[ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org Newsletter - March 2011

[Kay Koll]

Title: OpenOffice.org Newsletter

March 2011 Share your awesome documents! OpenOffice.org gives you the power to make great documents: functional and good looking. Let others know how amazing documents can look. Upload your documents to the Template Repository and inspire other OpenOffice.org users. Do you like to write articles or short manuals? Here's your chance to do it hands-on. Join the Marketing Project. It is important, fun work and it looks good on your résumé. 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  Notes from Community Projects Welcome at the OpenOffice.org site based on Project Kenai The move to the new framework is finished. Registered users have already received a notification email. Please send us any feedback on the new platform. The project page provides useful information about data migration and pointers to feedback channels. Test Case Management Tool has moved to a new infrastructure The Test Case Management tool, shortly known as TCM, has moved to the integrated infrastructure of OOo. TCM - which hosts l10n test cases to quality assure the language versions. Alpha Release 3.4 is ready testing and localization On the way to the 3.4 release, the Alpha release is ready to testing and localization. Use the feature list for testing of the new features or for translation purposes. back to top Featured News OSOR.EU: Estonia: Ministry saves millions by using open source office The Estonian Environment Ministry has saved millions of Euros over the past ten years by using OpenOffice.org says Meelis Merilo, the head of the IT department at the Ministry.  Read More » back to top Tips & Tricks WikiHow: How to Add Clip Art to OpenOffice.org Learn how to easily add great Clip Art free of charge. Read More » OOOTNT: 3D Stereoscopic Text in Draw If you are happy enough to own anaglyphic glasses with colors in red and cyan, you can easily create your own 3D text scenes in Draw Read More » OnlineTechTips: Export a Writer Document as a PDF Learn how to export an OOo Writer document as a PDF. Read More » WorldStart.com:  Writer: Quickly Creating a Sheet of Labels Learn how to create a sheet of blank labels in a word processing program like Writer.  Read More » WorldStart.com:  Selecting Blocks of Text in Writer When we select text in OOo Writer, we’re used to the selection starting at one point and then proceeding down (or up, depending upon the way you drag your mouse) across entire lines… like this.  Read More » GullFOSS:  ODF Mime Type Icons Redesign The iTeam has been working through the issue and one particularly significant change in design was agreed upon in order to reach the required usability improvements.  Read More » GullFOSS:  FreeBSD release builds now available as RCs Installation sets and language packs for FreeBSD are available for a longer time, but were a bit hidden for the public.  Read More » back to top OpenDocument (ODF) ODF PLUGFEST UK FEBRUARY 24/25 - MAIDENHEAD - Report The 5th Open Document format (ODF) Plugfest was held in Maidenhead last week. Normally these events only attract an audience of the committed technical experts who work together in the area of open standards and open source software (OSS). However, this time there was a difference. Read More » The H: Latvia: ODF Acceptance Mandatory A Latvian government official had made the announcement that, from now on, all government departments in Latvia must accept documents in ODF  Read More » back to top this issue Notes from the Projects Featured News Tips & Tricks OpenDocument (ODF) Announcements OpenOffice.org Bloggers The OpenOffice.org Planet has the widest collection of OOo content with community members  blogging on a wide variety of helpful topics.  Read More » News to Spread ? Please send news clippings to : dev@marketing. openoffice.org Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter  please unsubscribe You're receiving this newsletter because you signed up at  announce@openoffice.org New email address?                                                  Unsubscribe with your old address and subscribe with the new address Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly.