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LibreOffice Nepali localization sprint 2023

Nepalese localisation sprint

Suraj Bhattarai, our Liaison for the LibreOffice Nepali Community, writes:

The LibreOffice Nepali Community is collectively carrying out a LibreOffice localization sprint 2023, with support from major communities in Nepal, including Ask Buddie, Birendra Open Source Club (BOSC), Kathmandu University Open Source Club (KUOSC) and Nepal Open Source Klub (NOSK). The motto is: “Unlock Native: LibreOffice speaks Nepali”, and the starting date is 11th October 2023.

  • Focus: LibreOffice English to Nepali Localization
  • Mentor: Aadarsha Dhakal, Saroj Dhakal & Suraj Bhattarai
  • Duration: 1 hour each day

Objectives

  • Introduce/aware new contributors, students around the LibreOffice project through this localization event
  • Encourage Open Source communities and university based student clubs to expand and carry our work in their space as well.

Expected Participants: 50+ students – Orientation day: 11th October 2023

Registration Link

And say hello to the mentors at the event:

Mentor Aadarsha

Mentor Saroj

Mentor Suraj

LibreOffice project and community recap: September 2023

LibreOffice Conference 2023 group photo

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 month by highlighting upcoming events: the LibreOffice Conference 2023 (which has now finished – more on that in a moment); the Latin American Conference, and LibreOffice Conf.Asia.

Conference logos

  • Next up, we had a bunch of LibreOffice Expert magazines to give away to schools and local communities. They’ve all been claimed now, but if you still want a copy, you can get one from the publisher.

LibreOffice Expert magazine

LibreOffice 7.6 banner

LibreOffice Writer 7.6 guide cover

  • This year, LibreOffice was once again a mentoring organization in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a global program focused on bringing more student developers into free and open source software development. Five projects were finished successfully. Students and mentors enjoyed the time, and we presented some of the achievements, which should make their way into LibreOffice 24.2 in early February 2024!

Google Summer of Code logo

  • The biggest event in September was the LibreOffice Conference 2023 in Bucharest, Romania. We had an awesome time, with talks, workshops and social meetups – more to come on this blog (including presentation videos) in the coming weeks!

LibreOffice Conference 2023 sponsor and supporter logos

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LibreOffice Conference 2023 in Bucharest

LibreOffice Conference 2023 will be hosted by the Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București, Facultatea de Automatică și Calculatoare (National University of Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science) at the PRECIS building from Wednesday 20 September to Saturday 23 Septembe. On Wednesday, the community will gather for the usual community meeting to discuss localisation and marketing activities at the local level. The conference will open on Thursday morning and continue with talks and workshops until Saturday lunchtime (schedule). Alongside this, there will be a technical workshop focusing on LibreOffice development.

The conference is sponsored by Collabora Office and Allotropia (main sponsors), dvloper.io and 1&1, with a significant contribution from The Document Foundation, and the technical support of IT Genetics. The event has been organized by a local team of volunteers, backed by 1&1 and supported by the team at The Document Foundation with the help of local NGOs Rosedu and Tech Lounge. More information on the conference website.

Writer Guide 7.6 is Ready for You!

Cover of LibreOffice Writer Guide 7.6 Portrait photo of Jean H. Weber

Jean H. Weber (photo) and the Documentation Team are happy to announce the immediate availability of the Writer Guide 7.6, the latest update based on the recently released LibreOffice 7.6.

Writer is the word-processing application. It is compatible with a wide range of document formats including Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx), and you can export your work in several formats including PDF. Anyone who wants to get up to speed quickly with Writer will find this book valuable. You may be new to word processing software, or you may be familiar with another office suite.

The 7.6 Writer Guide incorporates the latest features including:

  • Themes management for better MS Word compatibility
  • The Accessibility checker used to produce accessible documents
  • Styles Spotlight to assist user in the best practices in document editing with styles.
New theme selection dialog showing different colour palettes Screenshot of Style Highlighter in action, with coloured identifiers in the left margin Detail of the new Accessibility Sidebar, recommending to add alternative or descriptive text to pictures

 

The Writer Guide 7.6 is available in the Documentation Website as well as in the LibreOffice Bookshelf website and it includes the guides in HTML format for web navigation, as well as the traditional PDF, ODT and the printed version from LuLu Inc.

Happy Documentation!

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