The document discusses the Open Document Format (ODF) and LibreOffice, emphasizing the importance of free and open source software (FLOSS) in education and collaboration. It outlines the history, purpose, and usability of LibreOffice, highlighting its role in fostering interoperability and eliminating digital divides. Additionally, it encourages contributions to FLOSS through various avenues, including development, testing, and documentation.

1. Using Opens Document Format
in Education
Shinji Enoki
shinji.enoki@gmail.com
Fakultas Ilmu Komputer, Universitas Narotama, 10 Oct. 2019

2. Agenda
● What are ODF/LibreOffice?
● Potential and impact of FLOSS
(Free/Libre and Open Source
Software)
● How to contribute to FLOSS
● How to use LibreOffice

3. Shinji Enoki ( 榎真治 )
● Member of LibreOffice Japanese Team(2011-)
● Member of The Document Foundation (2014-)
● Activity: organizing events, grows
community, sometimes QA
● Other community:
– Vice-chairperson of Japan UNIX Society
– Organize member of Documentation Meetup
– Staff of KANSAI OPEN SOURCE
– LILO(linux users group)

4. Do you know the word “ODF”?
● Please raise your hand if you don't know…

5. Do you know the word “LibreOffice”?
● Please raise your hand if you don't know…

6. About ODF
● File format specification for office applications
● Standard: ISO/IEC 26300
● Based on OpenOffice.org file format
● Supported software:
– LibreOffice, Apache OpenOffice, Microsoft Office 2013
later(for ODF1.2), Google Docs,

8. Why ODFwas created
● There was no standard file format for office
applications
● Microsoft office was in a proprietary format
and the specification was not disclosed
● Many users were in trouble with file
interoperability

9. Importance of interoperability
● In the past, there were many sites that could
not be seen by each web browsers
– The web world was fragmented
● Long ago, computers from different
manufacturers could not communicate with
each other

10. Bad standard case
● Standards managed by a company hinder fair
competition
● Because companies will make the most money
if they hinder competition and monopolize

12. About LibreOffice
● Powerful Office Suite
● Free Software/OpenSouce Software
– Liberty, not price
● Community based Development
– Community members founded The Document
Foundation, a legal entity in February 2012 as an NPO in
Germany

13. About LibreOffice (2)
● Desktop version: Windows / MacOS / Linux
● Online version : Edit in web browser
● Android / iOS version:
– Currently under development
– Implementation method changed from previous
version

15. History of LibreOffice
● 28 Sep. 2010, fork from OpenOffice.org
Wikimedia Commons

16. LibreOffice application
● Word processor : Writer
● Spreadsheet : Calc
● Presentation : Impress
● Vector graphics : Draw
● Database : Base
● mathematical formulae : Math

17. Demo

18. Whywe are making LibreOffice?
● Is there Microsoft Office?
● We are making free office software
– We believe that users should have the freedom to
run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve
the software that we distribute. (LibreOffice web
site)

19. Our purpose
● Eliminate the digital divide
● Empower all as full citizens
● Support the preservation of mother tongues
● Avoid proprietary software and format lock-in
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/who-are-we/

20. Potential and impact of FLOSS
(Free/Libre and Open Source Software)

21. The world is supported in FLOSS
● The Internet world is almost FLOSS
● Block chain
● AI
● ...

22. Collaboration and open innovation
● One company alone cannot make a big
innovation
● We need to collaborate and innovate together
● FLOSS is best fit for it

23. OpenData
● Wikipedia
● OpenStreetMap
● Many project…
● Governments and companies also provide
open data

25. Wikimedia Project
● Not only Wikipedia
● Wikimedia Commons
– Images, sounds, videos, and general media
● Wikidata
– document-oriented items database, Hot project now
● Wiktionary
● Wikibooks
● Wikiquote
● ...

27. OpenStreetMap
● This is a volunteer-based project to create maps
● Something like a map version of Wikipedia
● Provided as open data
● In many cases, use data in web services or apps
rather than directly from the project website
– Facebook, Pokemon GO, Maps.ME, ...so many

28. A catalog site where you can find open data
published by the Indonesian government

29. Goverment OpenData
● Government data should be default-by-open
– Only information related to safety such as privacy is
kept private
● Need a mechanism to automatically archive and
publish
– Like git to manage source code
● All governments are now far from ideal

30. Open government
● Open government movement
● Useing FLOSS concepts and methods
● Improved transparency
● Citizens join as volunteers in government
activities. A world where full-time and volunteer
work together

31. How to contribute to FLOSS

32. Why contribute?
● If the product improves, we will be happy as a
user
● It's so fun and exciting
● To learn and experience
– You can challenge only where you are interested

33. Contributing in various fields
● Development
● Testing
● Translation
– UI/Help, Document
● Documentation
● Other user support
● Marketing and event management

34. QA:QualityAssurance and Testing
● Users may use and encounter problems
– You can report bugs
– We can not fix unreported bugs
– Bug reports are very important
● It is important to report documentation errors
and other porblem

36. How to bug report of LibreOffice
1. Create your account
2.log in
3.Report a bug

37. UI/Help translation

39. How to use LibreOffice

40. Writer: word processor
● Usage is almost similar to Word
● Convenient sidebar
● Use paragraph styles

41. Interoperability techniques
● Unify organizational environment with freely
licensed fonts
– Misalignment occurs if the font is different
● For example, Google fonts are high quality

42. Sidebar is convenient

43. Sidebar (2)
● The properties dialog automatically switches
depending on what is selected

44. Use paragraph styles
● Click the style button on the
sidebar
● Click the paragraph button
when the style dialog changes
● Place the cursor on the paragraph
you want to set and click the style
you want to select

45. Style is convenient
● Close to the Web style sheet
● Separate content and style
● The same style can be changed at once
– Especially important for long documents such as
manuals

46. Use Heading Style
● Heading(Tidak) 1,2,3
● Can generate table of contents automatically

47. Table of contents
● Select menu [insert]-[Table of Contents and
Index]-[Table of Contents,Bibliography]
● Select menu [Sisip]-[Daftar Isi dan Indeks]-
[Daftar Isi, Indeks, atau Bibliograhi]

48. Conclusion
● ODF and LibreOffice realize the world of free and
liberty office software
● FLOSS supports innovation around the world
● Contributing to FLOSS is a fun and useful
activity
● Using LibreOffice is very easy. Let's try!

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Thank you !
Shinji Enoki ( shinji.enoki@gmail.com )