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Google Summer of Code 2020: LibreOffice projects announced

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global programme focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. LibreOffice took part last year, which led to some great new features including a QR code generator and NotebookBar improvements.

And in 2020, we’re in GSoC again! Six projects have been

Announcing the LibreOffice Base Guide 6.2

LibreOffice has extensive documentation in many languages, thanks to our worldwide community. Recently, the guide to Base, LibreOffice’s database component, was updated by Pulkit Krishna, Dan Lewis, Jean Hollis Weber, Alain Romedenne, Jean-Pierre Ledure and Randolph Gamo. A big thanks to them for all their work!

The guide covers

Starting today: The Month of LibreOffice, May 2020 – get cool merchandise!

Thanks to our worldwide community of developers and supporters, every release of LibreOffice includes new features, bugfixes, compatibility boosts, translations, and other improvements. This month, we want to show our appreciation to everyone who helps out – and encourage more people to join our projects! So how are we going to

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

Community Member Monday: Stanislaus J. Pinasthika

Today we’re talking to Stanislaus J. Pinasthika from the Indonesian LibreOffice community. He has recently become a member of The Document Foundation, helping to guide the LibreOffice project and community…

To start with, tell us a bit about yourself!

Let me tell you a story: Jember was a quiet city.

Video tutorial: File management with LibreOffice on Windows 10

Running LibreOffice on Windows 10? Need help with file management? Check out this video for beginners, created by volunteers in our documentation community… (Thanks to Harald Berger)