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LibreOffice 7.2 is due in a few weeks, and will include a UNO object inspector thanks to Tomaž Vajngerl at Collabora. This will make it easier to develop macros and extensions: https://tomazvajngerl.blogspot.com/2021/01/built-in-xray-like-uno-object-inspector.html

Looking for video tutorials for LibreOffice? Our community has made a few – but we'd appreciate help creating even more! If you have some video editing skills, please lend us a hand: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0pdzjvYW9RHFOn0JhGjPh0uP4jd3t2J0

How do bugs get fixed in LibreOffice? And prevented from ever creeping in again? Dive under the hood of the software and learn how the QA process works: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/29/fixing-an-interoperability-bug-in-libreoffice-missing-lines-from-docx-part-1-3/

Did you know? LibreOffice includes a feature-packed vector image editor called Draw. Learn all about it with the new Draw Guide 7.1, created by the ever awesome LibreOffice docs community: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/27/the-draw-guide-7-1-has-arrived/

In LibreOffice 7.2, due in August, Calc can filter by color in Autofilter (both cell background color and text color). Importing from and exporting to OOXML is also supported. Feature implemented by Samuel Mehbrodt at Allotropia – https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.2

LibreOffice is getting a new website! Meat the design team, who volunteered their time and skills to make the new site simpler, cleaner and easier to use: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/20/libreoffices-new-website-meet-the-design-team/

LibreOffice tip of the day: Select options in Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > Formatting Aids > Display to specify which non-printing characters are displayed.

Have your say in the future of LibreOffice! Help out in our projects and join The Document Foundation (the non-profit behind LibreOffice) as a Member, like Jackson Cavalcanti Junior did: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/19/community-member-monday-jackson-cavalcanti-junior/

Muito obrigado to the Brazilian Portuguese LibreOffice community, who've done fantastic work translating and updating our documentation: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/16/open-badges-for-awesome-brazilian-portuguese-contributors/

Help to spread the word about LibreOffice in schools and universities! And also encourage younger people to join our community and projects. We have flyers and other resources: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/15/libreoffice-flyer-for-schools-and-universities-extra-design/

Join us on July 19 for a Bug Hunting Session, to iron out any wrinkles in LibreOffice 7.2 before its release in August! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/14/coming-up-on-july-19-bug-hunting-session-for-libreoffice-7-2-rc1/

Coming up in August: LibreOffice 7.2! The first Release Candidate is now available – help us to test it, to make the final version super solid: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2021/07/13/libreoffice-7-2-rc1-is-available-for-testing/

Want more video tutorials about LibreOffice? Help us to make them! Learn how Harald Berger from our German-speaking community creates videos for everyone to benefit from: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/13/behind-the-scenes-how-libreoffice-tutorial-videos-are-made/

Big round of applause for the LibreOffice users who help other users! These are the names (and usernames) of people on Ask LibreOffice and our mailing list, who answered questions in May. Thanks a lot! https://ask.libreoffice.org

LibreOffice 7.2 – due to be released in August – will include a new set of presentation templates, thanks to our Indonesian community! Details here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.2#General_improvements_3

Take a guess: in how many languages is LibreOffice available? 🌍 (Hint: it's a LOT.) These awesome volunteers helped out with translations and localisation in May – and if you want LibreOffice in your language, you can join them: https://www.libreoffice.org/community/localization/

Help us to improve LibreOffice Calc! Our Design community is running a survey to see what users need. As we're a volunteer-driven project, we appreciate all feedback and help: https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2021/07/09/help-us-to-improve-libreoffice-calc-by-completing-our-survey/

Begone, bugs! 🪰 Every day, LibreOffice's QA (Quality Assurance) community works with users to identify, triage and fix issues in the software. Here's what they did in June – and you can give them a hand too: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2021/07/06/qa-dev-report-june-2021/

LibreOffice tip of the day: Do not insert manual breaks to separate two paragraphs. Rather change Indents & Spacing > Spacing > Below paragraph at the style/paragraph properties.