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OpenDocument (ODF) is LibreOffice's native file format, and is designed to give users freedom – and not lock them in to any particular app! Today, we welcome the release to OASIS of the TC Committee Draft of ODF Version 1.3 for ratification: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/11/07/tdf-oasis-tc-committee-odf-1-3/

New tender: The Document Foundation (TDF), the charitable entity behind the world’s leading free office suite LibreOffice, seeks for companies or individuals to provide consultancy on implementing ODF 1.3 conformance in LibreOffice: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/11/05/tender-odf-1-3-conformance/

It's the Month of LibreOffice, November 2019! This is your opportunity to contribute back to the project – even if you only have 20 minutes to spare – and get a cool sticker pack. Some contributors will even win snazzy LibreOffice mugs! So join in: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/11/01/starting-today-the-month-of-libreoffice-november-2019-get-cool-swag/

LibreOffice 6.3.3 is now available! It includes over 80 quality and compatibility improvements – learn more here: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/31/tdf-releases-libreoffice-633/

Love LibreOffice? Contribute back – join our worldwide community of developers, translators, bug hunters, supporters and more! Check out our community map to find someone near you: https://www.libreoffice.org/community/community-map/

Some great new features are coming in LibreOffice 6.4, thanks to Google Summer of Code students! They worked over the summer on various improvements – here's a quick summary: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/30/libreoffice-and-google-summer-of-code-2019-the-results/

There's lots going on in the LibreOffice community! In October, we had a Bug Hunting Session for the upcoming LibreOffice 6.4 release, plus videos from our conference, guidebook translations, interviews and more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/29/libreoffice-monthly-recap-october-2019/

LibreOffice is all about community! People around the world help to translate the software, support local users, and enrich our project. Today we talk to Petr Valach from Prague: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/28/community-member-monday-petr-valach/ – And wherever you are in the world, you can join us too!

We've uploaded seven more presentation videos from the LibreOffice Conference 2019, covering the technology behind LibreOffice Online, integrations and PDF export: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/18/seven-more-videos-from-the-auditorium-at-libreoffice-conference-2019/

LibreOffice 6.2.8 is now available – it's the last release of the 6.2 family, and includes various bugfixes and compatibility improvements. Learn more and download it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/17/libreoffice-628/

Learn more about the technology in LibreOffice! We've uploaded eight more video presentations from our recent conference in Almeria, Spain: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/17/eight-videos-from-the-auditorium-at-libreoffice-conference-2019/

We hope you're enjoying all the new features in LibreOffice 6.3 – but we're already working on LibreOffice 6.4! Join us on Monday October 21 for a Bug Hunting Session, to iron out any wrinkles before the final release in February next year: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/15/coming-up-on-october-21-first-bug-hunting-session-for-libreoffice-6-4/

Want to know who makes the big technical decisions in the LibreOffice project? Meet the Engineering Steering Committee, a group of developers who got together at our recent LibreOffice Conference to discuss all things "under the hood" of the software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O863lXsYl98

We've uploaded six more videos from the LibreOffice Conference 2019, covering neural machine translation, LibreOffice Online, and the upcoming 10th anniversary of the project: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/12/six-extra-videos-from-libreoffice-conference-2019/

Community and interoperability – these topics are covered in the latest batch of video presentations from the LibreOffice Conference 2019: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/10/nine-more-videos-from-the-libreoffice-conference-2019/

LibreOffice has extensive documentation, thanks to our worldwide community – and it's translated into many languages as well. For instance, the Russian LibreOffice community translated the "Getting started" guide: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/08/libreoffice-6-getting-started-guide-translated-into-russian/

At the recent LibreOffice Conference 2019 in Almeria, Spain, community members gave presentations on many topics: migrations to LibreOffice, building a community, and regional events. We've uploaded 10 more videos: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/07/10-more-videos-from-the-libreoffice-conference-2019/

In September, we had the LibreOffice Conference, along with new developer groups focusing on compatibility and macros. Plus updates from around the world, a logo competition – and our ninth birthday! It's all here: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/10/02/libreoffice-monthly-recap-september-2019/

Check this out: the LibreOffice and openSUSE communities will have a joint conference next year in Nuremberg, Germany. And you can design the logo for it! Full details here: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/09/27/co-conference-logo-competition-for-2020/

Update time! Today we're releasing LibreOffice 6.3.2, with 49 bugfixes and compatibility improvements. Learn more and download it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/09/26/tdf-announces-lo-6-3-2/