Notices by LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org), page 6

Communities make free software happen! Last weekend, the German LibreOffice community met to discuss the project, exchange ideas – and have fun: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/05/10/bringing-people-together-german-libreoffice-community-meeting-may-2019/

LibreOffice 6.3 is being developed by our worldwide community! Join our Bug Hunting Session on May 13 to fix issues in the first Alpha release, and make the final version rock-solid: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/05/09/libreoffice-63-bhsalpha1/

Get help from experienced C++ developers and expand your knowledge! Join our workshop tomorrow (9 May), covering binary trees: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/05/08/next-c-workshop-binary-trees-9-may-at-1800-utc/

@vancha Yes – it's the Month of LibreOffice, so it runs until the end of May ?

99 sticker packs have been awarded so far in the Month of LibreOffice! Want to get some for yourself? Take 20 minutes this weekend to help our project and get your name on the list: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/05/01/starting-today-the-month-of-libreoffice-may-2019-get-cool-merchandise/

LibreOffice's design team presents an extension to insert formatted dummy text: https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2019/05/04/formatted-dummy-text/

The German LibreOffice community meeting at Linuxhotel in Essen begins! https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DE/Community-Treffen2019

Join the Month of LibreOffice! Meet new people, expand your skills, help to improve the software and get cool merchandise as thanks: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/05/01/starting-today-the-month-of-libreoffice-may-2019-get-cool-merchandise/

This month we had a new release of LibreOffice, interviews with community members, news about upcoming events, and more! Check it out in our recap – and join us for the upcoming Month of LibreOffice! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/04/30/libreoffice-monthly-recap-april-2019/

"I got valuable experience communicating with a worldwide community" – LibreOffice contributor Roman Kuznetsov talks about how he joined our project, what he's working on, and where how he'd like to see the software develop: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/04/29/community-member-monday-roman-kuznetsov/

@yarmo Then stay tuned – you'll have a chance to get one in May if you contribute to LibreOffice ?

Get awesome free LibreOffice merchandise! On May 1st we're starting a new Month of LibreOffice, where you can grab a sticker pack (and a chance to get a bonus mug) as thanks for contributing to our project. Learn more and join in: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/04/24/coming-up-the-month-of-libreoffice-may-2019/

@vancha Great to hear – thanks! Yes, the codebase is pretty large and can be daunting at the start, but it's worth battling on...

Learn to code! Boost your C++ skills! And have fun :-) Our next programming workshop is coming up tomorrow, on 25 April – watch a video to learn about C++ features, then join experienced developers for a chat: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/04/24/next-c-workshop-linked-lists-stack-classes-pqs-and-heaps-25-april-at-1800-utc/

@TritTriton Hi, without knowing more details (eg exact LibreOffice version and operating system) it's difficult to tell... If you have five minutes, please help our QA volunteers with a bug report and extra information: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org – Thanks!

LibreOffice 6.2.3 is here! It includes over 90 bugfixes and compatibility improvements, thanks to our worldwide community and certified developers. Learn more, download it and support our project with a donation: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/04/18/libreoffice-6-2-3/

@bgcarlisle Thanks for the feedback – you can give our volunteers a hand to implement the features, or consider funding a certified developer to work on them! See here for more: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/frequently-asked-questions/#features

Did you know? We have a blog where we write about LibreOffice and free software events, chat with contributors, post news and job offers, and much more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/

LibreOffice tip: With Edit ▸ AutoText ▸ Import you can select a Word document or template, containing AutoText entries that you want to import

LibreOffice is made by a worldwide community – check out our map of contributors to learn more, and read interviews with them! https://www.libreoffice.org/community/community-map/