[ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org Newsletter - August 2010

OpenOffice.org Community Newsletter <http://www.openoffice.org>


        AUGUST 2010


    You can help the community. It is easy and fun!

There are dozens of opportunities to support the community and you do 
not have to be a developer to help out. Here are just two out of many 
examples:

Hunting issues is fun!
You hate ignoring issues?  Help us to get them fixed.
Join the QA project 
<http://qa.openoffice.org/ooQAReloaded/Docs/QA-Reloaded-Ho...>!

Would you like to see OpenOffice.org speak your language?
The Localization project <http://l10n.openoffice.org/> welcomes language 
contributors in the areas of translation, review and testing.

Don't be shy. Start volunteering today!

*Find out how to contribute <http://contributing.openoffice.org/index.html>
Do not miss the videos on Facebook 
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/OpenOfficeorg-How-to-contri...>* 



    OpenOffice.org Conference 2010 in Budapest

The 2010 OpenOffice.org Conference will take place from August 31st to 
September 3rd in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Come and join us for OOoCon in our 10th anniversary year!
Read More » <http://www.ooocon.org/index.php/ooocon/2010>


    OpenOffice.org 3.3 Beta Release Available

This first preview is for everyone interested in the new features and 
enhancements 
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Feature_Freeze_T...> of 
the upcoming 3.3 release which is expected later this year. The beta 
release download is available here 
<http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html>.


    This month in the Community Council

    * Jürgen Schmidt is lead the work to implement 'Ask the Community
      Council' sessions as part of selected CC meetings.
    * Cor Nouws will leads the activities which reflecting the current
      Community situation and how can it be improved.

The Community Council minutes are available here 
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Counci...>.

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    Meet the Community

Varun Mittal

OOo Marketing Project - Moderator mailing lists
OOOConf 2010 -- Reviewer of abstracts

As the founder head of Linux User Group at my university I used it as 
the biggest rallying points while convincing users to adopt and use
Linux. OOO was the ace in arm of our migration strategy since Office
suite is one of the most used software by computer users.

Drop <mailto:dev@marketing.openoffice.org>us an email 
<mailto:dev@marketing.openoffice.org>, with abstract of not more than 50 
words if you want to have your effort dignified

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    Featured News

New Audiobook Learning Resource Available from the Documentation Project

The OOo Documentation Project announces the immediate availability of an 
audiobook developed specially for learners with visual impairments 
and/or other learning disabilities, as well as anyone who needs an 
audio-based learning resource. Read More » 
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Op...>

OOo partner Ankur won e-Content and ICT for Development Award 2010

Ministry of Science and ICT, Government of Peoples Republic of 
Bangladesh (MoSICT) awarded Ankur as a Champion under the e-Localization 
Category for the first National e-Content and ICT for Development Award 
2010 (eAward). Read More » <http://ankur.org.bd/wiki/Home>

Linux Journal: OpenOffice.org 3.3 Definitely On Its Way

On July 19 the first developmental snapshot from OOO330 was released for 
early testers and developers and it appears 3.3 will have plenty of new 
features. Read More » 
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/openofficeorg-33-defi...>

CWUK Blog: Has the Irresistible Rise of OpenOffice.org Begun?

Regular readers of this blog will know that I'm a big fan of OOo, and 
that I think it has the potential to break through into the mainstream. 
Maybe it's already begun, judging by these figures from webmasterpro.de: 
Read More » 
<http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/02/...> 


OOo at the Hegyalja Festival 2010 in Hungary

The Hungarian OOo Community represented OOo at the free/libre/open 
source software festival with great success.
[Flickr photos: Read More » 
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/52295341@N04/sets/7215762456...>

Ditii: Migrate to Linux/OOo and dump MS Windows/Office to Save Money, 
U.K. Officials suggest

UK Prime Minister David Cameron asked "the 600,000 government workers to 
make suggestions on saving money as his administration seeks to cut 
Britain's record budget deficit. Read More » 
<http://www.ditii.com/2010/07/10/migrate-to-linux-openoffi...>

Taming-OOo: OpenOffice.org Draw Guide published

The first edition of the OpenOffice.org Draw Guide was published on 29 
June. PDFs of the full book and the individual chapters can be 
downloaded from this page 
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OO...>.

Roberto Galoppini: OOo Download: Petition to Authorities to Remove 
Bait-and-Switch Advertising

ADUC, an Italian association of consumers, a couple of months ago wrote 
an article to inform about easy-download bait-and-switch practices 
charging a fee for open source programs download, and later wrote a 
petition to the Italian anti-trust authority. Read More » 
<http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/07/21/openofficeorg-down...>

TechTonic: OOo Book in English and Afrikaans

The book, written and published by Translate.org.za 
<http://www.translate.org.za>, is a dual-language production with both 
English and Afrikaans sections (each a 100 pages). The guide is 
illustrated throughout with screenshots. Read More » 
<http://translate.org.za/content/view/17/54/lang,en-za/>

GullFOSS:Speed and stability: New helper functions for TestAutomation

Bringing more speed and stability to the automated tests is an ongoing 
effort. Read More » 
<http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/spped_and_stability_n...>

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    Tips & Tricks

Manila Standard: OpenOffice.org tips

Companies that want to save on software licensing costs can get an 
excellent office productivity suite by using OpenOffice.org, a free and 
open source alternative to MS Office. Read More » 
<http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideBusop.htm?f=2010...>

WikiHow: How to Add Clipart to OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is a great free office suite. Sadly, it does not come 
with a great clipart selection. It can, however, be added free of 
charge. Read More » <http://www.wikihow.com/Add-Clipart-to-OpenOffice.org>

AssertTrue: How to hack an OOo spreadsheet with JavaScript

So without further whining, I thought I'd present the most 
quintessential of OOo code examples, showing how to parse an OOo 
spreadsheet with JavaScript. Read More » 
<http://asserttrue.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-manipulate-...>

ShowMeDo: OpenOffice.org Base Series

In this tutorial you will learn how to work with OpenOffice Base
Read More » 
<http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/video?name=1120000&...>

ILoveFreesoftware: How to Integrate OOo with Google Docs and SkyDrive

Wouldn't it be great if you could directly integrate OOo with Google 
Docs, so that you can use the familiar interface of OOo to create and 
edit documents, and then store them in Google Docs.
Read More » 
<http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/21/featured/how-to-integ...>

Solveig Haugland: Extension for searching and replacing carriage returns

If you've been typing $^$ into the regular OOo Writer search and replace 
dialog and coming up empty, try this plugin. It's awesome. It lets you 
look for a series of empty paragraph returns, or a carriage return at 
the end of a paragraph plus one empty return, and MUCH much more. Read 
More » 
<http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2010/07/fantastic-...>

Solveig Haugland: Converting OOo documents to PDF or HTML, as a batch

You just choose File > Wizard > Web Page to open a whole new world of 
Web publishing, batch conversion to HTML and PDF, and automatic 
formatting. Read More » 
<http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2010/07/converting...>

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    OpenDocument (ODF)

Public review of OpenDocument v1.2 has started

The public review ends 6 September 2010. This is an open invitation to 
comment. We strongly encourage feedback from potential users, developers 
and others, whether OASIS members or not, for the sake of improving the 
interoperability and quality of OASIS work.
Read More » 
<http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201007/m...>

ODF has been proposed as Indonesian National format

According to him, the current ODF format was adjusted with the 
provisions of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI). "After the SNI 
completed this year, next year (2011) will be communicated. Every 
important state documents will be migrated to ODF,"
[Translated] Read More » 
<http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=id&...>

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        In this issue

    * Notes from the Council <#Council>
    * Meet the Community
      <#MeetCommunity>
    * Featured News <#Features>
    * Tips & Tricks <#Tips>
    * OpenDocument (ODF) <#ODF>


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OpenOffice.org Bloggers

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Developer Documentation Bounties

These bounties will cover tasks from collecting and sorting development 
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