Community Archive

LibreOffice project and community recap: March 2024

Nepali LibreOffice community meeting

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

European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 breaches data protection law for EU institutions and bodies

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has found that the European Commission (Commission) has breached several provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, the EU data protection law for EU institutions (EUIs), in its use of Microsoft 365, including those relating to the transfer of personal data outside the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA). The

Results from our survey of LibreOffice localisation tooling and workflows

Globe

LibreOffice’s localisation community translates the software’s user interface, along with its documentation and websites.

Julia Spitters, Heiko Tietze and Sophie Gautier ran a survey among members of the localisation teams to learn what tools are used, how they engage in workflows, and what future developments they

Czech translation of LibreOffice Writer Guide 24.2

Czech LibreOffice Writer Guide cover

Zdeněk Crhonek (aka “raal”) from the Czech LibreOffice community writes:

The Czech team has finished translating the LibreOffice Writer Guide 24.2. As usual it was a team effort, with translations by Petr Kuběj, Radomír Strnad and Zdeněk Crhonek. Then Roman Toman contributed localised pictures, and Miloš

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