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Help to translate LibreOffice into Saraiki!

Parvez Qadir

LibreOffice is available in over 100 languages thanks to the great work of our localisation communities. And there’s always room for more! Recently, one LibreOffice user offered to translate into Saraiki, so let’s hear from him, to learn a bit more about the language:

Hello! I am

Writer and Calc Guides updated to new LibreOffice 7.5 release

The Documentation Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Writer Guide and Calc Guide release 7.5, narrowing the time gap between the software release date and the Guides’ release date.

The Writer Guide 7.5 update was coordinated by Jean Weber with the support of Kees Kriek, Tsvetelina Georgieva, Antonio Fernández and Olivier Hallot.…

LibreOffice project and community recap: January 2023

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

  • We started the year back looking back at the previous one – 2022! Here’s a quick recap of what we did

Meet the LibreOffice community at FOSDEM 2023!

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FOSDEM is one of the largest meetups for free and open source software projects. After two years of online events due to the pandemic, it’s back in-person, in Brussels on February 4 and 5!

And, of course, LibreOffice and The Document Foundation will be there. Our stand will

Community Member Monday: Afshin Falatooni

Afshin Falatooni

Today we’re talking to Afshin Falatooni, from the Persian-speaking LibreOffice community!

Tell us a bit about yourself…

I am from Iran, the city of Mashhad. I speak Persian (Farsi), and I love to contribute to LibreOffice! This January, I have just turned 46 years old. My favorite hobby is climbing, and

Carlos Parra Zaldivar, 1961 – 2022

Sad news from the Hispanic LibreOffice community. Carlos Parra Zaldivar, a long-time collaborator in the community, member of The Document Foundation and advocate for Free Software, passed away on November 20th.

The commitment that Carlos showed to the LibreOffice project, Free Software and document freedom, from his native Cuba, transcended the borders