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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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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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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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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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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install a version of libreoffice or openoffice in Ubuntu 12.04 that will produce Powerpoint compatible presentations?

I have seen some bug reports that say LibreOffice 3.7 has fixed an issue with pptx files that makes them compatible with Powerpoint (I am testing with Powerpoint 2010). I have generated a ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...