Questions tagged [libreoffice]
Questions about LibreOffice and the included applications (Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw, Math). Unless the question is a general how-to, user should always tell which version of LibreOffice in use.
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Can't index .odt files with Recoll under Ubuntu
Recoll can't index Open Document files.
When reviewing settings in Recoll, I get next list of missing helpers:
External applications/commands needed for your file types and not found, as stored by the ...
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upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 aborted using graphical package manager
Thinkpad 64bit running 18.04.5 up to date
Update mamager prompted to upgrade to 20.04 lts
Got an error message early on "new libre-office-common package pre-install script subprocess returned ...
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Official .deb WPS Office very slow in opening file - snap version fixes the problem - Why?
I have installed WPS Office ver. 11.1.0.9719 from official website and official .deb x86_64 package.
This version of WPS Office is very slow in opening some files.
For example, I have this .docx file ...
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Close libreoffice document from command line
I have an opened libreoffice document on a remote computer. I have an SSH access to this computer but no physical access. I can access this document through SSH, but I forgot to save it when I left.
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Speech to text in LibreOffice Writer
I was wandering if there is any free software that can turn speech to text and that can write in LibreOffice Writer. If there are other languages supported except english like Italian, Greek and ...
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when I start OfficeWriter of Libreoffice, it spins for a minute and then quits [closed]
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 from a flash drive. I have tried purging and reinstalling Libreoffice but I still get the behavior. Running dmesg tells me:
audit: type=1400 audit(1608660837.106:8200): ...
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fractional scaling messes up LibreOffice auto-filters
I can see the LibreOffice Calc auto-filter values, but the moment my mouse leaves the little expand-triangle the selector disappears, making auto-filter unusable. This only happens when fractional ...
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Double actions in Libreoffice when Control pressed
On version 7.0.3.1 of Libreoffice on Kubuntu 20.10 (sys info below), actions with "Ctrl" pressed are doubled, so I cannot make anything bold by pressing Ctrl+B as the action is immediatelly ...
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Sort alphabets and numbers first before the minus sign in LibreOffice Calc
In Excel 2010, any alphabet or number is sorted first before the minus sign -. But in LibreOffice Calc, the minus sign is sorted first before any alphabet or number. I have this Excel file that I want ...
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Missing fonts cause LibreOffice Impress to mess up the layout of the slides
I have reported a LibreOffice Impress bug here. In that bug, the text of a slide went beyond the page margin
Although it looked fine in Microsoft PowerPoint
Now I cannot reproduce the bug anymore. ...
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Three versions of libreoffice?
I seem to have three versions of LibreOffice installed. I used the database occasionally for mail merges, so I suspect the 7.0 version is the one I want to keep. Is there a short apt-get command ...
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How to view annotated powerpoint presentations in Ubuntu?
I have some .pptx presentation files, which were annotated with a stylus in an online class. These annotations do not show up in LibreOffice Impress 7.0.3.1 in Xubuntu 20.04 (I am using the ...
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LibreBase does not work with 20.04
LibreOffice Base version: 6.4.6.2 of LibreOffice does not work with Ubuntu 20.04. Everything was fine with 18.04.
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LibreOffice Math is Invisible!
I wanted to try out the LibreOffice Math. When I checked the Ubuntu Software, it was shown as it was already installed, so I tried to search for it in the menu and it was not shown, but the other ...
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How to change field name in LibreOffice Base?
I have table as shown below
Then I tried to format the field.
Why there is no option to change the name? It is possible to change the field name?
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Misspelled Hebrew words are not underlined in LibreOffice
Ubuntu 20.04.1, LibreOffice 6.4.6.2
Misspelled words in Hebrew (and in Arabic) are not underlined. However, I can see misspelled words through AutoCorrect function and its window (which can be called ...
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Issue on installing LibreOffice on Ubuntu 20.04.1
Recently I upgraded my Ubuntu installation from 18.04 to 20.04.1, but after upgrading LibreOffice is not available by default. When I try to install it by running:
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LibreOffice 6.03 failed to start in Ubuntu 1804
I installed LibreOffice 6.03 in Ubuntu 18.04 i386. When I click it's menu entry it's splash window pops up but not long after that it disappears. When I i fire it from the command line in a shell ...
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[UPDATED]: Chromium doesn't recognize LibreOffice as default
Whenever I download a .docx type document, Chromium (my default browser) always asks me about the program by which I want to open the document. Even though LibreOffice is my only and default office ...
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How to correctly install LibreOffice using FlatPak to have libreoffice command in $PATH environment variable?
I have just removed deb-packages of LibreOffice from my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system with
sudo apt purge --auto-remove $(dpkg -l | grep "^ii libreoffice" | awk '{print $2}')
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Samsung 2955 laser prints error pages before and after printing document - Invalid page range: none printer-location= marker-level 52
I have two printers connected to my network. One is a Samsung C1860FW. The other is a Samsung M-2955ND.Both are on the same network. I've been running Ubuntu since 2009. Currently I'm running 20.04LTS....
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Trouble with upgrade to LibreOffice Calc
Yes, I tried to ask this question on AskLibreoffice but it's horribly frustrating trying to get anything posted with the hundreds of Are you a robot? 'find this find that'? tests where the pictures ...
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LibreOffice causing conflicts with OpenOffice when installing with apt
I was trying to install kubuntu-desktop, and in counted an error with LibreOffice. I can no longer install packages with apt, and when I try using sudo apt install -f. Anytime I try to do anything ...
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LibreOffice 7.0 offline help missing dependencies
I just installed LibreOffice 7.0.3. I downloaded the offline help, but it won't install because of unsatisfied dependencies. Gdebi reports that it wants "libobasis7.0-en-us >= 7.0.3.1". ...
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Libreoffice stopped accessing RSA certificate from firefox profile on migration to 20.10
I have a personal RSA certificate on Firefox & Thunderbird - works well there. I was also able to use it to sign pdfs and Libreoffice documents prior to upgrade to 20.10. Then the certificate ...
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Accessibility Tweak: How to prevent accidentally selected text from getting replaced when typing?
I'm trying to make my 97 years old grandma's laptop (Ubuntu 20.04) more accessible for her. She is often frustrated because text that she has written vanishes. Disabling the touchpad and using an ...
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How to add the LibreOffice StartCenter to the dash
Fresh install of ubuntu 20.10. The LibreOffice-applications, Writer, Calc, Math, ... can be easily added to or removed from the dash. How can I add the LibreOffice StartCenter to the dash?
I opened ...
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What shall I do when I want to write a square root from right to left in LibreOffice?
I have searched a lot but couldn't find a way!
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Set default template of libreoffice writer for all user
I have ubuntu 20.04 installed and I want that all users use the same template when create a new documents. This must be valid also for future new user that may be created in the system.
The template ...
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LibreOffice 7.0.2.2 Calc serious bug [closed]
After upgrading from 20.04 to 20.10, the LibreOffice package was automatically upgraded to version 7.0.2.2. However, LibreOffice Calc has now a serious bug not present in version 6.4:
Create an empty ...
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How do you change date format in ubuntu
The time manager in Qgis demands date in YYYY-MM-DD format. I have a large text file with the dates in DD/MM/YYYYY format. It's too large to manually change format. Is there any way of automating ...
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Libreoffice 7.0 not displaying icons Kubuntu
I installed Libreoffice 7.0 using the official PPA on my Kubuntu 20.04 install. Mostly, things seem to work well. However, I have noticed that the icons in the top ribbon menu are not properly ...
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Messed up Openoffice and LibreOffice
I was using Libreoffice, someone suggested me to use openoffice, I installed it but did not liked it, removed it now I can not install libreoffice back. Error is
(base) ahmad@ahmad-HP-Laptop-15-da1xxx:...
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LibreOffice can't compile
I'm trying to compile LibreOffice, using the instructions here. But when I run make, I get this error:
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libpython3.7m.a(abstract.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `...
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Opening email attachments with Libreoffice 7
I've recently changed from Libreoffice 6 to 7 on Ubuntu18 and now email (Evolution) attachments won't open, I get this message;
Access to /home/john/.cache/evolution/tmp/evolution-john-18hj2h/(...
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Adding Help file to PPA installed LibreOffice 7.0?
How about a way to install the LO associated help file that is a separate downloaded DEB?
N0rbert's suggestion for the main package of LO worked for me, use the PPA (see below):
But what will work to ...
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Cannot open files with Chinese File names
I have a new box and English is the language with which I installed Kubuntu 20.04. On my partition I have English but can type Traditional Chinese with Fcitx. LibreOffice is in English. On the staff ...
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Is it possible to search all *.xlsx files on the file system for a certain string?
Is it possible to search all *.xlsx files on the file system for a certain string?
I have LibreOffice installed.
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
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LibreOffice Calc not opening on Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]
I have an issue with LibreOffice Calc. When I try to start the application, it doesn't show up.
I do have the icon in my dock indicating that it is running. If I click the icon, nothing happens. ...
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Individual attachments in mail merge from thunderbird
I am trying to send multiple emails with unique fields from thunderbird with mail merge addon in ubuntu. How to add individual attachments using this method?
I have tried adding a separate field ...
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LibreOfficeCalc window is shrunk to a line and is unclickable
I moved the LibreOfficeCalc window from full width to my other screen and suddenly it became just a line:
Now I cant find it on my desktop anymore:
The problem is, even if I close the ...
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Windows of an application have minimum size and I can't find the window anymore
I had an application (in case it matters: LibreOffice Calc] in full-size mode. I then clicked the middle of the three buttons of the top right to adjust the size. When I did that, the window became ...
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Why Lubuntu 20.04 is running slow when I use Opera or LibreOffice
My Lubuntu is wirking exscellent, even when I open Opera, but in a while, may be 30 mins, may be earlier it becomes stucked completely, mouse isn't moving and I can't even open a terminal Alt+Ctrl+F2 ...
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Snapd Auto-Refreshing libreoffice for the last 4 days
My disk activity light has been flashng at warp speed for days through multiple reboots. iotop shows that snapd is writing to the disk (an expensive SSD, I might add) continuously. Snap changes ...
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LibreOffice 7.0.1 broken installation
I have downloaded the recent version ( 7.0.1) of LibreOffice. The problem is when I am trying to install, it is not installing properly.
How I am installing it?
I have extracted the LibreOffice ...
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Keyboard Shortcut - date/time LibreOffice
In LibreOffice calc it is possible to enter the date into a cell by using the shortcut Ctrl; or the time using CtrlShift:
Is there a way of creating a shortcut (to this shortcut) such as F9 or ShiftF9 ...
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Libreoffice crashes on Ubuntu 20.04
After release upgrading from 19.10 to 20.04 libreoffice now crashes no matter what I try to open. There is not output when running libreoffice from the command line. It also crashes via libreoffice --...
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cannot disable scroll lock in libreoffice-calc (using a dell xps)
I have a dell xps which has no scroll-lock key.
Nevertheless, when I open libreoffice-calc the scrolllock mode is enabled and I can't disable it, which renders calc completely useless.
Is there some ...
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Libreoffice takes too long to start in ubuntu 20.04.1
Fresh install Ubuntu 20.04.1, Dell i3, 8 GB RAM, LibreOffice 6.4.6.2
It takes almost 4 minutes to start LibreOffice for first time,once it start it runs properly, after closing LibreOffice next time ...
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Is there a way to install the full versions of Thunderbird and LibreOffice, using Snaps?
My dad is on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. He wants to install the latest versions of both Thunderbird and LibreOffice (as some of his files aren't compatible with the versions that came with the ISO). I've ...
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