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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What is the difference between OpenOffice and the newly created LibreOffice?
What is the difference between OpenOffice and LibreOffice? I understand that LibreOffice is another fork that is going to be developed. I have used OpenOffice since v1 and am wondering if there is a ...
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How to uninstall LibreOffice?
Which package should I remove to completely remove libreoffice? I have no need for office tools.
That's the one gripe I have with package managers like apt, there's no simple way to perform the ...
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How to convert an odt to pdf?
Does anyone know how to convert an odt file (LibreOffice) to pdf?
Thank you very much!
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How do I install the latest stable version of LibreOffice?
LibreOffice is seeing some dramatic improvements each version and subversion that goes out.
I would like to have always the latest version of LibreOffice on my machine(s). I know of the PPA that ...
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Why doesn't LibreOffice work with the HUD?
So I have tried out a couple daily builds and beta 1, and love HUD. However, currently LibreOffice does not play nice with HUD and I was wondering if there was a way to make it work with HUD. Kinda ...
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Why isn't lo-menubar installed by default in LibreOffice?
Will I face any problems by installing the lo-menubar to give libreoffice global menus in Natty?
I'm wondering why it isn't installed by default. Are there stability problems or anything?
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How to install LibreOffice? (replacing OpenOffice.org)
On 10.10 how do I get rid of Openoffice.org, and install LibreOffice without borking my system?
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How to maintain document compatibility between LibreOffice and other office suites?
When I save a document in LibreOffice and try to open it in Office 2007 for example, most or all of the paragraphs moved somehow. For what I found out is that the document has Widows and Orphans. How ...
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How do I install the latest version of LibreOffice?
There was recently another release of LibreOffice, but it is a pain to have to manually go to their website and download the packages every time there is a new release. Is there a PPA that always has ...
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Scrolling and display problem (bug?) in LibreOffice 3.6 and above [closed]
This problem started with a new version of LibreOffice, 3.6.2.2. (the one with the new green splash screen instead of the old white one) and continued up to the latest 4.x versions.
My documents are ...
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Are there alternatives to LibreOffice?
Is there any alternative to LibreOffice? It seems to unfamiliar to MS office users.
I found while running certain presentations in .ppt or .pptx it is not fully compatible.
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Synonyms for different languages in LibreOffice Writer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I add English-UK thesaurus in LibreOffice?
When setting a text for English US the context menu contains 'Synonyms'
This is not the case for the other languages ...
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How to install a LibreOffice Dictionary (Spelling Check, Thesaurus…)
What are the steps to install the Spelling Check and other language supports for LibreOffice. For example spanish, french, italian, etc..
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How to install Libreoffice 3.5.4 in Ubuntu 12.04?
I want to know how to install LibreOffice 3.5.4 in Ubuntu 12.04. I heard that it has many improvements over its earlier versions.
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How do I add English-UK thesaurus and other locales to LibreOffice?
I have been trying to use English-UK thesaurus in LibreOffice but so far cannot get it to work. I have installed mythes-en-us as only it was available in repos. As suggested in some forums I searched ...
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LibreOffice shows many icons on the Launcher, what can I do about this?
When I run LibreOffice it shows another icon at the launcher. If I open new files it will keep showing new icons for each file.
When I run it from the terminal it does not return any error messages.
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Why doesn't the libreoffice icon appear on my launcher when running?
When we run an application, its icon would appear on the launcher and so we can call it back after minimize it. Specially, a little triangle would kepp appearing near the icon, meaning this ...
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LibreOffice export compatibility with .doc
I know I can open .doc files in LibreOffice, but can I save a new document as a .doc? You used to be able to do so in OpenOffice, but I can't find anything in LibreOffice to do that.
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Alternatives to LibreOffice
What alternatives to LibreOffice (specially LO Writer) does Ubuntu come with. I have seen Abiword there but are there others?
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What office suite will be used in 11.04?
Which office suite will be used in Ubuntu 11.04? Open Office or LibreOffice?
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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 to install LibreOffice 3.4 Final In Ubuntu 11.04 or 10.10
How do I install the final version of LibreOffice 3.4 in Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04 and the latest version of 11.10
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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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Searching text on google in LibreOffice (from context menu or otherwise)?
Is it possible to search a text in google or other search engine in Firefox from context menu in LibreOffice?
Translating texts I need to go to the internet to look up the words and see context etc.
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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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LibreOffice missing certain Microsoft fonts
I don't have these fonts: times new roman, arial and calibri..., like in microsoft office? What can I do?
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Graphics problems with applications
For some reason, I've got some graphical issues sometimes. Mostly with AbiWord, LibreOffice (and OpenOffice.org), and Wine applications. I've added some screenshots below t oclarify a bit.
This is not ...
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Does Microsoft Office 2010 still have incompatibility issues with LibreOffice
I know Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007 have some incompatibility issues with LibreOffice. For example if I create a document in LibreOffice with doc format and try to open it in Office ...
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How do I enable the libreoffice quickstarter in unity?
I would like to get my quickstarter to show in unity, or replace it with an indicator. Is this possible?.
I tried Unity 2D, and to my shock, it works there, but refuses to work in unity proper.
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LibreOffice menu bar doesn't function [closed]
I've recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 and LibreOffice in this OS doesn't work correctly. Any time I click something from the menu bar (e.g. File -> Print or Save As), nothing happens. It looks like ...
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Is it possible to add a quicklist to the Libreoffice Writer icon in the Launcher showing my most recently opened documents?
Is it possible to add a quicklist to the Libreoffice Writer icon in the Unity Launcher showing my most recently opened documents?
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No page number in first page
I am writing a document and it is required that the first page (title page) has no page number and the second page starts with page 2. I don't know how to remove the footed only in page 1 and leaving ...
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How can I stop LibreOffice from randomly crashing?
Libreoffice keeps on crashing randomly. It will do this when I am typing and when I am switching desktops or anything. There is no patter to it. I need some help here. Anyone had this problem or ...
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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 to replace LibreOffice with OpenOffice?
To put it simply, I do not want LibreOffice.
How can I remove LibreOffice and install OpenOffice. I have tried installing the .deb packages from the OpenOffice download but nothing visibly happens.
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Presentation with many fullscreen video
I am currently creating a presentation (like power point). I have tried multiple applications to create this presentation but there are some problems.
I have tried
Ease: Program is not stable ...
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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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LibreOffice problem integrating with Unity
I have started noticing this problem a while back. Opening spreadsheets directly from Nautilus sometimes has different behaviors in Unity. This means that sometimes I see the icon pop in the launcher ...
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Will LibreOffice 3.4 be included in an update?
Ubuntu 11.04 ships with LibreOffice 3.3.2
In a few weeks LibreOffice will publish a new Version LibreOffice 3.4
Will Ubuntu release this update like a new Version of Firefox? (a few days after the ...
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How to remove all the images in a document in LibreOffice Writer?
Ubuntu 12.04
I want to remove all the images from a document in LibreOffice Writer. My document contains ~ 350 images. Is there a way to delete them en masse rather than one by one? I tried ...
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Merge Multiple Documents and Convert to One Pdf in LibreOffice from Terminal
In my Ubuntu Server 12.04, I am converting all .docx files under a directory to .pdf files with this command:
libreoffice -headless -convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export *.docx
Can I merge multiple ...
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How do I make a digital certificate available to LibreOffice Writer for digital signatures?
I obtained a client certificate from CAcert through Firefox. I want to use that certificate to sign a document created with LibreOffice Writer.
In Writer, I click File > Digital Signatures... to ...
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How to “properly” downgrade LibreOffice versions
I am using the stable LibreOffice PPA, which just pushed out 3.5.0 and I (foolishly) upgraded from 3.4.5.
Now my LibreOffice is broken, with all sorts of issues like icons and launchers not ...
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How to make aplications installed in /opt appear in Unity?
Libreoffice 3.4 was installed in /opt and a link to the executable was put in /usr/bin, but Unity search can't find it. Also, if I open Libreoffice Writer, for instance, and ask to keep its icon in ...
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How do I fix broken LibreOffice packages
I have "broken packages" but when I attempt to fix them in Synaptic Package Manager, I get this error message:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package ...
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How can I show notes on my laptop in LibreOffice Impress?
I think it would be very nice to present on a projector with my laptop showing the notes! I appreciate any help and I love you if you find it until tomorrow!
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LibreOffice doesn't work with HUD in 12.10 [closed]
After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 HUD in LibreOffice stopped to work and it searches in panel indicator instead. After running command unity --repalce everything works fine, but it is really annoying to ...
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LibreOffice not opening
If a try to open LibreOffice or any document (spreadsheets, presentations, written or .doc files), it will atempt to start the aplication and just exit it with no error before starting.
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Why did ctrl-f stop working in LibreOffice?
I've basically settled into Unity, but one constant that is kind of giving me agita is that in LibreOffice Calc (and Writer) ctrl-f does nothing. I can go to edit > find ... and the edit menu even ...
