A brief history of LibreOffice: A brief history of LibreOffice italovignoli Tue, 02/07/2023 – 03:00 In early 2009, OpenOffice.org was the main competitor to Microsoft Office in the individual office productivity suites market. The popular open source office suite’s community looked forward to a November conference in Orvieto, Italy. Things were going well, and the …
How to add margin notes to a LibreOffice document: How to add margin notes to a LibreOffice document Jim Hall Thu, 01/26/2023 – 03:00 I use LibreOffice Writer on Linux to write my documentation, including client proposals, training materials, and books. Sometimes when I work on a very technical document, I might need to add …
Count magical bunnies with LibreOffice Calc: Count magical bunnies with LibreOffice Calc Jim Hall Wed, 01/25/2023 – 03:00 I love working with spreadsheets, and my favorite spreadsheet application is LibreOffice Calc. A spreadsheet is a grid of cells where each column is represented by letters and rows are numbered. You can perform all kinds of …
How to use LibreOffice Writer templates: How to use LibreOffice Writer templates Jim Hall Mon, 07/25/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like A staple in any office software suite is the word processor. Whether your needs are small or large, from jotting down a note to writing a book, …
How I use LibreOffice keyboard shortcuts: How I use LibreOffice keyboard shortcuts Jim Hall Wed, 06/15/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like I have used word processing software for as long as I can remember. When word processors moved from direct formatting to leveraging styles to change how text …
6 easy ways to make your first open source contribution with LibreOffice: 6 easy ways to make your first open source contribution with LibreOffice Klaatu Tue, 05/10/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like “Getting involved” with open source can seem a little confusing. Where do you go to get …
5 ways LibreOffice supports accessibility: LibreOffice.org is my preferred productivity suite, and I’ve covered how I use it both as a graphical office suite as well as a terminal command in the past. In this article, I want to focus on how LibreOffice supports people using assistive technology. read more: Opensource.com Don Watkins Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: …
My favorite LibreOffice productivity tips: LibreOffice is my productivity application of choice. It’s one of the most potent reasons for recommending Linux distributions to educators and students, whether PK-12 or higher education. Now that the school year is upon us, I thought I would recommend some LibreOffice shortcuts and tips that might save you valuable …
5 surprising things you can do with LibreOffice from the command line: LibreOffice has all the productivity features you’d want from an office software suite, making it a popular open source alternative to Microsoft Office or Google Suite. One of LibreOffice’s powers is the ability to operate from the command line. For example, Seth Kenlon …
NASA open sources its Mars rover, Rome adopts LibreOffice, and more news: In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at NASA’s open source mars rover, Rome’s latest open source efforts, two new research projects, and more. NASA open sources design for a Martian rover Do you want to build …
How to start writing macros in LibreOffice Basic: I have long promised to write about the scripting language Basic and creating macros in LibreOffice. This article is devoted to the types of data used in LibreOffice Basic, and to a greater extent, descriptions of variables and the rules for using them. I will try to provide …
Manage your finances with LibreOffice Calc: If you’re like most people, you don’t have a bottomless bank account. You probably need to watch your monthly spending carefully. There are many ways to do that, but that quickest and easiest way is to use a spreadsheet. Many folks create a very basic spreadsheet to do the …
In this week’s Top 5 articles of the week, we highlight a My Open Source Story, open source LEGO projects, a story of 3D animation and movie-making, ownCloud favorites, and practical uses for LibreOffice. read more Opensource.com – Jen Wike Huger Supporting Open Source.