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Community Member Monday: Dione Maddern, LibreOffice docs team

Dione Maddern

Today we’re talking to Dione Maddern, who helps out in LibreOffice’s documentation team…

Tell us a bit about yourself!

I’m 44. Originally from Brisbane, Australia but I currently live in Baltimore, on the East Coast of the USA. I’ve worked in a variety of administration, document production

Nepali Community celebrates LibreOffice 24.2 Release Party with CS50x Nepal students

Info banner about LibreOffice special session for Nepali community

Suraj Bhattarai, our Nepalese LibreOffice Community Liaison, writes:

We shared some positive words around the LibreOffice project, among students of IOE Purwanchal Campus enrolled in CS50x Nepal. The LibreOffice orientation was scheduled for two hours on 21st February, 2024 at the MSC special

LibreOffice at FOSDEM 2024

LibreOffice at FOSDEM 2024

FOSDEM is the biggest meetup of free and open source software (FOSS) developers in Europe, and takes place every year, in early February, in Brussels. And the LibreOffice project is always there!

We had a stand with merchandise, and community members were present to answer questions, provide information

Video: New features in LibreOffice 24.2

LibreOffice 24.2 is our new major update, with new features, compatibility improvements, and performance boosts. Check out this video, with subtitles in 28 languages thanks to our awesome localisation community – or if you’d prefer to watch it on PeerTube, here’s a link.

How your donations helped LibreOffice and TDF in 2023

Donations to The Document Foundation help us to grow our community, run our infrastructure, organise events and share knowledge. And as a result, LibreOffice keeps on improving for all users! Many thanks to all of our supporters. Here’s a quick infographic showing how we used your donations in 2023:

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Armenian translation of LibreOffice complete

Armenian script

LibreOffice is available in over 100 languages, thanks to our worldwide community of localisers and translators. And for the upcoming LibreOffice 24.2 release, it will be available in Armenian for the first time!

Armenian is an Indo-European language, spoken by 5 – 7 million people in the