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Apache OpenOffice productivity suite. OpenOffice was the default 'Office' suite in all pre-11.04 Ubuntu releases.

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how to set open office as my default program

I installed open office 3.4 in my system Ubuntu 12.04 by following steps download Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US tar file and extract the file manually and cd en-US ...
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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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How can I convert an ODT file to a PDF?

Does anyone know how to convert an ODT file (LibreOffice) to PDF?
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What spreadsheet programs are available?

I want to know if there are any other spreadsheet programs besides OpenOffice.org Calc.
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MediaWiki export in OpenOffice.org 3

I've just recently found an article that describes some default functionality in OpenOffice.org 3 that isn't present in my install on 10.04 - This entry details that the Export functionality post 2.4 ...
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Write/Prepare a word document (.dot) in LibreOffice (or any similar format or program) with a text editor (and then convert it to .docx)

I am mostly using latex with text editor for writing articles, however there are some journals that require manuscript to be written in .docx format. A good conversion from .pdf to .docx is possible ...
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How to digitally sign documents in OpenOffice under Ubuntu?

On Ubuntu 19.04, Libreoffice seems to be there, but when I clicked, all the apps seem to be missing (like the word processor and the spreadsheet). So I first installed OpenOffice. Then I figured out ...
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How to uninstall OpenOffice?

I want to completely remove open office from my system. What packages do I need to uninstall to remove it completely? I am using Ubuntu 10.10.
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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 convert all footnotes to endnotes in LibreOffice Writer?

Could somebody advise how I can convert my footnotes in LibreOffice to endnotes? I have a few hundred, and I want to keep my continuous numbering. In LibreOffice, I know how to convert them; butm it ...
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Apache Open Office installation [duplicate]

I have a problem whene I trying install Apache Open Office on ubuntu 21.10. I runned this commande on terminal "~/Desktop/en-US/DEBS$ sudo dpkg -i * .deb" The result was "dpkg: error: ...
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Unable to install LanguageTool 2.5 extension for LibreOffice 4.2 on Ubuntu 14.04

I am not able to install LanguageTool extension for LibreOffice. Getting exception when I try to install it. p.s. Somebody says that the solution is installing openoffice.org-java-common package but ...
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Trouble installing Open Office

I'm trying to install OpenOffice on Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit. I uninstalled LibreOffice per the command line sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice-core I originally downloaded the Apache_OpenOffice_4.1....
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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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LibreOffice — Convert images to shapes

Can we convert svg or png files to shapes like we can in PowerPoint with LibreOffice Impress? I've looked for a solution, but haven't found anything.
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OpenOffice Menu Items, Firefox URL and Header fonts are gibberish images after Ubuntu upgrade to 20.04

Yesterday I've upgraded Ubuntu from 18 to 20, after that my Firefox url, header, menu items all fonts have become boxes and gibberish images. Please see the screenshot attached.. Can someone please ...
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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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Bullets disappeared from presentations in LibreOffice, might be a font issue?

I have on my disk quite a lot of old presentations from earlier versions of OpenOffice (.odp format) and even StarOffice (.sxi format). When viewed in OpenOffice on my old computer (OpenOffice 3.2.0, ...
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how to find the Apache OpenOffice installation directory DEBS folder

I am trying to install the latest version of Apache Open Office 4.1.6? Directions I was following said to navigate to the Apache OpenOffice installation directory DEBS folder. I can't find it. I am ...
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Can't access USB memory stick after installing Ubuntu 18.04

I installed Ubuntu 18.04 and all was good. I could read from memory stick and save to memory stick. Usb type. Now after installing Wine & Brasero I cant access the drive to save files or retrieve ...
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How do you refresh formulas in OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc?

I started using LibreOffice and when I had laid out the formulas I pressed F9 like I normally did in Excel and nothing happened. I couldn't figure out the keyboard shortcut to refresh and neither ...
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Is it possible to install OpenOffice and LibreOffice in parallel?

Because of this bug I was forced to use an older version of LibreOffice. But I would like to have the latest LibreOffice - keeping in this way an eye on a possible future fix to the bug. And, when ...
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How, in a script, can I determine if a file is currently being written to by another process?

I'm very new to bash scripting, so I might be barking up the wrong tree, but here is my current situation: In a script, I start soffice; to convert an odt to a pdf It seems that soffice detaches ...
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Unable to open xls file in Openoffice calc

I am unable to open an xls file in Open Office 4.1.1. The same file is getting opened in Microsoft Excel. But in this, when I open the file, it is showing blank.
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Good presentation software with smooth slide transition

I have tested the libre office impress and the openoffice presentation software and they are very good and do pretty much what I want but both of them have an issue with slide transition and animation,...
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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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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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How can I install OpenOffice in Ubuntu MATE 64bit?

I've followed this tutorial which does not work for me. :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFK3qiA5l6c I'd like to use OpenOffice instead of libre office.
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LibreOffice - "installed packages have unmet dependencies"

I tried to uninstall OpenOffice and install LibreOffice (Writer), but I got an error message (and now I can't seem to install anything from Ubuntu Software). sudo apt-get purge openoffice or maybe ...
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How can I change the color of each bar in a bar graph using open office?

I'm doing an assignment and it involved using color and frequency and I can't figure out how to individually change the color of each bar in a bar graph... Please help me!
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How do I install the latest OpenOffice?

As a new Ubuntu user, I have installed a few apps through the Terminal. I have tried to follow several, albeit outdated, threads that explain how to install OpenOffice, but I cannot get it to work. ...
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Missing Access Rights for OpenOffice Applications

I'm very new to Linux and Ubuntu. I recently installed Ubuntu LTS 18.04 and I've replaced LibreOffice with OpenOffice, but I'm not sure how to allow myself to access OpenOffice without relying on ...
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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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no suitable windowing system found, exiting. open office 4 ubuntu

I am running open office 4 soffice headless on Ubuntu 64 bit on my VPS with command line. /usr/bin/soffice -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager -norestore -...
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What do I need to install to be able to use OpenOffice? [duplicate]

I would like to install OpenOffice because I like it better than LibreOffice. However, my dependencies are not satisfied for the writer module. Apparently OpenOffice-EN-US is a dependency of itself. ...
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How to schedule app to lauch including it's GUI

I have a calc spreadsheet that I'm trying to automate. When open, it collects data, calculates, saves itself and exits. So I created a script to call this. soffice --calc --norestore Updater.ods ...
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Libre/Open Office Calc: Copy&Paste without formatting

As described in here when doing copy and past in Office Calc, all the formatting is moved from the source cell to the target cell too. Including Frames and cell background color. This mentioned ...
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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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Unable to access Open Office documents stored in windows paritition using ubuntu loaded from flash

Windows doesn't boot, so I wanted to use ubuntu to copy my important files before formatting and reinstalling. the problem is that When copying folders somw files are left behind (the most important ...
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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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Open or Libre Office for Ubuntu 16.04LTS ? Maybe something else

Hello fellow users of Ubuntu! I would like to know what editing software should use. What are the pros and cons of each one, and maybe discover a new one! I would like to use the software for ...
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Convert from big ppt or pptx files to PDF by LibreOffice last version is so slow

I have very weird performance issue with libreoffice. I run this command via php shell_exec(): $libreoffice5.3 --headless -convert-to pdf --outdir /xxx/xx But for big files like 5MB over, it takes so ...
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Open Office - how to control spaces between words

I am making a job in Open Office Writer. When justifying I get paragraphs like this one: Where " habitan en los Campos Elíseos" looks really bad. I have tried with condense text option in characters ...
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Convert a presentation to video with narration

I have an OpenOffice presentation. I want to create a movie (for YouTube), that shows the slides, with my voice explaining about them. Is this possible in Ubuntu?
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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 to add a hyperlink to an action button?

How to add a hyper-link to an action button in Open Office.org Presentation?
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How can I install SQLite to be used with OpenOffice?

My GPS uses a SQLite database. I would like to access this data using OpenOffice to look at the relationship between data entries. Is there a way to install SQLite with OpenOffice?
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System hangs when opening a large OpenOffice file [closed]

The file size is of 50 MB (OpenOffice file). While opening the file the system hangs completely. Processor : Core 2 Duo RAM : 1 GB HDD : 250 GB OS : Ubuntu 10.10 Note: I have ...
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Correct OpenOffice version for Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop AMD64?

From OpenOffice Download Page what Open-office version should I download for Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop AMD64, that has English interface and supports Arabic characters?
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Why doesn't LO/OOo look completely native?

I am not talking about the Win 98 look, but even with the gnome-integration installed buttons look a bit weird and there are sometimes black lines where there shouldn't be any. Why?