Today we’re talking to Adolfo Jayme Barrientos, who has been active in the LibreOffice community for many years. He helps out with translations, design and documentation…
I live and work in Mexico. I grew up in a home where we didn’t have video games or a computer, but it was filled with books; I developed a liking for reading, typography, typesetting and book design.…
International Translation Day is an international day celebrated every year on September 30 on the feast of Saint Jerome, the Bible translator who is considered the patron saint of translators. The celebrations have been promoted by International Federation of Translators (FIT) ever since it was set up in 1953. In 1991 FIT launched the idea of an officially recognized International Translation Day to show solidarity of the worldwide translation community in an effort to promote the translation profession in different countries.…
Collabora, SUSE and The Document Foundation are Diamond Sponsors for openSUSE + LibreOffice Conference 2020. The joint openSUSE + LibreOffice Conference 2020 will run from October 15 – 17, and will be fully virtual. LibreOffice and openSUSE advocates, supporters and contributors are invited to register now and take part! Although different from past conferences, the event will be rich in contents and will also provide the opportunity of open discussions in specific virtual spaces.…
Today is LibreOffice 10th Anniversary: it is a significant achievement for the project, and a date to remember for all community members.
We have created a video based on pictures of community members and a few events, in two versions: a long one, for blogs and websites, and a short version for social media.
Video LibreOffice Community 10th Anniversary (7 minutes): YouTube – PeerTube
Video LibreOffice 10th Anniversary Social Media (2 minutes): YouTube – PeerTube
For Twitter, there is a MP4 version of the short video available on Nextcloud: Video x Twitter.…
Joining a free and open source software project, such as LibreOffice, is a great way to build your skills, gain experience for future career options, meet new people – and have fun!
But sometimes, joining a large and well-established project can be a bit daunting at the start. So here we’ll introduce you to the small team at The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice.…
By Dave Barton
In recent times, the very small LibreOffice Documentation Team has been making real progress in revising and updating the user guides:
Release 6.4 |
Release 7.0 |
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| Calc Guide | Published | Work in progress |
| Base Guide | Published | Work in progress |
| Draw Guide | Published | Work in progress |
| Impress Guide | Skipped | Work in progress |
| Math Guide | Published | Awaiting volunteer contributors |
| Writer Guide | Published | Awaiting volunteer contributors |
| Getting Started Guide | Published | Awaiting volunteer contributors |
While this progress in shortened documentation development time is fairly good, it can be substantially improved by having more contributors on the team.…