As previously announced, the next LibreOffice Conference will take place from
October 17th to 19th
in Berlin, Germany
with the Call for Papers currently running (http://conference.libreoffice.org), and the final program to be announced in early September.
All three days of the conference are open for the general public. In addition, on
October 16th
i.e.…
(Interview by Michael Meeks, edited by Marc Paré)
In our continuing series “Developer Interview”, Lionel Elie Mamane discusses his work with LibreOffice code and of his particular interest with Base. His lead role in maintaining the Base module is helping raise the use of Base among the LibreOffice community at large.

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Three days in Berlin focused on LibreOffice, open standards and interoperability
Call for papers is open until 15th August
Berlin, 21st June 2012. Today the LibreOffice project announces details of the LibreOffice Conference, taking place in Berlin from 17th-19th October. “Open standards, interoperability and free software are becoming more and more important in the political and public discourse, and will play a central role in this year’s conference program,” says Jacqueline Rahemipour, from the organizing association Freies Office Deutschland e.V.…

If you are a LibreOffice user, you can download the Hybrid PDF from here and open it as a normal ODF file (using File > Open). If you are not a LibreOffice user, you can open the file using a PDF viewer, or install LibreOffice to discover this unique feature.
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Hi all,
This is the second post with a list of features/functions that have been worked on recently.
We tried our best to include all the important ones and to make sure that the referred information is clear enough. But whenever you miss something: don’t hesitate to ask (via the QA mail list) if there is anything you really miss.…
Guarulhos, May 18, 2012. The LibreOffice project received the “Technology for Citizens Best International Software” award from the city of Guarulhos, Brazil. This prize has been given in reconnaissance of the importance of LibreOffice in the city’s social programs.
The ceremony took place with Ms Eliane Domingos, a TDF member and activist in the Brazilian LibreOffice community.…