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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Converting a LibreOffice Impress slideshow so that it will run on my wife's blog
My wife is an artist and she made a slideshow at my suggestion in Impress. After spending a Jillion hours learning how to make it work and the whole learning curve thing she was finally satisfied ...
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solved :printer setting changes to GENERIC PRINTER
solved : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1020048/
OS=ubuntu 12.04 64bit
LO=3.5
I am running Ubuntu on client through LTSP. On the server, I have added 2 network printer ...
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Change office file associations to MS Office 2010
I have freshly installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit on my HP Pavilion g6 laptop. Post installation I installed MS Office 2010 through wine. By default all office files viz. xls/x, doc/x, ppt/x are associated ...
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Why this launcher button contains two applications?
Please take a look at this launcher button.
When I hover the mouse on it, it shows the name of LibreOffice Calc.
If I right click on it, it shows two applications,
New Spreadsheet and Terminal
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HUD in Libreoffice 3.6.2.2 with Ubuntu 12.10 works only once
I am using Libreoffice 3.6.2.2 with the global menu in ubuntu 12.10. I am trying to use the HUD instead of the mouse, in order to access the menu commands. Apparently, this works only the first time. ...
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libreoffice-core seems to have corrupted
I had libreoffice Version 3.X installed along with my Ubuntu version 11.
After i did the upgrade to 12.04, my libreoffice behavior changed.
I decided to upgrade tto Libre office 4X.
During the ...
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LibreOffice documents spill over into workplace below
I have LibreOffice 3.6.2.2
My problem is that documents sometimes (not always, it seems to be random) spill over into workplace below. The typing area is all on the screen, but the bottom part of the ...
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LibreOffice Calc won't open in Excel
When I save my LibreOffice Calc file to Exel format it won't open correctly when opened in Excel. All of the cell information and text and any formatting goes away and it is one big mass of cell ...
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How do I get LibreOffice Base to access MS Access 2003 data
If I'm to leave Microsoft XP behind I need to work with my MS Access data files in Libreoffice Base or something similar.
How do I get LibreOffice Base to access MS Access 2003 data files?
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Pre-installed Libreoffice does not uninstall properly [duplicate]
User expertise: next to zero
Problem:
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 (the latest linux-secure-remix as of late march 2013) to my new notebook. It has LibreOffice installed, but there is no LibreOffice ...
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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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Bold font in user interface of LibreOffice
I just had a new installation of LibreOffice from apt-get and it seems that all the fonts in the user interface (text in menus, text in dialogs etc...) appears to be bold.
It creates an ...
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LibreOffice - Why Chinese for my uploads?
Didn't use to happen. Now happens with any upload of csv data, regardless of content (and it isn't Chinese!).
I checked
cat /etc/default/locale
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
My language settings are all ...
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LibreOffice Writer 4 theme problem
After upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 writer disappeared so I installed it via software center but now my Writer look like this:
How to revert to default theme so it looks exact like rest of system. I'm ...
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Romanian special characters look bad in LibreOffice (and other text editors)
There are certain Romanian characters (ș, î, ț, ă, â) which are handled differently in the different key layouts.
The standard layout makes them look odd, different from the other letters in ...
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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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How to remove or recover password from a LibreOffice document
I have 2 old documents in ODT format that I either made a typo or forgot the actual password for them. I want to recover the password or simply remove it. What steps (If available) are there to remove ...
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Does anyone know how to WRAP text in a cell in Libreoffice Calc?
I am wondering how to wrap text in a single cell in libreoffice Calc. Does anyone know?
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Download/Save Persona files
I love the new features of LibreOffice 4, especially the ability to have a persona installed on it. My favorite is this one.
Anyways, I have a midline internet connection and I was wondering if ...
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I need the Best/Most Secure Supported JRE for LibreOffice
I want to utilize the Java supported functions of LibreOffice (database/Macros), but I know Java is known to be insecure (notably the latest, cross-platform, zero-day exploit).
What is the best ...
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LibreOffice 4 Skins?
I read on the LibreOffice here that said you could use Firefox Personas on LibreOffice 4. Is this true, or did I mus-interpret this?
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After LibreOffice updated it won't start!
I read Seth's post here: How do I install LibreOffice 4?. I wanted to upgrade, so I ran the commands as provided by Mik to upgrade using stable ppa. For some reason now when I try to run LibreOffice ...
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what alternatives do I have to correctly open (for read-only purposes) a docx file?
I want to know how can I open this .docx file (read-only) in such a way that it looks the same as in SkyDrive or M$ Office 2007+
I'm on 12.04 amd64. So far I've tried with Google Drive and ...
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Why videos play in Ubuntu-provided LibreOffice, but not in LibreOffice from community-supplied installers?
When I install LibreOffice from Ubuntu repository, import and playing of videos (flv, mp4...) works just fine. If I uninstall that version and install LibreOffice from the LO download page, the same ...
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LibreOffice Impress slide show not working on LibreOffice 4 under ubuntu 12.10
When trying to start a slide show in LibreOffice impress (4.0.1.2), the slide show won't start and no button is clickable until hitting escape. Seems as if the program freezes.
This is very annoying ...
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How do I disable global menu for Libreoffice 4.0 in Ubuntu 12.04?
I'd like to disable global menu for Libreoffice 4.0 in Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. The global menu for the others applications had already been disabled after removing appmenu-gtk3, appmenu-gtk or ...
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LibreOffice Writer - weird math symbols from .docx files
I have LibreOffice 4.0 and Kubuntu 12.04. I have worked on a .docx file from Microsoft Office 2010 and I have used math symbols.
Now in Ubuntu I can't see those symbols well with LibreOffice Writer.
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How do I uninstall old version of LibreOffice?
I gonna update my LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 to 4.0.1. Manual shouts If you have a previous version of LibreOffice already installed, then you will need to de-install it before proceeding further. But how do ...
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Libre Office presentation background with dark GTK theme
I'm using a dark GTK theme. For some reason Libre Office Writer has a white background (like I want), but Impress does not. I do remember I had a white background in Impress as well some installations ...
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How to produce a MSWord like document on Ubuntu 11.10? [duplicate]
I made a very important document using Puppy 5.1 with AbiWord. Next I was to copy it on another PC using Ubuntu 11.10. I opened it easily & worked on it with LibreOffice Writer. My document is ...
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Fix gear icon in Libreoffice 4 from ppa
I installed libreoffice 4 from the supply debs in their website, because it didn't have unity integration I decided to completely uninstall it.
Today I saw the ppa has libreoffice 4 with support for ...
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High CPU load on LibreOffice menu
My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with gnome-classic shows a large CPU usage after I highlight any LibreOffice app in gnome menu (Apps->Office-> *).. only on LibreOffice.
What is the reason?
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Using Libreoffice impress remote app without bluetooth?
I've just downloaded libreoffice impress remote and got libreO 4.0. My problem is that I can't connect the phone to impress, my laptop doesn't seem to have bluetooth. Anybody know how to solve this? ...
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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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Install libreoffice 4.0.1 [duplicate]
I'm using ubuntu 12.10, and i'm trying to install Libre office 4.0.1 but cant find anything about who to install it after you have downloaded the file. How do you install the tar.gz file after the ...
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Toolbar in LibreOffice is broken
I use Ubuntu 12.04. After partial upgrading my toolbar of LibreOffice is broken (the text and some icons have dissapeared). I tried to remove it and then I install OpenOffice, but it still did not ...
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How to resize table heights in LibreOffice Writer?
I'm trying to edit a table in LibreOffice Writer so that the rows are each their own designated and precise height. I've managed that for the columns by going to Table > Table Properties... then ...
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Warning while running LibreOffice4.0
I installed LibreOffice4.0 according to this. While running I get following warning.
Fontconfig warning: "/opt/libreoffice4.0/share/fonts/truetype/fc_local.conf", line 13: Having multiple ...
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libreoffice not starting(with no errors!)
I'm trying to start libreoffice from launcher or terminal, but it just doesn't show up!
The weird thing is that it doesn't show any errors or something, and it has an exit code of 0.
And I don't know ...
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Using the data from a drop down calendar in LibreOffice Calc?
I'm using LibreOffice to make a spreadsheet (in Calc, obviously) and have inserted a Date Field Form Control. I edited it the way I want so it has a drop down calendar.
However, when I go to the ...
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How do I save a LibreOffice Calc file for opening in Excel?
I am trying to save a file in LibreOffice Calc that is still usable in Microsoft Office Excel. Save as .xlms doesn't work.
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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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How to upgrade openoffice.org word processor in to latest version [closed]
How to upgrade Ubuntu 10.10 Open-office.org word processor in to the
latest version, some fonts are not supporting in this version please
help
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LibreOffice not starting
Mates.
I was wotking with a pdf on Drawer, LO crashed and didn't came back to work.
When I try to load it from the console i get this error:
libreoffice
UNO Exception: InvalidRegistryException: ...
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Programmer AND student on Ubuntu? [closed]
I'm currently set up with a Windows 7 PC for work, with notepad++ and Sublime Text 2, and a XAMPP server. I'm also using the PC for studying.
I'm considering switching to Ubuntu, but I wanna make ...
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Work progress of operations in Libre Office
I have a quite large datasheet (about 400,000 rows and 8 columns) so when I work with it now (for example deleting thousands of rows) it takes ages (well, minutes) and the screen fades out (however, ...
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Checking LibreOffice-saved Microsoft Word files
I'm looking for a method to verify that a .doc or .docx file that has been created in Microsoft Word, and then modified in Ubuntu (in my case, with LibreOffice) will look the same when I give it to ...
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Printing kerning problem
When I print from LibreOffice the kerning (inter-letter spacing) is awful with letters overlapping and spaces where there should not be any.
I have found that if I click Properties from the Print ...
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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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Libreoffice: lower part is not getting printed
I would like to ask, I'm using Ubuntu and when I'm printing on LibreOffice at paper size of (Long Bond or American Footscalp 13x8.5in) the lower part is not getting printed. It prints all but about ...
