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TDB

Previous edition is here:  https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_weekly_news_23

Major Discussions

Juergen, our Release Manager, announced the release of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.

OpenOffice in the News

"The Apache OpenOffice project announce the release of Apache OpenOffice 4.1" in the official Apache OpenOffice Blog.  "Improvements to graphics, charts, forms, text annotations and accessibility feature in this 23rd release of the 14-year old community-run open source project."

"Apache OpenOffice 4.1 improves support for visually impaired users" is the headline of an article by Nick Peers in PC & Tech Authority (Australia).

Use Cases, Questions and Answers

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Andrea Pescetti proposed to persist translations of OpenOffice suite & help(?), even if not %100 complete, at least in minor releases. This would allow continuity, across updates, for users. Voting hasn't occured yet, but... stay tuned.

Hey, we have a refurbished Hebrew site! Any Arabic translators out there, who'd like to use the rtl.css, for an Arabic translation of the site, too?

OpenOffice in the News

"The free office suite with enough to get the job done" is the summary in Eddie Cho's review of Apache OpenOffice on CNet.com.

Events and Conferences

Presentations and videos from FOSDEM 2014 are now available.

Use Cases, Questions and Answers

Several people reported that their OpenOffice downloads had malware. users & developers supplied a simple answer: "download only from openoffice.org."
Is there any other action we could take?

Community development

New Committers and PMC Members

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