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Welcome to the LibreOffice Brochure-Type: Education

This wiki is the workspace for the elaboration of a LibreOffice in Education 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

From an educational point of view:

multiple languages
multiple language dictionaries with possibility of additional dictionaries from our membership who create the dictionaries (Tim's suggestion)
LibreOffice Logo language is included
6 modules (Writer, Presentation, Draw, Calc, Math, Base) <-- keep the modules in this order as this is what the students use the most, Writer<-->Presentation are almost interchangeable in some cases
some grammar help through extensions (EN, FR <--we should quote the languages where there is good/solid grammar help available, we have to be honest about this and not pretend that grammar help is available for other languages)
extensive Clipart collections can be added through extension site
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
may be personalized
many cooperative features <--make sure to highlight the features and make them really attractive
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
very little or no learning curve to use the distro
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