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Welcome to the LibreOffice Brochure-Type: Academia Specific

This wiki is the workspace for the elaboration of a LibreOffice Academia Specific brochure. The purpose if to systematically construct the content/text leading to the design/construction of its brochure. The content/text will be built in steps:

Step 1: Identify the different points to be included in the brochure

• use point form for the content
• use as many points as possible as these will later be picked through for the writing of the text

Marc's list, taken from his email:

From an academic point of view:

• collaborative work
• CMIS "integration with various CMS and online document storage"
• bibliographic work (integration of leading bibliographic extensions)
• collaborative commenting <-- not sure if this is what we would call it
• list modules but in the order most likely to interest Academia
• Writer is capable of managing large documents without losing data
• Math is used in some academic circles and has won accolades from these users (we will need some academics to quote for this)
• Draw is a vector powerful drawing tool that may be used for a variety of chores: large reports (use our PT-BR magazine as a good example);
• import of Visio and Publisher files into draw allows consolidation of incompatible versions. <-- the only catch is that there once imported, the files need some "tweaking" (I am speaking in particular of Publisher files)
• impress remote
• LibreLogo is included <-- most likely not a big thing for academia, but yes for educational institutions -->teachers
• Base -- frontend for sql databases
• multiple languages
• multiple language dictionaries with possibility of additional dictionaries from our membership who create the dictionaries (Tim's suggestion)
• large community of users to help when you need advise
• many extensions to extend the ability of the office suite <--we should name some of the most popular extensions for academia
• ease of installation
• comprehensive list of compatible file formats
• presentation module may be controlled from an Android phone
• LibreOffice comes in its regular format and even portable, DVD, CD versions
• set of manuals that are kept up to date
• online manuals

From an IT point of view:

• available on OS platforms: Win, macOS, Linux (All flavours -- is also the default office suite for almost all of the Linux distros)
• large scale installation is possible
• there is a pool of certified developers available for hire or from their companies <--make sure to link to the TDF page where these are available
• large complement of devs to drive innovation
• medium size complement of QA to help identify and correct bugs
• large community of users to help when you need advise re: installations
• over 500 devs participating on the project
• over X million downloads making LibreOffice a very popular office suite with familiar menus, installation process
• ease of installation
• list of installed base in different countries <-- list as many regions as possible and maybe get some reviews from different educational institutions to corroborate the use/installation ease

Step 2: Write the text according to the points from step 1.

• proof the text
• get approval from the marketing team and oversight by Italo/Charles

Step 3: Put text on the official template

• add icons/graphics where necessary (may need some help from design team)
• trim/add text where necessary
• white space is not a bad thing; give the eyes a rest

Step 4: Complete Official/Community Brochure Versions

• get approval from marketing/design teams as well as oversight from Italo/Charles
• once approved complete Official A4/USLtr and Community A4/USLtr brochures
• have marketing/design team do one last verification

Step 5: Complete a .pdf Version for Electronic Posting

• get approval from marketing/design teams as well as oversight from Italo/Charles
• once approved complete a .pdf version for electronic postings on websites, for emails etc.
• the format of the electronic may change depending on the needs, but a generic-ready format should suffice for most needs
• have marketing/design team do one last verification