User experience (UX) and design

What’s in it for me?

Improve LibreOffice visually, inside the officesuite, in user interaction, and at any place
where the product, or the community behind it,
is visible in public. Assist with accessibility
improvements. http://www.libreoffice.org/
get-involved/ux-visual-designers/

Working on a free software project is volunteer(unpaid) effort, but there are other rewards:• It is fun, interesting, and free.
• You can gain good experience andprofessional kudos, and showcase yourexpertise.
• It can be a great opportunity to learn andpractice new skills.
• Working for a free software project can bea valuable addition to your résumé.
• You can make interesting new friends andcontacts.
• Some travel and other expenses can be
paid for attendance at conferences andhackfests.
• Your involvement in the project can
indirectly provide you with an income. For
example, outside the project, you could
provide training, service, and support.
• Contributing to the project can give you agreater opportunity to influence its development in the directions you would like it togo, and to play a role in that development.
• Consistent contributors can apply to
become members of The Document
Foundation. Members can vote on
candidates and be elected to official
committees and the Board of Directors.

Translation and localization
Localize the LibreOffice user interface andhelp files into your language. Translate
existing user guides into your language.
Write new materials suitable for your country
or group. http://www.libreoffice.org/
get-involved/localizers/

Web admin and development
Maintain and develop LibreOffice andDocument Foundation online infrastructure:websites, servers, national language groupinfrastructure, etc. http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/web-administrators/

Extensions and templates
Create extensions and templates for
LibreOffice. Find, upload, and update existing
extensions and templates.
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/ andhttp://templates.libreoffice.org/

minimal size: 100px width
select an area covering themarks to export the 100px bitmap
For larger sizes export the page and scale it appropriately.
The background consists of a white rectangle with opacity=0.
If you want to select it, switch to layer "Background" and use[TAB] until you get the object you want to select.
The trademark symbol is part of a dedicated layer. Turn it
visible/invisible depending on your needs.

Fantastic Community
Fun ProjectFree Office Suite

Donate money
If you do not have time to do work for theproject, you can still make a valuable
contribution by donating to help fund ourcommunity work. http://donate.libreoffice.org/

The TDF/LibreOffice Community
Fantastic Community.
Fun Project.
Free Office Suite.

LibreOffice.org“The free office suite the community
has been dreaming of for 12 years.”Our ProductHow can I get involved?

QA (Quality assurance)

LibreOffice is community-driven anddeveloped software, a project of the not-forprofit organization, The Document Foundation.
It is available for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, andWindows. We are working on porting it toAndroid and other platforms.

Any software project, and especially a large
one like LibreOffice, needs many people:
developers and other important contributors.
Here are some things you can do to help.

Triage, prioritize, and do in-depth analysis of
bug reports and feature requests; manual
testing and test reporting; take part in localization QA. QA requires patience and attention todetail, but it is essential work. We hold QA
meets, bug hunt marathons and contests.
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/
qa-testers/

LibreOffice is developed by users whobelieve in the principles of free software and insharing their work with the world in a nonrestrictive way.

Developers/Coders/Hackers
Work on code for the LibreOffice code baseand extensions, bug-fixing and submitting
patches.

At the core of these principles is the promiseof better-quality, highly-reliable and secure
software code that gives you greater flexibilityof use at zero cost.

LibreOffice is licensed under the LGPLv3(unless indicated otherwise for any particularfile), which gives you key liberties andresponsibilities.

Beyond this, the driving factor behind thecommunity is personal choice andtransparency, which translates practically into
wider compatibility, more utility, and no enduser lock-in to one product.

The LibreOffice project uses a dual LGPLv3(or later) / MPL license for new contributions toallow the license to be upgraded. There is norequirement to assign your copyright to anyone in order to get your code contributed. Allcontributions are welcome. All we ask is thatyou license your code to us jointly under bothlicenses. All our source code is hosted in git.

Our Community
The community is the heart of the project,
without which we would not have theresources to develop the software. The
passion and drive that every individual brings
to the community results in collaborative
development exceeding expectations and,best of all, you can be part of it in a multitudeof ways.
The central point of contact is through the main
website at www.LibreOffice.org

We hold developer meetings, hackfests, andsprints, but most meetings are online, using
IRC, Google Hangouts, Skype, and other tools.
Primary points of contact and resources:
http://www.libreoffice.org/developers/
The #libreoffice-dev channel at irc.freenode.net
The Development wiki page,wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development
The developers’ mailing list at FreeDesktop,
lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice

User support
Answer questions on the user support mailinglist (users@global.libreoffice.org), Ask
LibreOffice (http://ask.libreoffice.org/), and theLibreOffice IRC channel (irc://chat.freenode.
net/libreoffice). Help other users with theirquestions and problems. Patrol the projectWeb resources and fix or report errors.
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/

Documentation
Work on user guides, other user support
materials, and the built-in LibreOffice help
system. Contribute by writing, reviewing,editing, indexing, screenshot production,research. Help improve written content on
website and wiki pages and translated reports.
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/
documenters/

MarketingAttend FOSS events as part of an official Document Foundation team. Publicize LibreOffice
and The Document Foundation in media, atfairs and other events, etc. Help create content
and coordinate activities for special marketing
initiatives. Do research, such as marketing andfeature research for future versions, usabilityresearch, etc. http://www.libreoffice.org/getinvolved/marketers/