Toolbars are a common toolkit control that have been around since the dawn of GUI applications, providing direct access to an application’s most frequently used functions. But with increasing scope, the number of frequently used functions grows
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21 Dec 2016
11 Nov 2016
Additions to LibreOffice
Software in general is made for many users, one size fits none. Personal preferences have to be taken into consideration as well as different workflows with varying goals. The broader the scope the more features needs to
21 Oct 2016
Dealing with Missing Fonts
When documents are sent from one computer to the next or opened on the same computer in a different operating system, these documents may not look the same unless all the fonts used in the document are
31 Aug 2016
Tickets on behalf of UX
By Heiko Tietze On 31 August 2016 In Easyhack
The simplest way to contribute to LibreOffice is to submit bugs and enhancement requests to our bugtracker. This is also true for design and usability related issues, where up until
12 Aug 2016
Insert and Playback of Online Media
Gone are the days when users were limited to embedding local media and clip art bundled with an office suite, as we now live at a time where there is a plethora of online media at a
31 Jul 2016
How the Navigator may support object handling in LibreOffice Draw
The management of various objects is crucial for LibreOffice Draw, especially when a drawing or a diagram becomes complex with a lot of shapes and groups placed on different layers with an elaborated stack order.
Improvements for the
17 Jun 2016
Easyhackers wanted!
LibreOffice is a community-driven product, meaning you don’t only help the development by filing bug reports and writing ideas for features. You can do even more. Quite a few of the tickets in the bug tracker have
9 May 2016
Welcome, GSoC’16 students!
By Heiko Tietze On 9 May 2016 In GSoC
Every year Google runs a Summer of Code (GSoC) and as with every year, The Document Foundation is one of the major participating open source organizations. From a total of 91 proposals, 11 have been accepted
17 Apr 2016
Our Happy Hour – How LibreOffice Sidebar Tenders Properties and Functions
In March 2016, we asked the community how they use the sidebar and how they feel it should evolve. About 290 participants answered the single choice questions and around 100 answered the free text question. All in
1 Apr 2016
Results from the Survey about LibreOffice Draw, Part 2: How LibreOffice Draw is expected to evolve.
In the first part of the survey results analysis, we showed how people use LibreOffice Draw. Those questions were of quantitative nature with an exact answer that easily can be summed up and averaged. In this