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Love LibreOffice? Want to help spread the word? And do you speak another language than English? Give us a hand with social media around the world – you can build up valuable experience too! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/14/help-our-community-with-social-media-in-various-languages-and-locations/

Learn how to deploy, configure and use LibreOffice Online – the web-based version of LibreOffice – with our new guidebook! Thanks to Aaron Peters and the Google Summer of Docs for making it happen: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/13/the-libreoffice-documentation-team-announces-the-libreoffice-online-guide/ @GoogleOSS

LibreOffice tip of the day: In Calc, the spreadsheet, you can select a large range of cells without scrolling. Just type the range reference (eg A1:A1000) in the name box in the top-left, then hit Enter.

Update time! LibreOffice 6.3.4 is now available, including over 120 bugfixes and document compatibility improvements. Discover more and download it today: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/12/libreoffice-6-3-4/

Got a question about LibreOffice? Need help with a particular feature in the free office suite? Then ask our community! You can also contribute back by helping other users here: https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/questions/

Learn how the Taiwanese LibreOffice community is making the software a friendly platform for indigenous people in the country: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/10/making-libreoffice-a-friendly-platform-for-indigenous-people-in-taiwan/

In November, LibreOffice's QA (Quality Assurance) community fixed 236 bugs in the software. You can give them a hand with testing bug reports – you don't need to be a programmer! Learn more here: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2019/12/07/qa-report-november-2019/

LibreOffice tip of the day: in Calc, you can protect cells via the menu: Format > Cells > Protection. To prevent insertion, deletion, renaming, move/copying of sheets, use Tools > Protect Sheet. More info here: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/scalc/guide/cell_protect.html

LibreOffice tip of the day: Want a different icon set in the user interface? Go to the menu: Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View > User Interface > Icon style. Here's Breeze, for instance!

Tip of the day: LibreOffice can automatically add a numbered caption when you insert objects. See Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > AutoCaption. More details in the help: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/shared/optionen/01041100.html

LibreOffice uses the OpenDocument format, designed to make interoperability easier - benefiting everyone! But LibreOffice also opens files from proprietary office tools, even if they're in cryptic formats. See how we're improving PowerPoint compatibility: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/06/improvements-in-libreoffices-powerpoint-presentation-support/

Today is International Volunteer Day! LibreOffice is made possible thanks to the contributions of hundreds of volunteers around the world, and today we want to say a big thanks to them: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/05/celebrating-international-volunteer-day/

LibreOffice tip of the day: Want to sort a series in LibreOffice Calc such as A1, A2, A3, A11, A15, not in alphabetical order but by the number instead? Enable natural sort in the Options tab. More here: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/scalc/01/12030200.html

Announcing the sticker (and mug) winners from the Month of LibreOffice, November 2019! If you contributed to the project last month, you can claim a cool sticker pack – and some lucky contributors get a snazzy glass mug too. Details here: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/04/month-of-libreoffice-november-2019-the-winners/

LibreOffice tip of the day: Need to present a report written with Writer? File > Send > Outline to Presentation automatically creates a slideshow from the outline.

So much is happening in the LibreOffice community! In November we had events, new releases, interviews, the Month of LibreOffice (to win cool swag) and much more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/11/30/libreoffice-monthly-recap-november-2019/

LibreOffice is all over the world! Local communities attend events to meet users, get feedback from them, and encourage them to join our friendly and welcoming project. Anyone can get involved! We were recently in Sofia, Bulgaria, for instance: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/11/29/local-event-update-libreoffice-at-openfest-in-sofia-bulgaria/

Be a "Handy Helper" in the Month of LibreOffice, November 2019, and get an awesome sticker pack! Give other users a hand here: https://ask.libreoffice.org

Discover the technology behind LibreOffice, with the lightning talks from our recent conference in Almeria, Spain (links to specific talks in the video description): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2p5GVDqOc

Learn about the rich history of LibreOffice, and the projects on which it's built! https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/libreoffice-timeline/