You can help the community. It
is easy and fun!
There are dozens of opportunities to support the
community and you do not have to be a developer to help out. Here are
just two out of many examples:
Hunting issues is
fun!
You hate ignoring issues? Help us to get them fixed.
Join the QA
project!
Would you like to
see OpenOffice.org speak your language?
The Localization project
welcomes language contributors in the areas of translation, review and
testing.
Don't be shy. Start volunteering today!
Find
out how to contribute
Do
not
miss
the
videos
on
Facebook
OpenOffice.org Internship Program
2010
The OpenOffice.org Internship Program
2010 enters the next phase. All individual students that applied have
received a mail from the team, explaining if they can join or, alas,
can not.
Congratulations to the people that are selected.
The list of accepted projects is available here.
This month in
the Community Council
Document icon design: Christoph will formulate a
proposal to be discussed with Stefan. This will be presented to the CC
on the CC discuss mailing list.
The Community Council minutes are available
here.
back to top
Success Stories
OSOR: Zaragoza's move to
complete open source desktop going to plan
The move by the city of Zaragoza to an open source
desktop is making good progress. All of the city's civil servants now
use open source tools including Thunderbird, VLC, Firefox and OO.o.
Read
More »
back to top
Featured News
The H: OO.o goes GStreamer on
Linux and Unix
The OO.o Project developers have announced that
future Linux and Unix versions of their open source office suite will
use the popular GStreamer multimedia framework for audio and video
content playback. Read
More »
Linux Magazine: OO.o 3.2 Gets
its 29 Millionth Download
Opensource-news.com announced that OO.o hit a new
benchmark for the popular Microsoft Office alternative: 29 million
downloads. Read
More »
Raphael Mudge: OpenOffice.org
Grammar Checkers
There are proofreading tools / grammar checkers
for OpenOffice.org. A few that you may want to look at include. Read
More »
GullFOSS: Linux Tag in Berlin
I was in Berlin for the LinuxTag trade fair on
Friday, June 11. It was a great day to be there because it was the day
of the UX meetup and the OpenOffice.org booth party. Read
More »
back to top
Tips & Tricks
LinuxJournal:
OpenOffice.org Resource Files
Most users interact with OO.o on the
desktop. But what if you need to do a selective restore on the files
that store custom gradients or colors? Read
More »
Muktware: How To Install
OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 In Ubuntu
To install OO.o 3.2.1 version under
Ubuntu please follow to the instructions... Read More »
Solveig Haugland: Adding
clip art to the OO.o gallery
It's nice to be able to just pull clip art from
within the program. Some users find it difficult to navigate a file
system, which is what you need to do if you're using Insert >
Picture > From File. And, frankly, dragging from a nice pane of
graphics is easier. Read
More »
Solveig Haugland: Quick
new presentation templates to use in Impress
As you know, OpenOffice doesn't come with the
dazzling depth or array of templates that Microsoft Office users get.
However, here's the thing. Read
More »
back to top
OpenDocument (ODF)
OSOR: Public
administrations lack awareness on electronic documents
Swedish public organisations lack
policies on how to maintain electronic documents, and fail to
understand the importance of open standards, researchers from the
University of Skövde say in a paper published this month. "This is in
stark contrast to stated central government policy." Read
More »
back to top
|
Please send news clippings to :
If you no longer wish to receive this
newsletter 
You're receiving this newsletter because you
signed up at 