Questions about the OpenOffice.org Office Suite, also known as OpenOffice or OOo. OpenOffice.org is the default Office Suite in all pre-11.04 Ubuntu releases.
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How can I install OpenOffice? [duplicate]
Hi I'm new to Ubuntu having finally given up the ghost with Windows 8!
On Ubuntu 13.04, I've used the Software Centre to install a number of apps including Skype. However OpenOffice is proving very ...
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How do I install the latest OpenOffice.org?
Today I downloaded and installed OpenOffice through the PPA repositories, using apt-get (hope that's what I mean to say), and when the program checked for updates it said there was a new version - ...
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Unable to open a xls file in Openoffice 3.2
I am unable to open a xls file in Openoffice 3.2. But the same file is getting Opened in other system which has the same Oo version. But in this When i open the file i get a pop-up window with
Import ...
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Where can I find pencil tool in Open Office drawing?
In Table menu in MS Word, we have the option to draw a table by using pencil tool and erase the line of the table by using eraser. How can we do the same in Open Office drawing?
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It is possible to install Openoffice.org on later versions of Ubuntu?
I want to replace Libreoffice with Openoffice.org o Ubuntu 12.10 with GNOME Classic.But i want to install the italian version because I'm italian.
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How to compile Apache Open Office 3?
I'm about to compile Apache Open Office 3.
I now need to run
source LinuxX86-64Env.Set.sh
but I get 'setenv' command not found in an infinite loop.
Also, the command build is unknown to me, what ...
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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 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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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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xls file some formula not open in open office
In my office morethan 50system working in ubuntu desktop ,But the problem is some of macro function not supported in openoffice . the formula values also changed when it is open in openoffice . is any ...
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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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Installing openoffice on Ubuntu 12.10 AMD64
Im trying to install openoffice instead of using libreoffice, i've removed libreoffice and added a repo for openoffice, its installed the 64bit version but when I try to run it I get this error on the ...
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Word processor with less overhead then Open/Libre Office?
I'll be honest I've run both OpenOffice and Libre Office and I'm not impressed with their speed/resource consumption both of them lag on my laptop and I don't think it's because of my hardware, for ...
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OpenOffice - combined roman and arabic numerals page numbers
I am putting the final touches on my Master's Thesis, and the format I need to use requires that all pages before the table of contents be numbered with roman numerals, and all following pages be ...
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Error trying to install OpenOffice or LibreOffice after removing OpenOffice
I removed OpenOffice with isuru@isuru-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get purge "openoffice*"
Now when I try to install LibreOffice I get following error
Please help me to install LibreOffice on my computer. ...
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Font substitution
What happens when you open a .docx document that is written in a font not
available on your computer?
How can you find the name of original font?
I guess writer select automatically an other font. I ...
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Openoffice Base, can I get the “plus” sign in a table to see related records in other tables?
I've created a database file in Openoffice Base with two tables, I've created a one-to-many relation, then I've imported the unique key of one table as the secondary key of the other table. Then I've ...
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Error when I try to install desktop integration features for Openoffice
peng@peng-ThinkPad-SL410:~$ cd '/home/peng/Downloads/en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration'
peng@peng-ThinkPad-SL410:~/Downloads/en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
(Reading database ... ...
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Convert text to data in spreadsheet when copying output data from terminal?
My Fortran code outputs two columns of data to the screen in a terminal. When I copy that to a spreadsheet, it always gets entered as "text" format. Is there a way to convert it to data?
I've tried ...
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Why is my OpenOffice.org presentation opening in LibreOffice Writer?
I have project created in OpenOffice.org Impress which is created in a local language. Today when I open it what I could see is:
When I open with the settings what I could see is Writer is opening ...
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Where on the launchpad page given in the description is the ppa of openoffice that I need to add to get the repository?
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/amd64/openoffice.org/1:3.3.0-7ubuntu7
Please help me I've spent hours trying to figure out how to install openoffice on Quantal Ubuntu 12.10 and it is driving me ...
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German Umlaute are not printed to PDF exported from LibreOffice Writer
I am using the font Frutiger LT in a document in LibreOffice Writer. The text contains Germanic umlauts such as ä, ü, ö, ß. Everything looks fine in the document. To install the font I put in into ...
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Restore Pop Up Window in OpenOffice won't go away
I have been using OpenOffice for months. Now when I open up the application, I get a pop up window with the message that "The application Open Office quit unexpectedly while trying to restore its ...
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Default colors in OpenOffice
I changed the color scheme to dark and OpenOffice by default is (according to the setting of the system) black color, but also for all the elements of a page background.
How can I restore this ...
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Install OpenOffice for headless use
The question very simple and short. I am following this article to install OpenOffice headless:
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-headless openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-draw
And I get the ...
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Print to thermal printer from Open office Calc
I'd like to print receipts to an epson TM-T88IV from open office calc (Spreadsheet).
Is this possible?
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How I can remove date time metadata from my LibreOffice comments?
Is there a way to control the metadata that is saved in a LibreOffice document? I want to:
Add comments of my own.
Prevent date and time metadata from being saved.
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Why LibreOffice keeps saying the document is locked for editing?
I created file LinuxNotes.odt some time ago and yesterday I edited that same file at my work place and I was in Guest account when I edited that file.
Now whenever I open that file any where else ...
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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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How do I change the default format of a shape (drawing object) in Impress
When I create a new rectangle from the Drawing toolbar in OpenOffice Impress 3.4.1, it has really ugly formatting (line color, line width, and fill color). I believe I inadvertently changed the ...
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What is a better alternative for Libre Office? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there alternatives to LibreOffice?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop with 2 GB memory on Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz and been using Libre office suite; ...
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Installing OpenOffice results in E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code
Hello guys I've got a little problem, trying to install OpenOffice 3.4 I get dpkg error:
The following NEW packages will be installed
openoffice
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 ...
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Openoffice Installation and the results?
My question for this time, involves Open office application. I have the sources of how to install openoffice on ubuntu os. The apache home site or the main home of the program provider and parent ...
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Add-in for Libre Office Impress - Export to SWF with control buttons
I need to export *.pps, *.ppt, *.ppsx, and *.pptx files to swf files. In Windows I used iSpring for Power Point, and worked well.
I am searching for an add-in for Libre Office Impress (for Linux). ...
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How to install Openoffice? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install Open Office?
first of all. I have a question, that deals with OpenOffice suite/program. I am trying to figure out how to instal OpenOffice Suite. I went ...
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Suddenly logs out while using OpenOffice or LibreOffice
I'm an OpenOffice and LibreOffice user, respectively on my notebook and on my desktop computers. In these last weeks, sometimes, while I use these programs (while I'm writing or just reading the ...
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How to convert docx to doc with terminal
I looked around in google to see if there was a way to convert docx files to doc through the terminal and I found some potential solutions using perl's xmllib, but I was wondering if there was another ...
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LibreOffice PDF exporting issue - transparent objects
When I export my presentation to PDF the first slide, whose master slide has a white and transparent field turns black and transparent.
Anybody has an idea what is going on?
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Ubuntu Philosophy Question [closed]
I was just switching from Windows to Ubuntu and I started to read this.
And there were quite a few things I did not understand. One was:
"OpenOffice decided not to have a learning curve"
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Installed entire font family, but only one appears
I recently installed an entire family of fonts (Gill Sans for those interested) on my computer. When I open up OpenOffice to use them, however, I saw that in the drop-down font menu I only get to see ...
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“Recovery failed” message when I open an OpenOffice document
I am receiving a "recovery failed" message when I try to open this file. I was working on it when it got closed due to a power failure. Now I can't recover it. The dialogue box says that
the ...
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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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OpenOffice Impress (MS Powerpoint alternative) not linking to Projector
When i connect OpenOffice ppt for projector, it doesnt display or detect anything.While i can run the same in my windows OS installed alongside. I donot know if it is a possible driver problem or a ...
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Automatic conversion of decimal number
I have this number 0.057287, if I write it in OOCalc, will be converted in 954.47.00. The only way to leave it as it was is to write '0.057287, but this last notation hide number from the charts. How ...
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Save .csv with formulas?
It seems to be an undocumented/unsupported feature, but if you open a csv (comma separated spreadsheet) with Libreoffice, it will calculate formulas that start with = in the text file. Unfortunately I ...
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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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Dependencies Error
I recently installed OpenOffice.org because LibreOffice wasn't working. I removed LibreOffice with this command:
sudo apt-get purge libreoffice-core
And then installed OpenOffice. Now I get an ...
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How do I install OpenOffice.org instead of LibreOffice?
I want to install OpenOffice.org. What can I do to install it on my computer?
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Nonprinting Characters no longer appear
I can't figure out how long this has been going on, but it finally started to drive me crazy: in Libre Office writer, absolutely nothing changes when I toggle the "Nonprinting Characters" button. ctrl ...
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OpenOfficeOrg Calc always prints in Landscape mode
So for some strange reason today anything I print in OpenOffice Calc comes out in Landscape mode.
I have tried the following:
Set the print job from OO Calc to portrait (prints out in landscape)
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