Andrew Pitonyak has been the great master of StarBasic since forever. I still remember copies of his book being distributed at the 2nd OpenOffice Conference in Berlin, in September 2004, the very first time
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19 Dec 2016
Advent Resource #19: LibreOffice Macros
19 Dec 2016
Advent Resource #18: Croscore Fonts
A frequently overlooked point of lock-in with Microsoft Office is its default use of proprietary fonts. Contrary to the popular view, fonts are often not freely distributable, and may in fact be covered by restrictive license terms
17 Dec 2016
Advent Resource #17: Renewed QA Wiki Page
Quality Assurance wiki page has been reorganized and updated, and provides a number of resources for people willing to commit their time improving the quality of LibreOffice.
As explained on the Get Involved
16 Dec 2016
Advent Resource #16: Two Academic Research about LibreOffice
Jonas Gamalielsson and Björn Lundell, of the University of Skövde in Sweden, have extensively studied the LibreOffice project. They have published two different papers in 2012 and 2014, which represent a very interesting reading.
Gamalielsson J. –
15 Dec 2016
Advent Resource #15: Open Document Format website
The Open Document Format website is managed by the OpenDoc Society. It is another useful resource for ODF advocates and especially for developers, as it offers an overview of
14 Dec 2016
Advent Resource #14: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
The website of the OASIS Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications Technical Committee is a fundamental resource for all people advocating the standard or deploying it within organizations of any