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LibreOffice 6.4 is nearly here – and in the meantime, our documentation community has been updating the guides! For instance, the guide for the Math module is already available: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/01/22/the-documentation-team-announces-the-math-guide-6-4/

Our Brazilian LibreOffice community is now on Mastodon! Check it out: https://masto.donte.com.br/@libreofficebr

LibreOffice 6.4 is due to be released at the end of this month! Our community and certified developers are working on new features and ironing out bugs – if you have some technical knowledge, give them a hand: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2020/01/13/libreoffice-6-4-rc2-is-ready-for-testing/

Check out our video recap of LibreOffice in 2019! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7YQU_dycos – So much of this was possible thanks to your generous donations: https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/

We believe that powerful productivity tools should be available to all, in as many languages as possible! Saikeo Kavhanxay is translating LibreOffice into Lao, for instance – learn how you can also help with other languages: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/23/community-member-monday-saikeo-kavhanxay/

Do you find LibreOffice useful for your work? Support our community with a donation! Help us to organise events, share knowledge, and improve the software and its documentation further: https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/

Our Telegram group has 890 members! Join us to chat about LibreOffice – the software, the community, and the future: https://t.me/libreoffice

According to TechRepublic, LibreOffice is one of the best open source innovations of the last decade: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/20/techrepublic-libreoffice-best-oss-innovation/

LibreOffice 6.4 is due to be released in late January! Help us to polish the new features and squash any remaining bugs, in the upcoming Bug Hunting Session on December 23. You don't need to be a programmer – you can help by simply testing the pre-release! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/18/second-bug-hunting-session-for-libreoffice-6-4-join-in/

LibreOffice tip of the day: Move paragraphs up and down in a Writer document, without having to cut and paste! Just place the cursor in a paragraph, then press Ctrl+Alt+arrow keys (up/down) - or on macOS, Cmd+Alt+arrow keys

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