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LibreOffice: Advent Tip #2

Save Impress Slides as Images

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Export File Formats

LibreOffice allows to export single Impress slides as images, by accessing the menu File > Export…, and then by choosing one of the available file formats. Using this feature, exporting all the slides of an Impress presentation is a rather tedious operation.

Luckily, there is a LibreOffice extension which allows to export all slides as images in a single operation. In addition, it allows to choose the file format and configure the output.

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LibreOffice Extensions website

To install the extension Export as Images, you have to access the LibreOffice Extensions website, search for the extension, download the OXT file, and install it using the Extensions Manager (which can be accessed from the menu Tools > Extension Manager…, then clicking on the Add… button, and following the instructions).

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Export as Images Dialog Window

Once installed, Export as Images creates a new menu entry File > Export as Images…, which opens a dialog windows where you can choose the directory, the file name, the file format, the size (by entering the requested width or height in pixels), and color/grayscale.

 

LibreOffice: Advent Tip #1

Ask LibreOffice
ASK LibreOffice
LibreOffice FAQ
LibreOffice FAQ on TDF Wiki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are approaching the end of 2015. We have decided to celebrate the month of December with our own version of the Advent Calendar: one simple tip per day, to make the use of LibreOffice more enjoyable or more productive.

Today, December 1, we start by pointing LibreOffice users to Ask LibreOffice and to the FAQ on TDF Wiki. These two resources provide a number of tips based either on questions asked by users (Ask) or on the experience of long time LibreOffice users (FAQ).

They are both useful, and we warmly invite LibreOffice users worldwide to leverage these resources provided by community volunteers.

Community, as seen from the sky

drone5During the Aarhus Conference, we have organized the usual group picture to celebrate the community, leveraging the architectural features of the DOKK1.

We have gathered on one of the large staircases leading to the first floor of the building, which were the ideal setting for a group picture.

To the surprise of the group, in addition to the usual camera picture, Dennis Borup Jakobsen has organized a “drone” session, to get a different view of the community, as seen from the sky.

The result is amazing, and has provided a different point of view on the community.

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Behind the scenes at TDF: Jan Iversen, mentoring development lead

janiversensmallI started working for Document Foundation in November. I live and work in southern Spain, Malaga, a nice warm place. I wrote my first program in 1975, so I have been active in the pre-unix, pre-linux, pre-pc worlds, and have been involved in developing drivers, micro kernels and compilers. I retired from my international companies in 2011, dedicating time to open source.

LibreOffice is one of the most complex and biggest open source software packages, and at the same time one of the most well known. Today, having developed open source is a big plus on a CV, but starting with LibreOffice can be a challenge. In the upcoming period, I will be focusing on making a simple non-complex step by step guide to make the first patch, and will personally be there for new (and old) people.

In open source projects, it is perfectly normal to have people come and go, although – as a community – we would like people to stay and grow their development experience. I will devote time researching what can be done to make our community even more attractive, by getting input from people who are less experienced developers.

Many mature open source projects have a “not invented here” attitude, simply because senior developers know how to do things, and tend to refer new people to a lot of information. The core LibreOffice developers have a very open attitude, but are also very busy. So, my role will be to connect newcomers to the most relevant developer.

My mailbox is always open, so if you have any comment/suggestion/complaint please e-mail me.

LibreOffice getting ready for the next 1,000 hackers

janiversensmallBerlin, November 23, 2015 – The Document Foundation announces a renewed effort to grow the developers community beyond the threshold of 1,000 hackers reached in October 2015 (source: OpenHub), with the addition of Jan Iversen – a senior developer with a passion for mentoring, and a long experience at Apache Software Foundation – to the team.

The extraordinary growth of LibreOffice developer’s community, with a monthly average of over 16 new hackers contributing to the code since September 2010, is the result of a global mentoring effort by some of the project founders. After five years and 1,000 new developers, though, the complexity has changed, and the project needs to invest on mentoring a new generation of coders.

LibreOffice has always been available on multiple operating systems – Windows, MacOS and Linux – and is on the verge of being available on multiple platforms: desktop, mobile and cloud. Because of this evolution, the project needs a wider range of developing skills, which can be achieved only with a renewed effort targeted to attract new code contributors.

“When LibreOffice started, the code-base we inherited was known for being extremely hard to contribute to, for both technical reasons and a lack of mentors reaching out to new hackers,” says Bjoern Michaelsen, a member of LibreOffice engineering steering committee and a director of the Document Foundation. “Today, the LibreOffice project is known for its welcoming atmosphere, and for the fun. We strive to continue on this path for the next 1,000 code contributors.”

Jan Iversen has added: “I am excited and proud to be part of the LibreOffice project. Helping to grow a project of this size, with an extremely high activity in term of development for the last five years, and at least three new contributors per month since September 2010, is a challenge I look forward to being part of.”

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