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

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


        JULY 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 Internship Program 2010

The OpenOffice.org Internship Program 2010 enters the next phase. All 
individual students that applied have received a mail from the team, 
explaining if they can join or, alas, can not.
Congratulations to the people that are selected.
The list of accepted projects is available here 
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_I...>.


    This month in the Community Council

Document icon design: Christoph will formulate a proposal to be 
discussed with Stefan. This will be presented to the CC on the CC 
discuss mailing list.

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

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    Success Stories

OSOR: Zaragoza's move to complete open source desktop going to plan

The move by the city of Zaragoza to an open source desktop is making 
good progress. All of the city's civil servants now use open source 
tools including Thunderbird, VLC, Firefox and OO.o.
Read More » 
<http://www.osor.eu/news/es-zaragozas-move-to-complete-ope...>

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    Featured News

The H: OO.o goes GStreamer on Linux and Unix

The OO.o Project developers have announced that future Linux and Unix 
versions of their open source office suite will use the popular 
GStreamer multimedia framework for audio and video content playback. 
Read More » 
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenOffice-goes-GS...>

Linux Magazine: OO.o 3.2 Gets its 29 Millionth Download

Opensource-news.com announced that OO.o hit a new benchmark for the 
popular Microsoft Office alternative: 29 million downloads. Read More » 
<http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/OpenOffice.or...> 


Raphael Mudge: OpenOffice.org Grammar Checkers

There are proofreading tools / grammar checkers for OpenOffice.org. A 
few that you may want to look at include. Read More » 
<http://blog.afterthedeadline.com/2010/06/14/openoffice-or...>

GullFOSS: Linux Tag in Berlin

I was in Berlin for the LinuxTag trade fair on Friday, June 11. It was a 
great day to be there because it was the day of the UX meetup and the 
OpenOffice.org booth party. Read More » 
<http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/linux_tag_in_berlin>

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    Tips & Tricks

LinuxJournal: OpenOffice.org Resource Files

Most users interact with OO.o on the desktop. But what if you need to do 
a selective restore on the files that store custom gradients or colors? 
Read More » 
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/openofficeorg-resourc...>

Muktware: How To Install OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 In Ubuntu

To install OO.o 3.2.1 version under Ubuntu please follow to the 
instructions... Read More » <http://www.muktware.com/news/08/2010/164>

Solveig Haugland: Adding clip art to the OO.o gallery

It's nice to be able to just pull clip art from within the program. Some 
users find it difficult to navigate a file system, which is what you 
need to do if you're using Insert > Picture > From File. And, frankly, 
dragging from a nice pane of graphics is easier. Read More » 
<http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2010/04/make-your-...>

Solveig Haugland: Quick new presentation templates to use in Impress

As you know, OpenOffice doesn't come with the dazzling depth or array of 
templates that Microsoft Office users get. However, here's the thing. 
Read More » 
<http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2010/06/quick-new-...>

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    OpenDocument (ODF)

OSOR: Public administrations lack awareness on electronic documents

Swedish public organisations lack policies on how to maintain electronic 
documents, and fail to understand the importance of open standards, 
researchers from the University of Skövde say in a paper published this 
month. "This is in stark contrast to stated central government policy." 
Read More » 
<http://www.osor.eu/news/se-public-administrations-lack-aw...>

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        In this issue

    * Notes from the Council <#Council>
    * Success Stories <#SuccessStory>
    * Featured News <#Features>
    * Tips & Tricks <#Tips>
    * OpenDocument (ODF) <#ODF>


      Announcements

OpenOffice.org Bloggers

The OpenOffice.org Planet has the widest collection of OO.o content with 
community members  blogging on a wide variety of helpful topics. Read 
More » <http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/blogs.html>

Developer Documentation Bounties

These bounties will cover tasks from collecting and sorting development 
information and
documentation, to producing and publishing documentation detailing how 
you can contribute as an OpenOffice.org developer.
Read More » 
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Bo...>

OOoKWV - Call for Papers

The Call for Papers process of the /OO.o  Kongress für Wirtschaft und 
Verwaltung/ is open.
Read More [German]» <http://www.oookwv.de/cfp>


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