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 organised an online translation marathon to improve LibreOffice’s localisation in their language.

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. No many cafes at the time.…

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)

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LibreOffice 6.4.3 available for download

Berlin, April 16, 2020 – The Document Foundation announces the availability of LibreOffice 6.4.3, the 3rd minor release of the LibreOffice 6.4 family, targeted at technology enthusiasts and power users. LibreOffice 6.4.3 includes several bug fixes and improvements to document compatibility.

LibreOffice 6.4.3 represents the bleeding edge in term of features for open source office suites, and as such is not optimized for enterprise class deployments, where features are less important than robustness.…

Open Badges for top wiki contributors!

Open Badges are special images that we’re awarding to super-active contributors in the LibreOffice project. They contain metadata describing the contributor’s work, which can be verified using an external service. Open Badges are used by other free software projects, such as Fedora.

Last month, we announced Open Badges for Ask LibreOffice contributors, and today we’re awarding some more – this time for the most active editors on The Document Foundation’s wiki (in the last 12 months).…

Status of LibreOffice for Android and iOS

Here’s a quick status update on LibreOffice for Android and iOS (iPhone/iPad).

LibreOffice is an application for desktop platforms, including Linux, macOS and Windows. The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice, is currently focused on delivering the best experience on the desktop. (There is also LibreOffice Online, a cloud-based version of the suite, for use in web browsers.)…