LibreOffice is a free and open-source cross-platform productivity suite. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet creator, presentation editor, database manager, diagramming and charting tool, and equation editor.
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How do I search recursively for a phrase in odt files
I have a folder with subfolders in it and many libreoffice documents (.odt).
I need to find in which one there's a particular phrase.
I tried grep -ir "search phrase here" . but it only found the ...
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Error with building libreoffice 4.0.2.2 (in a virtual machine)
I tried to build libreoffice 4.0.2.2 on Ubuntu 13.04 x86-64 using VirtualBox. An error has occurred which says: no suitable windowing system found, exiting .
Any ideas on how to solve this problem?
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Sharing encrypted file between LibreOffice/Ubuntu and MS Excel
I recently started a research project at a local hospital. I need to build a database that involves some confidential patient data, which MUST, absolutely MUST, be encrypted. I could do this by ...
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Libre Office. Recover deletet document [closed]
I closed Libre Office without saving a solved Problem telling to Human Text and can't recover. How is this working? Can you text sien dine soe..... so can it do somen
I sielves deu no docc ,, dus jo ...
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Writing numbered headings in Writer
In Libreoffice Writer, I am trying to make all my numbered headings in the following form:
1. First title
1.1 Subtitle
1.2 Subtitle
2. Second title
2.1 Subtitle
2.2 Subtitle
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How do I go to the end of document using down arrow?
(My question is identical to this one from the Ubuntu Forums, but no answers were offered there.)
In many other writing applications, when I press down arrow on the last line, the insertion cursor ...
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How to install multiple versions of LibreOffice?
Because of a problem reported here, possibly a bug, I have to use LibreOffice 3.5.
But I would like to keep an eye on the latest version, which might even solve that problem.
I would like to use ...
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How can I determine the page count of odt, doc, docx and other office documents from the CLI?
It's easy to find the page count of a PDF document from the command line:
pdfinfo sample.pdf | grep ^Pages:
... but I haven't been able to find a similar method for odt files and other office ...
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How to add Callouts to an image using a software installed by default in Ubuntu?
What's the easiest way to add Callouts to an image given the capabilities of a default Ubuntu 12.04?
I've got Gimp 2.6 already present (although I am not suggesting it is present in a default ...
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LibreOffice Presentation spell check hangs computer [closed]
LibreOffice 3.5.7.2
Build ID: 350m1(Build:2)
Ubuntu 12.04 all updates installed
Removed all of libreoffice
shut down and restarted (windows habit)
restarted
installed libreoffice
Spellckeck finds ...
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install a version of libreoffice or openoffice in Ubuntu 12.04 that will produce Powerpoint compatible presentations?
I have seen some bug reports that say LibreOffice 3.7 has fixed an issue with pptx files that makes them compatible with Powerpoint (I am testing with Powerpoint 2010).
I have generated a ...
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Cannot remove/upgrade/purge libreoffice
I've run into some trouble while I was trying to update my packages. I did
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
All went okay but there was some error from libreoffice. I dont need any ...
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OpenOffice create PDF Forms with fill-in Fields by url parameters [closed]
I created a Form PDF. I set text box field with its Name ('field1'). And a I save it over apache server.
Now I want to pass it some parameters like http://nowork.com/test.pdf?field1=blablabla
and ...
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Libreoffice PPA 4.1.x for latest Ubuntu version
I am looking for a PPA that has LibreOffice 4.1. Even though it is in Beta I wish to test it out via a PPA. So is there a PPA that has the LibreOffice 4.1.x branch?
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Any alternative for Microsoft OneNote in Ubuntu?
After a major migration from Windows to Ubuntu 12.0.4 Lts, I have found that I can find a substitute for pretty much everything I worked with on Windows 7. the LibreOffice package is an all-out ...
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Some programs don't print in Ubutu 12.04
I have a HP 1005 MFP printer installed on Ubuntu 12.04. Some of the program like shotwell and shutter do not print a page whereas LibreOffice Writer is printing fine. The job from shotwell or shutter ...
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Alternative to LibreOffice Base for Ubuntu
Is there a database management software for Ubuntu alternative to LibreOffice Base?
LObase works fine for a while, but occasionally the files I'm working on get corrupted and I lose all my work.
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Writing UNICODE in Ubuntu 13.04
I can not use UNICODE in Ubuntu 13.04. This is very helpful, but I can use it for example in LibreOffice or Firefox. How can I change this?
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TexMaths extension not working in Writer LibreOffice [closed]
In my Linux distro called Mageia 2, I've installed TexMaths-0.38.oxt from Tools > Extension Manager in Writer (LibreOffice suite) but when I go to use it, it asks that I indicate a certain "path" for ...
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Libre office is creating a new document every time I click on the launcher icon. How do I stop that and go to the documents I already open?
I have the same problem that is already mentioned here Window Preview in Libre but I don't find the answers to that question useful:
I just bought this computer (one week ago) that comes with Ubuntu ...
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add LibreOffice to Nautilus right click `create new document` menu
How do I add LibreOffice word processing to the options on the Nautilus right click create new document menu?
I'm on 12.04.
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How to get rid of Lohit Hindi and set a different default font in right to left complex script
I use multiple languages with libreoffice. I have genome ubuntu 12.04 installed. When i change the keyboard layout from English to Pashto or Persian the standard font is changed to Lohit Hindi. This ...
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A functioning British spelling for libreoffice?
By default, British dictionary corrects words such as color with colour and theater with theatre. But it does not recognise wrong spelling with z's and s's (recognize vs recognise). I followed this, ...
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Is there a way to create a document specific dictionary in LibreOffice
I writing a document with a words who are specific to that document (for instance names of programs). In order to check the document for errors, one uses a spell checker. Instead of ignoring these ...
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code highlight extension for Libre Office writer
I recently wrote a repport for school with a lot of code in it. The only way I found to wrok was to highlight it with STRONG and that is really quite ugly. So is there a code highlightning extension ...
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How do I get LibreOffice back to normal? (13.04)
On opening LibreOffice recently, it's been looking like this, like something from Windows 98:
It's similar to this on all LibreOffice applications. It's not purely aesthetic either, they also all ...
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How to downgrade from LibreOffice 4.0 to 3.6?
How to "properly" downgrade LibreOffice versions deals with a downgrade from 3.5 to 3.4.*. Is there any way to nicely downgrade LibreOffice 4.0 to 3.6? The latter is not in the package ...
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Menus of LibreOffice cannot be handled with KDE appmenu in Kubuntu 13.04
After installing Kubuntu 13.04, LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 worked, but the menus looked without borders and flat, and if I tried to use appmenu (or appmenu button) the applications were not affected (the ...
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Remove any third party packages from former libreoffice installation
After recent updates the global menu dissapeared as mentioned in this question (Libre Office shows blank menu and then crashes). I tried to file a bug report by typing out
ubuntu-bug libreoffice
A ...
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libreoffice text missing in global menu
I have installed the latest version of libreoffice a while ago and I just updated ubuntu 12.04. When I opened the libreoffice document, the text in the globalmenu is missing and you only see the ...
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Libre Office shows blank menu and then crashes [closed]
When I move mouse pointer over the Libre Office roll-up menu ("File" etc. in Writer, Calc, ...) and try to access arbitrary item of the menu the following happen:
menu is blank (no text)
after a ...
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LibreOffice Calc - Protected Cells in XLS resulting in unmodifiable document in Linux
I received a document from work the other day, which I am required to fill out and return to them. It's a XLS file, created on Windows using MS Office. When I opened it on my version of LibreOffice ...
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ibus not working in all applications but not in Libreoffice [duplicate]
I have recently installed Kubuntu 13.04 and previously i was using ubuntu 12.04. After I installed IBus and Libreoffice and my local languages I cannot enable kannada in Libreoffice. All other ...
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App Install Problems to 13.04
Has Ubuntu 13.04 a new set of installation procedures from 12.04, and what are they please? An install of 13.04 has problems with certain installs of software, all that install correctly to a load ...
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How do I disable presenter console in Libreoffice 4
I am enjoying libreoffice 4, but don't want to have presenter console on because we do multiple things during a presentation, and the console window blocks out any option for switching windows or ...
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How can I tie an alert to a LIbra database?
I want to know how to tie an "alert" or notification to a column in a LibreOffice database table.
I'm a new Linux user and am working with a LibreOffice database. In the near future I intend to put ...
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How to print PDF with CMYK color profile from LibreOffice?
I would like to print to PDF documents from LibreOffice Writer but with CMYK color profiles.
How can I achieve this?
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Is there any eraser button in libreoffice
I know this looks like an idiotic questions. But I need to know. Before shifting to Ubuntu in Microsoft word theres a eraser button in doc menu which I used several times. But in Ubuntu libreoffice I ...
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LibreOffice with Ubuntu 13.04 doesn't work [closed]
LibreOffice doesn't work in Ubuntu 13.04. I had 12.10 for a few weeks and then decided to upgrade to 13.04 hoping that it would be fixed. It's start up screen will pop up and it will get about half ...
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LibreOffice 4.03 compatibility with MS Office 2010 docs [duplicate]
I apologize for the repetitiveness of this question, but I just yesterday decided to use Ubuntu 13.04 as my only operating system and am trying to figure a few things out. No, I don't mean figuring ...
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LibreOffice Base 3.5: no Report Builder
I have tried installing Base several times and have read the Wikipedia information about the report builder -- and still cannot get it. I want to use a MySQL database and LibreOffice Base to generate ...
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LibreOffice menus don't highlight [closed]
I don't know why, but in LibreOffice, menus don't highlight. This is the only program whitch is affected. It is not a huge issue, but I often use the menus with the keyboard, and without highlighting, ...
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LibreOffice Writer Styles
Is there anyway to easyly manage styles on LibreOffice Writer ? For instance, by installing a add-on ?
When I was using Word, it was really intuitive to use differents styles, manage them and edit ...
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Libre Office menu does not show submenus automatically
I've just update my libreoffice 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3.... When I start Writer, Impress or Calc, the first time I click on any main menu it does not show submenus automatically (I recorded problem using ...
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How can I update LibreOffice to 4.0.3?
My version of LibreOffice is 4.0.2.2. and 4.0.3 was released three days ago.
Should I add PPA in order to get updated or my Ubuntu 13.04 will update automatically after few days?
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LibreOffice PPA in 12.04 update?
I added ppa:libreoffice/ppa to my 12.04 install so I could install LO 4, and my only question is: Will LO update through the ppa by itself when a new version is out, or will I have to do it manually?
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How to import a pdf in libreoffice? under ubuntu, all pages are blank
I have some .pdf generated by a scanner, that I want to import in LibreOffice and do some small editing. The PDF has only one object per page, a page-size image.
If I open it in LibreOffice under ...
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How do I Reset Libreoffice User Preference?
In order to get rid of some persistent problem, I have decided to completely remove libreoffice preferences from my machine and then recreate it. I know that user preferences are in this ...
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How to edit , read kannada documents created on microsoft word with Nudi Ekabhashe fonts on ubuntu? And vice versa?
How to read, edit Kannada documents created on Libreoffice with Unicode fonts (kedage lohit etc) on Microsoft word in Windows.How to ensure inter-operability in both ways?
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libre office ls: error initializing month strings 13.04
I'm trying to start libre office writer up, but it doesn't do anything. I started it from the terminal as root and it showed me this:
ls: error initializing month strings
/usr/bin/libreoffice: 49: ...
