we talked to Hypra’s Jean-Philippe Mengual about accessibility in free and open source software (FOSS).. Jean-Philippe is the co-founder of Hypra and is working with enterprises to integrate people with disabilities in business environments.

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