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@rennie_le_smurf Check the Calc Guide here: https://books.libreoffice.org/en/ – And if you have questions, you can always ask the community at https://ask.libreoffice.org 👍

Our next big update is #LibreOffice 24.2 in February (with new "year.month" version scheme). And here's one of the new features: extra description text in the Special Characters dropdown menu, added by Jim Raykowski: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/24.2#GUI #foss #OpenSource

Did you know? You can add new features to #LibreOffice using Python, and make extensions! Our development blog explains all: https://dev.blog.documentfoundation.org/2023/12/14/libreoffice-extensions-with-python-part-2-debugging/ #foss #OpenSource

@nicfab @osi Great! 😊

Coming up in February: #LibreOffice 24.2, our next big update, with many new features! (And a new "year.month" version scheme, to make it clear when it was released.) The first Beta version is now available for testing: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2023/12/13/libreoffice-24-2-beta1-is-available-for-testing/ #foss #OpenSource

Today we are announcing the first release of a document that describes – in language accessible to everyone, including non-security specialists – the work done by developers and QA specialists in the area of LibreOffice security: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/12/13/libreoffice-security-backgrounder/

@kierkegaank Ah, OK! There are various ways to access financial data in LibreOffice – maybe ask on https://ask.libreoffice.org and see what the community there says 👍

@kierkegaank In Google Sheets, click File > Downloads > OpenDocument. Then you get a file you can open in LibreOffice. We wouldn't say that requires a degree 😉

Suraj Bhattarai is our Liaison in the Nepali community. And together with other local open source communities, he recently concluded the "#LibreOffice Localisation Sprint 2023". Awesome work! More to come on our blog soon... #foss #opensource

@darth Hi! you could propose it to the localisation community: https://www.libreoffice.org/community/localization/

@darth Hi! you could propose it to the localisation community: v

@Albirew As the post says, we're moving to a "year.month" versioning scheme, like various other apps and projects. This is based on feedback from users, who want the version number to say more about when the app was released 😊

Coming up in #LibreOffice 24.2, our next major release (with new "year.month" version scheme): big improvements to the Navigator, thanks to Jim Raykowski! Hidden headings are now greyed out, and nested sections can now be collapsed, just like headings: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/24.2#Navigator #foss #OpenSource

@shanen What exactly is the "CSB"? We've tried searching for it, but can't find anything relevant...

@shanen Hi! Some developers have Patreon accounts (or similar) so that you can support them individually. This page also shows developers that you can fund, but yes, it's not super user-friendly: https://www.documentfoundation.org/gethelp/developers/ – What do you think?

Say hello to all these people, who contributed their free time to #LibreOffice in November! These are their names and usernames from our projects – more details on our wiki: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Badges/2023-11 #foss #opensource

@the5thColumnist We need to let the mirrors populate and check a few things before enabling the update checker. But as you're already following us here, you know there's an update so you can just download it 😊

@ottaross Yes, good idea to upgrade to a maintained branch. Note that LibreOffice 7.5.9 is planned as the last release of the 7.5 branch, so it's good to start preparing for 7.6! And this video summarises the new features: https://peertube.opencloud.lu/w/6yyK92nUA39dnhyF3JtkK3

@pegdhcp We need to wait for the mirrors to settle first and can then enable the update checker.

@jeffmcneill Thanks very much! 😊 We'll look into enabling other payment options in our Liberapay account too...