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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libreoffice doesn't start
After I managed to make Ubuntu start properly and made it look OK I just realized the libreoffice doesn't work at all.
It shows the start screen and then it just stops... nothing else. I tried to have ...
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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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When is LibreOffice 4.0 coming to Ubuntu 12.10 as an update? [duplicate]
Is LibreOffice 4.0 coming to Ubuntu 12.10 as an update? If so when?
There is no Deb package to upgrade that one can just double click to install LO 4.0. The present instructions given on some ...
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Can't un-tar LibreOffice 4 download
I've tried this guide
How do I install LibreOffice 4?
But I get this message
Can someone please explain why this is happening? And can someone tell me how to download it?
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Can't upgrade to LibreOffice 4
I tried to upgrade my LibreOffice to 4.0 on my Ubuntu 12.04, but now it doesn't work anymore.
If I try to install LibreOffice again, I get the following output:
The following packages have unmet ...
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Assign more tmp space for Libre Office
I encountered the error "Resource exhausted. No more space on device." while saving a huge spreadsheet (Libre Office Calc 3.5). Is there a relation to the tmp space assigned for operations in Libre ...
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Appmenu not working in libreoffice4.0
I manually downloaded and installed libreoffice, but know the global-menu wont work.
I tried to install the lo-menubar package but that didn't work.
Question: how to get the libreoffice menubar ...
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How do I fix the icons after manually installing LibreOffice 4.0?
I removed the previous version of Libreoffice and installed the current Libreoffice 4.0 from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/. But now the icons and global-menubar are inactive: see screenshot.
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What is the difference between LibreOffice from libreoffice.org and LibreOffice from Ubuntu's repos?
I developed an extension which works with LibreOffice installed from the Ubuntu repos but not the with LibreOffice installed from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/.
What is the difference ...
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LibreOffice 4.0 in Ubuntu 13.04? [closed]
Is LibreOffice 4.0 available in Ubuntu 13.04 later? Why it can't use in Ubuntu 12.10? Whether due to unstable/incompatible?
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Is it possible to call Python functions from Libre Office Calc?
Consider the following simple Python function:
def mysum(a, b):
return a + b
I would like to put =mysum(5, 7) in a cell of the Calc spreadsheet, so that is simply returns the number 12.
Is this ...
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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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Why does Unity launcher start the wrong program?
When I left click the LibreOffice Icon firefox launches instead. A Right click gives me a choice of
New Document
Firefox
Lock to Launcher.
Until some recent updates this never happened ...
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Libreoffice does not detect Java on fresh install of 12.10: how to make it work?
I can't use some features of Libreoffice (some extensions, macros) because my Java runtime environment (openJdk-6) is not recognized in my system (see [screenshot]
When launching LibreOffice from ...
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converting odt to pdf with 5 tabs
I can create a pdf that is not the problem but only the first 3 tabs are included the last 2 he will not take
Please tell me why
annemieke
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How to turn Anti-Alisasing off in LibreImpress, and on in LibreWriter?
I was wondering if there is a way to turn Anti-Aliasing off if in LibreImpress and then on if I switch to LibreWriter.
If there isn't; is there a way that I could make a script like that using Java ...
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Libreoffice run into “general OLE error”
I turn to Ubuntu recently. When I use the Libreoffice writer to open my docx file created by MS office under windows 7, I found the math equations which were typed by Mathtype though can display ...
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Libreoffice British Dictionary Sulfate
Greetings good persons,
I believe I have installed the British English dictionary / spell-checker for Libreoffice on Ubuntu.
The spell checker identifies rubbish but does not flag "sulfate" as a ...
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Can't work with files named with russian characters
After saving file in LibreOffice with russian name it displays in Nautilus like "??????.odt". This file correctly opens in LibreOffice, but with "??????.odt" title in titlebar.
Another side of ...
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How can I insert an APA style bibliography in a document using LibreOffice?
I'm a college student and my teachers ask me to insert APA bibliographies in all of my works. I haven't found any site which has a clear explanation. I've seen this video:
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Is it possible to upgrade to LibreOffice 3.6.5?
LibreOffice 3.6.5 has been released. Can Ubuntu 12.10 update to this productivity suite version, either automatically or manually?
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/3.6.5/RC2
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Can I use older version of LibreOffice in Quantal?
Quantal has 3.6. I feel that the new version is heavier - at least for my specs. (Beside having this problem).
How could I install an older version of LibreOffice?
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How do you get LibreOffice Calc to make sorted tables?
Now by sorted tables I should clarify. I'd like LibreOffice calc to create tables with the same functionalities as those formed in Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 when the table data is selected and ctrl+T ...
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Copy text in Libre Office Writer
If I have a Writer document that is a numbered list of instructions, and I highlight a chunk of text, or even just a single word in a line of the list, and copy it to the clipboard, go to another ...
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Why is Microsoft Word complaining about Libre Office's .odt files being corrupt?
Whenever I give someone a .odt file created with LibreOffice and they open it with Microsoft Word, it says that the file is corrupt. Is there a CRLF problem or are the .odt files MS Word makes and the ...
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Messed up my Software-Center while installing Openoffice
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I removed libreoffice and tried to install openoffice which ruined my Software Center and I cannot install any software now.
Whenever I open Software Center the following ...
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LibreOffice-Writer Styles/Templates
I'm looking for different sets of styles (colorsheme, headings, bullet lists, etc...) for LibreOffice. I need, what is called "Themes" in MS Office: ...
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How do I fix a Calc error message “Filled cells cannot be shifted beyond the sheet?”
In Libre Calc, when I try to insert a row, I get the message, "Filled cells cannot be shifted beyond the sheet." This message makes me think that the file "thinks" there is data way out to "infinity" ...
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LibreOffice causes desktop to flicker/crash [closed]
I have been working on two documents in LibreOffice (one text document of 40 pages and one presentation with 230 slides). I have been copying from the text document and pasting into the slides. Around ...
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How to disable the task pane in Libreoffice
How to disable the annoying task pane from appearing everytime I run Impress from Libreoffice. I do not want to keep going everytime to untick it in the View tab.
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How do you insert subscripts and superscripts into ordinary (non-formula) text in LibreOffice Writer?
I know that LibreOffice Writer can facilitate subscripts and superscripts in ordinary, non-formula, text—when I copy and paste such things from Microsoft Office Word 2007 documents LibreOffice Writer ...
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Can't open LibreOffice
I can't open LibreOffice anymore, neither Writer nor Calc.
If I try it from the launcher, the icons flash a few times and then
stop. The LibreOffice start window emerges for about one second and
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How to change the y-axis values on a chart in libreoffice calc?
I'm working with percentages and I need to be able to compare my four charts, but I can't get the y-axis maximums to all be 100, as all of the data values for each individual charts are different.. is ...
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Libreoffice changes fonts for utf-8 characters while importing pdfs
When I import pdfs to LibreDraw ( 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1 ) with utf8 characters ( with Polish special signs ) get something like:
The letters are using correct fonts in the pdf before import:
Does ...
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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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How do I change hyperlink colours in LibreOffice Impress?
I have a lot of Powerpoint slides that I converted to LibreOffice Impress. The resulting hyperlinks are very faded, very hard to see. I can't seem to find any way to change the colour of hyperlinks ...
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LibreOffice always shows recovery process at startup due to failing recovery items
LibreOffice always starts with the recovery process for me now. It has a number of 'documents to recover' for which recovery fails. I have no need for these documents anymore. How to tell LibreOffice ...
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How do you use the ROWNUM fuction (or similar) in LibreOffice Base query?
I am trying to help someone who wants to put data into alphabetical order with a row number. I thought I could do a query like this
select "name", ROWNUM() as "Row" from "data" order by "name"
But ...
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Libreoffice closes multiple windows
I am working with multiple documents in LibreOffice, all are open in separate windows.
when I click the exit button, or go to the file menu clicking on "quit", ALL windows close, not just the one I ...
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What causes these error messages when trying to open LibreOffice Writer?
After reinstalling Ubuntu 12.10 (due to a boot problem), each time I open LibreOffice Writer [Version 3.6.2.2 (Build ID: 360m1(Build:2))], two error messages pop up, both stating error loading BASIC ...
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UNOCONV and LibreOffice
I have installed unoconv in my ubuntu with LibreOffice.
But I need to know what are the parts of LibreOffice I really need to install. Because I do not want to install LibreOffice whole.
This ...
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How to uninstall the Libre Softwares using terminal? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to uninstall LibreOffice?
I really do not need the Libre, Calc, Word, Impress and all those stuff. Can you please tell me, WHICH package must I use, in the terminal? ...
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Can't change libreoffice spell-check language
My system language is German but my text in libreoffice writer gets all underlined because the spell chechking language is set to English USA. Neither can I change it to German there which is also ...
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How do I insert page numbers in Libreoffice? Microsoft-Office style
I have fully switched from Ms Office suite to LibreOffice however one thing I really miss about office is how it handled page numbering. All I had to do was just click on the insert bar and simply ...
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Scrolling problem (bug?) in Libreoffice (Writer) after LibreOffice/Quantal upgrade - but only above a certain page-zoom-level [closed]
Upgrading to Lubuntu Quantal I see a new version of LibreOffice, 3.6.2.2., the one with the green splash screen.
But my documents are not displayed properly when I scroll up or down.
Nevertheless, ...
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Libreoffice equivalent to MS Excel TABLE
Im new toLibreoffice and I'm looking for something similar to a EXCEL TABLE, which allows you to autofill formulas in a column without having to do it yourself.
Any answer is appreciatted. Tx.
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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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How to resolve package conflicts installing LibreOffice 3.6.4?
The latest release of LibreOffice is 3.6.4, however only 3.6.2 is available in the software centre. I have installed the file available at ...
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Exporting docx files as PDFs using LibreOffice
I received a .docx file from a colleague with comments added using the 'Review/Comment' feature in MS Word. I need to convert the document, including the comments, into a PDF, but when I use the ...
