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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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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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Ub1304 has install problems with Libre Office and others that install well to 1204 [closed]

Ubuntu 13.04 downloaded and installed and updated this day has problems with certain installs of software, all that install correctly to 12.04. Google Chrome installed from the Google site dot deb ...
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LibreOffice 4.0 doesn't show modules writer, calc, etc anymore

I haven't used it for about 2 weeks and today when I wanted to start and .odt file I found out that it doesn't work anymore. I can't find Writer and the rest of them in the search lense but the files ...
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libreoffice can not be removed completely [duplicate]

I am using ubuntu12.04 and the xfce4.6. Now I remove the libreoffice through the Ubuntu Software Center,however it seems that it is not removed completely. Since I can find the libreoffice item at ...
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Write a Footnote Per page

I need to write a footnote per page in my document (not a footer which is the same throughout document). How do I do that? Note that some page have no footnote(s)
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Opening .docx attachments in Firefox using LibreOffice

I'm trying to open .docx files from the Outlook Web App, viewed in Firefox, with LibreOffice. LibreOffice is installed on my computer and the default application for opening .docx files. What's more, ...
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problem with update of libreoffice

This is a problem: ~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct ...
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I can't install LibreOffice Base into Ubuntu 12.04

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on my USB. I have everything from LibreOffice but the Base app. When I search in the Software center it comes up and I click install but after 30 seconds it fails with this ...
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How can I make LibreOffice writer have window decorations again in Gnome 3?

I'm not sure whether I've discovered a feature or a bug of LibreOffice Writer v. 3.5.4.2 in Gnome 3.4 on Ubuntu 12.04. Either way, I can't figure out how to get things back to how they normally are. ...
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Cambria appears only in italics in LibreOffice

I have a Windows 7 partition mounted in Ubuntu. In order to access the fonts I created a link to the Windows font folder using ln -s /path/to/your/windows/fonts/folder .fonts/windows I then ...
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Block certain fonts from certain programs?

I often vary my fonts when creating documents, and find it difficult to find the ones I often use in the drop-down menus due to the large amounts of foreign scripts, etc, that are automatically in ...
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Ubuntu freezes when I copy/move file into home folder [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? Since yesterday when I open the home folder and I try to copy, move, cut a file from there, the screen freezes, I'm not able to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Libreoffice crashing when typing malayalam in IBus

Libreoffice keeps crashing when typing Malayalam inscript with IBus. Especially when I press the keys "a" and "x" one by one. Below the terminal output when I open the Libreoffice Writer via ...
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Why won't Gedit display Hebrew letters in documents, while LibreOffice works fine?

I am using Gedit and LibreOffice Writer. When I want to write in Hebrew I don't have any problem. When I download a LibreOfiice file in Hebrew I do not have any problem, either. When I download a file ...
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How to use Thunderbird's address book in LibreOffice?

I'm using LibreOffice (3.5) and Thunderbird (17.0) on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine and store my contacts with Thunderbird. These contacts are organized in several address books. For each I get a .mab-file ...
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Converting .odt or .docx Libre Writer document to .pdf yields unwanted result [closed]

My documents - I have tried a few 1-2 page documents - all wind up as 1200+ page .pdf's and have nothing legible contained. A few symbols and special characters are on most pages, but none of my ...
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LibreOffice - Can't drag and replace images [LibreOffice 3.5 and 3.6, Ubuntu 12.04]

My wife uses LibreOffice to create catalogues of a couple hundred items and then converts it to PDF. Man we love LibreOffice! Anyway I set up Windows-7 and Mint-14-Mate dual boot for her to ease ...
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Can not open password-protected ppt with libre office 3.5

When I am trying to open password-protected ppt with libre office 3.5 in Ubuntu 12.04,it gives me a message says "Read-Error. loading of password-encrypted microsoft powerpoint is not supported."So is ...
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How to set LibreOffice to suggest corrections in English-UK in Lubuntu 12.04?

I want to be given correction suggestions while setting a text in LibreOffice to English-UK. Now it works for English-US, French and Romanian, as these are the languages that I have installed in ...
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How do I install this package in Ubuntu?

I just encountered a bug with LibreOffice in Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. At first, all the Unity icons loaded properly, but after a few clicks on LibreOffice Writer, a duplicate icon opens right on top of the ...
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two Libre icons bug in Unity [closed]

I have a problem with 12.04. LibreOffice icons in Unity behaves strange when I'm opening Office files via Nautilus. I have two of them. First both Word and Excel documents is shown with gray Libre ...
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error while installing openoffice

I was installing openoffice using these commands sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/office sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install openoffice Now after downloading some 20MB my internet ...
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How to type all the math, stat, greek, equations EFFICIENTLY in libreoffice?

i am preparing a report related to physics which is full of greek, stat and calculus things, i know there is this question how to insert a greek symbol, but my problem is i cant fiddle with a drop ...
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Is HUD issue with LibreOffice due to be fixed in 12.04? [closed]

I have been looking at Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as an alternative to Windows in small offices/home offices, which as far as I am concerned is viable, except for the issue concerning the HUD not working with ...
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Problems in LibreOffice Writer when saving as .docx

I used Libreoffice for a really important task and now I am going nuts. I check if everything is OK before closing Libreoffice, nothing seems wrong. But when I reopen the document, I noticed that ...
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Why I can't install new fonts in LibreOffice?

I have installed a lot of fonts before, but this time things are really different. I have downloaded some True Type Font (ttf) fonts. Then paste them in the directory usr/share/fonts after that ...
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Unity Dash to search only in Documents

I have a document (LibreOffice Calc Spreadsheet) which is in my ~/Documents folder. However, I have the same file (older version of it) on a mounted drive. In the past few weeks I have opened the ...
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Why my LibreOffice installation doesn't use the HUD? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Why doesn't LibreOffice work with the HUD? In LibreOffice, I understand the menu bar is part of the HUD. When I installed 12.04 in my laptop, it didn't happen. What ...
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How do I “print” to a PostScript file from LibreOffice Write?

Using OpenOffice with 10.04 I was able to print to a Postscript file, but I find I can't do this with LibreOffice and 12.04 - print-to-file goes to PDF. I want this feature so that I can use a ...
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OpenOffice doesn't work

I installed OpenOffice on 12.04, and set it as the default utility for spreadsheets, but it doesn't run at all. While trying to troubleshoot, I read that it is not recommended to install it ...
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Why has Libreoffice stopped being visible in Unity

In the past few days, Libreoffice has stopped playing nicely with Unity. When I have any of its components running, the icons in the taskbar don't have arrows next to them, and Alt-Tab doesn't show or ...
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Cannot install LibreOffice [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Fixing Broken Packages How to install Libreoffice 3.5.4 in Ubuntu 12.04? What is wrong with Ubuntu repositories? sudo apt-get install libreoffice Reading package ...
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Why Ubuntu 12.04 is shipped with Libre Office? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What office suite will be used in 11.04? Ubuntu 12.04 is shipped with Libre Office and before that all versions 10, 9, 8 were shipped with Open Office. If Libre Office ...
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Unity launcher Libre Office bug [closed]

Hi all whenever I open a Libre Office document in 12.04 it has invisible icons in the launcher (see screenshot) This is really distracting and bugs the crap out of my OCD. It happens even when ...
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libreoffice file->New overlays File menu

Ubuntu 12.04, I have a dual screen setup, left laptop screen (1st monitor), right 24 inch display (2nd monitor) When I position Libreoffice in the top left corner of the 2nd monitor and go into the ...
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LibreOffice Calc causes Compiz to crash when scrolling on Ubuntu 12.04 with latest updates [closed]

The title should pretty much sum it up. Obviously the problem does not happen very often and as such is difficult to reproduce, but it has now happened to me on two occasions in one month. I'll be ...
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Why is my LibreOffice so slow?

Every time I start LibreOffice, I have to wait 3 minutes before I'm able to start working (screen is grey). Why? Are there any ways to fix this problem? Regrets Malte
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Libreoffice Base reports not working after upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04

After upgrading his computer to Ubuntu 12.04, my Granddad's reports in all of his LibreOffice databases no longer work, even though the underlying queries still work. Sorry for so little diagnostic ...
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libreoffice presenter-console slow slide transition

I've upgraded my netbook from Maverick (10.10) to Precise (12.04). This involved upgrading from the openoffice distribution to libreoffice. I am no longer able to give presentation using libreoffice ...
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Is it possible to install LibreOffice from Ubuntu DVD to Ubuntu studio?

Because of download restriction, I would like to know if it is possible to install LibreOffice (or other software) from Ubuntu 12.04 DVD to Ubuntu studio? I have Ubuntu studio 12.04 installed and ...
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Ubuntu US Archive Mirrors Not Responding (from Iran)

I have tried updating my Ubuntu system the in last few days, and it gets stuck downloading updates. The download process fails where it should download kernel packages or libreoffice ones. Here is ...
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pdf does not open

when i create a pdf file from calc (libre office 3.5.3.2) i cannot open that file (with evince 3.4.0 or other pdf viewer) this when the calc file comes from a different computer (ubuntu 12.04 - ...
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Access locked files from Windows XP

Because of a problem in an XP computer I had to use Ubuntu Live CD to access and save data to an external USB drive. Now, some of the folders in the USB can be accessed without any problem but some of ...
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1answer
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Paper Clip in LibreOffice Writer

Is there a paper clip in LibreOffice like there is in MS Office? If not, how do I get it?
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How to access MySQL server with user password issued through LibreOffice Base frontend?

When dist-upgrading Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 UpdateManager asked to enter a "new" user password for MySQL. I denied 3 times. This asking was put misleadingly. I better should have entered a user password ...
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How to Type in Persian in LibreOffice?

I am new to Ubuntu 12.04 and am trying to install Persian language support for a friend. I have been googleing for an hour and can't find a tutorial to explain this. I have added additional language ...
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Sheet name font size on LibreOffice Calc is too small

I am using LibreOffice 3.5.3.2 (Ubuntu 12.04) and the buttons to switch tabs in Calc are written with small fonts. They're so small I can't even read what is written on them. I could not find a way ...
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Libreoffice on multiple monitors. Menus open in wrong monitor

I am on 12.04 64bit, on 3 monitors, 12.3 fglrx drivers and use Libreoffice 3.5.3 (Ubuntu repositories). The menus of Libreoffice seem to open on the wrong screen. It seems this is an old bug, but i ...
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Can't open any Libre Office docs in 12.04

This error message pops up when opening a document in LibreOffice: LibreOffice 3.5 Read-Error. An unknown error has occurred. I can, however, open a fresh new document. This is obviously not ...

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