diff --git a/source/appModules/soffice.py b/source/appModules/soffice.py
index ede16a9645a..1706f1d946a 100755
--- a/source/appModules/soffice.py
+++ b/source/appModules/soffice.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2022 NV Access Limited, Bill Dengler, Leonard de Ruijter
 
 from typing import (
+	Optional,
 	Union
 )
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 import textInfos
 import colors
 from compoundDocuments import CompoundDocument, TreeCompoundTextInfo
+from NVDAObjects import NVDAObject
 from NVDAObjects.IAccessible import IAccessible, IA2TextTextInfo
 from NVDAObjects.behaviors import EditableText
 from logHandler import log
@@ -340,3 +342,30 @@ def event_NVDAObject_init(self, obj):
 			# This is a word processor document.
 			obj.description = None
 			obj.treeInterceptorClass = SymphonyDocument
+
+	def searchStatusBar(self, obj: NVDAObject, max_depth: int = 5) -> Optional[NVDAObject]:
+		"""Searches for and returns the status bar object
+		if either the object itself or one of its recursive children
+		(up to the given depth) has the corresponding role."""
+		if obj.role == controlTypes.Role.STATUSBAR:
+			return obj
+		if max_depth < 1 or obj.role not in {controlTypes.Role.ROOTPANE, controlTypes.Role.WINDOW}:
+			return None
+		for child in obj.children:
+			status_bar = self.searchStatusBar(child, max_depth - 1)
+			if status_bar:
+				return status_bar
+		return None
+
+	def _get_statusBar(self) -> Optional[NVDAObject]:
+		return self.searchStatusBar(api.getForegroundObject())
+
+	def getStatusBarText(self, obj: NVDAObject) -> str:
+		text = ""
+		for child in obj.children:
+			textObj = child.IAccessibleTextObject
+			if textObj:
+				if text:
+					text += " "
+				text += textObj.textAtOffset(0, IA2.IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_ALL)[2]
+		return text
diff --git a/user_docs/en/changes.t2t b/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
index 36edd77f286..ebc6a4c776a 100644
--- a/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
+++ b/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ There are now gestures for showing the braille settings dialog, accessing the st
 - Updated LibLouis braille translator to [3.25.0 https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/releases/tag/v3.25.0]. (#14719)
 - CLDR has been updated to version 43.0. (#14918)
 - Dash and em-dash symbols will always be sent to the synthesizer. (#13830)
+- LibreOffice changes:
+  - When reporting the review cursor location, the current cursor/caret location is now reported relative to the current page in LibreOffice Writer for LibreOffice versions >= 7.6, similar to what is done for Microsoft Word. (#11696)
+  - Announcement of the status bar (e.g. triggered by ``NVDA+end``) works for LibreOffice. (#11698)
+  -
 - Distance reported in Microsoft Word will now honour the unit defined in Word's advanced options even when using UIA to access Word documents. (#14542)
-- When reporting the review cursor location, the current cursor/caret location is now reported relative to the current page in LibreOffice Writer for LibreOffice versions >= 7.6, similar to what is done for Microsoft Word. (#11696)
 - NVDA responds faster when moving the cursor in edit controls. (#14708)
 - Baum Braille driver: addes several Braille chord gestures for performing common keyboard commands such as windows+d, alt+tab etc. Please refer to the NVDA user guide for a full list. (#14714)
 - When using a Braille Display via the Standard HID braille driver, the dpad can be used to emulate the arrow keys and enter. Also space+dot1 and space+dot4 now map to up and down arrow respectively. (#14713)
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ Instead, functions should be weakly referenceable. (#14627)
 Instead import from ``hwIo.ioThread``. (#14627)
 - ``IoThread.autoDeleteApcReference`` is deprecated.
 It was introduced in NVDA 2023.1 and was never meant to be part of the public API.
-Until removal, it behaves as a no-op, i.e. a context manager yielding nothing.
+Until removal, it behaves as a no-op, i.e. a context manager yielding nothing. (#14924)
 -
 
 = 2023.1 =