Documentation

The LibreOffice Documentation Team is responsible for the development of the English language user documentation. This page serves as a portal both for the various forms of user documentation and the development thereof.



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Official publications
The official user guides and related publications are currently hosted at:
 * LibreOffice documentation website (view online, download, or purchase)

If you can't find what you're looking for, try the archive on the wiki:
 * Publications (for recent versions)
 * Publications (for old versions)

Online help (same as in-program help)

 * Online help

In the wiki

 * Extensive Description of Calc Functions
 * Tutorials
 * HowTo
 * FAQ
 * Macros
 * Release Notes
 * Other Resources
 * Third Party Resources (including video tutorials)
 * Developer's Guide (UNO API)

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Contributor's guide (update in progress)
The Contributor's Guide is the reference for writing and updating LibreOffice Guides books.

The guide includes the following chapters:


 * 1)  Preface
 * 2)  Joining the Documentation Team (update in progress)
 * 3)  Producing LibreOffice User Guides (update in progress)
 * 4)  Using the LibreOffice Documentation Team Website (update in progress)
 * 5)  Style Guide for Writers (including preferred terminology) (update in progress)
 * 6)  Using the Chapter Template (includes list of paragraph and character styles and when to use them, plus other information) (update in progress)

Other information
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 * Documentation Team meetings agenda
 * Getting Access to the Cloud Service
 * The NextCloud client for desktop and tablets
 * User Guide development
 * User Guide Tasks
 * Taking screenshots of LibreOffice dialogs
 * Guides Website
 * Documentation Development (start here)
 * Mailing List
 * Wish List

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Help content

 * A Help XML editor
 * How to create a collateral file for help pages
 * Adding Rich Contents to Help Pages
 * Basic Syntax Diagrams
 * Editing source help pages directly in gerrit
 * Help
 * Help Content Modernization
 * Proposed Extensions for XHP
 * XHP Code Snippets for KDE Editors
 * Rules for writing Help pages contents

Understanding, Authoring and Editing OpenOffice.org Help (Book)
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 * Understanding, Authoring and Editing OpenOffice.org Help (Book)
 * How OpenOffice.org Help Works
 * Help File XML format Basics
 * Help File XML Reference
 * Authoring Help With OpenOffice.org
 * Appendix

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