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Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… At the start of the month, we announced a Bug Hunting Session for LibreOffice 7.0 RC1. Yes, the next major release is just around the corner! You can still help us to test it before the official announcement, which is due next week… But we’re still maintaining the LibreOffice 6.4 branch, and on July 2, we announced LibreOffice 6.4.5. It includes over 100 bug fixes and improvements to document compatibility and interoperability with software from other vendors. In recent months, TDF and the community have been discussing marketing plans for the next five years. How can we keep the LibreOffice project sustainable in the long term? Volunteers are a huge part of the project and we’re immensely grateful for them, but companies in the ecosystem also write the majority of the source code to implement new features, so it’s important that they prosper too. See the first update and second update. On July 13, we talked to Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman about his work in the LibreOffice community, helping with advocacy and marketing. He recently decided to

Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more! We got started with the Month of LibreOffice, November 2019. This is a campaign that we run every six months, crediting contributions all across the project. Everyone who helps the LibreOffice community during November can claim a sticker pack, and has a chance to win a cool glass mug. Today is the final day, so click the link to find out how to participate! The OpenDocument Format (ODF) is the native file format in LibreOffice, and is used by other applications too. On November 7, we welcomed the release to OASIS of TC Committee Draft of ODF Version 1.3 for ratification. At the end of the process, ODF Version 1.3 will be submitted to ISO to become a standard. The final approval is expected in late 2020 or early 2021. Also on the topic of ODF, we announced a new tender for consultancy on implementing ODF 1.3 conformance in LibreOffice. This task can be taken on by an individual or a company, so if you have some technical background in ODF and the LibreOffice source code,

Check out our regular summary of events and updates in the last month! The next LibreOffice Conference will take place in September, in Almeria, southern Spain. Join us there and meet developers, supporters, and other fans of LibreOffice and free software! You can also give a talk or presentation – we put the call for papers online at the start of the month. Meanwhile, The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice, has a job offer: we’re looking for an Administrative Assistant. If you speak German and English, check out the details – but make sure to submit your application before April 5th! As part of our regular “Community Member Monday” series, we talked to Dieudonne Dukuzumuremy and Tomas Kapiye about their involvement in the LibreOffice project and community. Both have spent time in Japan, and have helped with bug triaging and localisation. During the month, there were two updates for LibreOffice: we released LibreOffice 6.2.1, the first minor release of the 6.2 family. It included over 150 bug fixes, thanks to the work of our developer community and ecosystem of certified developers. Later in the month, LibreOffice 6.2.2 was released as well. In March we also organised two C++