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LibreOffice 6.2 Calc Guide published
It’s been a long time coming, but an updated version of the LibreOffice Calc Guide has finally been completed by the Documentation Team. Free PDFs are here:...
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LibreOffice 7.0
LibreOffice 7.0 was announced on 5 August 2020. Since then three minor releases have appeared. Significant new features include support for OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.3; better performance; and...
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LibreOffice 6.4 and 7.0 User Guides
I am way behind updating this blog, including mentioning the LibreOffice 6.4 user guides that have been published in 2020. These include Getting Started Guide, Writer Guide, Base Guide, Calc Guide,...
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Help for people still using Apache OpenOffice
Do you know someone who is still using Apache OpenOffice? Have they recently tried to open a .odt, .ods or .odp file and received this error message? “This document was created by a newer version of...
View ArticleLibreOffice 7.1 Community released
On 3 February, The Document Foundation announced the release of LibreOffice 7.1 Community, the volunteer-supported version of the office suite. The Community label emphasises the fact that the software...
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LibreOffice 7.0 Getting Started and Impress Guides
Two more volumes of LO 7.0 user guides were published in January: Getting Started Guide and Impress Guide. They are available in free PDF downloads and in low-cost print editions. See this page for...
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Four LibreOffice 7.1 user guides
So far this year the LibreOffice Documentation Team has produced four user guides for version 7.1: Getting Started, Writer, Calc, and Draw. They are available in free PDF, ODT, or to read in a...
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Designing ebooks with free software
Bruce Byfield has written Designing ebooks with free software, which teaches several methods that help you to gain control over the creation of your ebooks. All it takes is two open-source tools that...
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Writer Guide 7.2 published
The latest user guide from the LibreOffice documentation team is Writer Guide 7.2, available in free PDF, ODT, or to read in a browser. Visit the Documentation page on the LibreOffice website for...
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Getting Started Guide 7.2 published
The latest user guide from the LibreOffice documentation team is Getting Started with LibreOffice 7.2, available in free PDF, ODT, or to read in a browser. Visit the Documentation page on the...
View ArticleWorkaround for a bug in Base on macOS
On macOS (but not on Windows or Linux), in versions 7.1.x and 7.2.x of LibreOffice, a bug in Base causes the Memo (LONGVARCHAR) field type to have a dark background, so the contents are not visible....
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Two new user guides: Impress and Calc
The latest user guides from the LibreOffice documentation team are LibreOffice 7.2 Impress and LibreOffice 7.2 Calc, available in free PDF, ODT, or to read in a browser. Low-cost printed copies are...
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New user guide for Base
Another user guide was published by the LibreOffice documentation team on December 8: the LibreOffice 7.2 Base Guide, for the database component. It is available in free PDF or ODT from the LibreOffice...
View ArticleLibreOffice Documentation Year in Review
Olivier Hallot has published a detailed summary of the Documentation Team’s successes during 2021 and a look ahead at plans for 2022. 2021: The Year the LibreOffice Documentation Team Shined
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Writer Guide for Mac users
I revised the Writer Guide to make a macOS-specific edition, and the LibreOffice Documentation Team accepted it as one of the official books. You can download the PDF free here. I will produce a...
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LibreOffice 7.3 Community release
LibreOffice 7.3 was released on 2 February 2022. Here is the official blog post about it. In addition to interoperability improvements with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats, it includes new...
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Two new user guides for v7.3: Getting Started and Writer
The latest user guides from the LibreOffice documentation team are LibreOffice 7.3 Getting Started and LibreOffice 7.3 Writer, available in free PDF, ODT, or to read in a browser. Low-cost printed...
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Draw and Impress Guides 7.3 published
New user guides from the LibreOffice documentation team published in May are LibreOffice 7.3 Draw Guide and LibreOffice 7.3 Impress Guide, available in free PDF, ODT, or to read in a browser. Low-cost...
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LibreOffice 7.3 Base Guide published
The LibreOffice documentation team published one new user guide in June: LibreOffice 7.3 Base Guide, available in free PDF and ODT. Low-cost printed copies are available from Lulu.com. Visit the...
View ArticleLibreOffice 7.4 Community Release
LibreOffice 7.4 Community was released on 18 August 2022. Here is the official blog post about it, with much more information about the release and about LibreOffice. You can get LibreOffice 7.4 from...
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