You can file a bug and attach the document, explaining the differences. If you have the possibility, attaching screenshot to show the difference between how the document renders in Word vs Writer can also help.

Good to hear it! You can give feedback to the community that makes LibreOffice here: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/feedback/

If the arrow is disappearing that may be a bug, and you might want to file a bug report with some details about your setup (especially the operating system). But do a search on https://bugs.documentfoundation.org in case someone else has already submitted it :-)

That could be a bit out of scope for a word processor (though it might be possible).

You could use tables for that. Tables can span multiple pages, so you could create one for each chapter. (Make it three columns with a narrow in the middle to keep the two contents separated. There is a strong argument to put each paragraph into its own cell, though, so you can easily align them with the translation. (Which will definitely not properly work with two huge cells!)

Or you might actually switch over to Scribus (https://www.scribus.net/), which is a desktop publishing application, and is closer to type setting, which is what you are basically doing. You can create a new master there with two text frames per page. You can select two and 'link' them, so the overflow is directed to the next text frame. That way you can create two chains of frames, one for the original, one for the translation.

The openoffice team is pretty small. Anything useful they do already gets ported across. The only advantage that openoffice has is a slightly better known brand. A merge would basically be the last few OO devs switching to LO, and then renaming LO.

Dev stats: https://www.openhub.net/p/compare?metric=Summary&project_0=LibreOffice&project_1=Apache+OpenOffice&project_2=

You can open a PDF in LibreOffice Draw to make minor changes (e.g. fix a typo). Or you could use an online service like Zamzar to do the conversion. You can also extract text and images using various tools.

Hi! Who is "they"? :-) I guess you mean the LibreOffice community – well, volunteer developers work on what's important to them, and certified developers work on the requests of their customers.

So if you want something to be improved, contribute back to the community that works super hard to give the world a free office suite! If you have some technical knowledge, you can get involved and help the community. Or you can consider funding a certified developer to work on what matters to you.

That's the only way things will continue to improve – new features and fixes don't just happen by magic :-)

I'd grab the latest version of libreoffice from here: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/?type=mac-x86_64&version=4.4&lang=en-US

And then try converting to .docx and see how that works.

If a feature is missing in LibreOffice, the reason is usually simple: nobody has stepped up to implement it. LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project (with very limited resources). The community does its best, but can't make everything happen by magic.

But there are solutions! If you have some technical knowledge, you can get involved and help the community to improve the software. Or consider funding a developer to add the things you need. That way, you get the features you want, and LibreOffice improves for everybody! 👍

> Isn't this format supported? Why?

If something isn't supported, it means that nobody has volunteered their time or funds to work on it. There is an enhancement request as /u/bogdanke8 points out. But it's important to remember that LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project (with very limited resources). The community works really hard to give the world a free office suite, but can't implement everything!

If you want something, please get involved and help the volunteers, or consider funding a developer. That way, LibreOffice keeps improving for everyone 👍

It's hardly new. Look at cnet, the third (used to be first) google hit for "GIMP" and all the ads on that page. They have a similar LibreOffice crapware package. At least the link you found mentions that additional software will be installed and give credit to the developers.

I did reproduce this and ran into the same collateral damage. It's a bug. Are you familiar with posting to a bug tracker?

file here

edit: a quick workaround is to mark and copy the fields you need, bar the top row. than insert a new row on top after you copied over and combine columns.

Obviously you didn't get the reference: "The king is dead, long live the king!".

If you discovered a bug, please report it here.

This looks like a legitimate bug.

Please file a bug report so that they can pick it up and fix it?

These kinds of things are taken pretty seriously.

It'd be great if you could cut down a document to a minimal amount od data. That greatly helps the devs in tracking down the issue.

Thanks a lot in advance!

After installing Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial, which comes pre-shipped with LO, some of the menu elements are in a very strange, almost unreadable font. Pretty sure this is not intentional.

I added the PPA https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa to get the newest release, but the problem persisted.

Version is 5.1.3.2, Build-ID: 1:5.1.3~rc2-0ubuntu.

I used LO before on Windows 7 and Linux Mint without such a behavior.

Don't just wish – make it happen! LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project with limited resources. New features can't just happen by magic. If you really want something, contribute back to the community that gives you a totally free office suite! Or consider funding a developer: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/frequently-asked-questions/#features

For an existing table

• Highlight the table by holding the cursor over the top left corner until the cursor changes to a diagonal arrow pointing down and to the right.
• Table - Autoformat Styles...
• Make sure that the Borders box is checked.
• Choose a style with dark borders like Default Style, Elegant or Academic.
• Click OK.

For a new table

• Table - New Table...
• Choose a style with dark borders like Default Style, Elegant or Academic.
• Click Insert.

Resetting all LibreOffice 6.0.7.3 settings to default

If this doesn't work, you can try resetting LibreOffice settings to their default.

• Quit LibreOffice
• Open the Utilities - Terminal program

mv ~/.config/libreoffice/6.0.7.3 ~/.config/libreoffice/6.0.7.3_old

• Restart LibreOffice.

Try a version of LibreOffice that is more recent

Download and install the still or fresh version of the LibreOffice appimage from the LibreOffice site using the instructions on the page to set the downloaded file to an executable. This is a self-contained version of the most recent build for Linux. Some extensions might not work using this version. The settings and file history are stored independently of the Ubuntu version of Libreoffice.

The Calligra Suite (https://www.calligra.org/) might be better suited. I have heard a lot of good things about SoftMaker Office. And there is also WPS office. Anyway, have a look at this page (https://www.slant.co/topics/739/~best-office-suites-for-linux), it has lots of quick-overview-arguments.

All versions

Starting LO can be quite slow.

Fix it: Go to Options -> Advanced and turn off Use a Java runtime environment. Speeds it up enormously in my experience. http://screencloud.net/v/s1xh

Make an image of the USB stick.

Then run testdisk (link) on the image. For that you need twice the amount of space that the usb stick has. Once for the image, and again for the files that get restored.

DO NOT WRITE TO THE USB STICK!!!

On windows you can use this handy tool. USB Image Tool it is Free and Open Source Software, as well as gratis.

Hi, there already is – LibreOffice Online, and products based on it eg: https://www.collaboraoffice.com/collabora-online/

Re: "LibreDrive", it's not the job of The Document Foundation to provide hosting, so you're best looking elsewhere for that :-) But there are various companies that offer LibreOffice Online + storage solutions, so check them out...

Could be an opengl issue, > "In case of problems on Windows related to OpenGL rendering, you can disable it completely by applying a registry setting (only needed if LibreOffice crashes on startup, otherwise you can disable it in Tools|Options → LibreOffice → View)." -- https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/

Also file a bug at https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/feedback/

The short answer is no. Your best bet is to install MS Office at home or LO at school. If you can't install to the school computer or find someone that can, you could try the portable version of LO, which can run from your thumbdrive.

The longer answer is that there are some formats that translate well, and others that don't. With some experimentation you could make a document that works well on both systems. IMO, unless it's just simple text, it's not worth the effort.

Try the latest version and see if that fixes your problems.

If that doesn't work, please file a bug report and (if you can share it publicly) attach the offending document.

It's important for us to know what version of LibreOffice and your OS you're using, so we can try to duplicate what you're seeing.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.documentfoundation.libreoffice

> LibreOffice Viewer also comes with a first preview of the editing functionality, which is considered an experimental feature and not stable enough for mission critical tasks.

Isn't the idea that the AppImages are always up to-to-date, so they don't need specific version numbers, but should match the general download page?

Otherwise they could be added, although it's an extra page to keep updating. In any case, this is a subreddit for LibreOffice users – if you want to suggest something to the community that makes the software, you could try the website@ list: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/

Well, 25,000 "whines" won't achieve anything, nor would 250,000 requests, or 250 million, if nobody is willing to step up and help. LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community project (with very limited resources).

Many people want new features, but they can't just happen by magic. If just 0.01% of users who want improvements would get involved or fund developers, you'd have all these things.

Fully automatic updates inside the app are not supported, as nobody has put in the work to fully implement it. (LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven project with very limited resources.)

There was a tender for this feature, but ultimately it'll only happen if people get involved and help out!

> Does 7.1.6 and 2.2 work with Windows 7?

https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/

So yes, with SP1. It shouldn't be crashing like that. Have you tried safe mode?

It's all the same. LibreOffice Community is the software released at https://www.libreoffice.org by The Document Foundation, the non-proft behind it. The "Community" was just added in LibreOffice 7.1 to make it clear that it's a community-supported project, and more clearly distinguish it from the enterprise-oriented version offered by companies in the ecosystem. But it's no different to the previous releases – just an extra tag on the name.

> To say other wise is not accurate.

I didn't make any claims about what's better or worse. I said that the idea that the LibreOffice community regards some users as "third class citizens" is wrong and offensive.

Imagine, Jimmy, if you spent ages working on a project in your spare time, that some people benefited from. You did absolutely everything you can, and worked your ass off, knowing that you couldn't implement everything. But you still made your work available to the world. You gave it to people, for free, and then someone comes along saying "What? You didn't do X for me. Clearly you see me as a third class citizen."

How would you feel?

> the work that is being done as an example for GTK4 integration clearly shows that Linux is the 'platform of choice.'

No. That's some work being done by a developer at Red Hat who's paid to implement GTK4 support. That's not the main work of the Design community.

> LibreOffice is not just volunteer driven though is it?

But I didn't say exclusively volunteer-driven. Many code contributions come from companies in the ecosystem, which is awesome, and if people considered funding these developers to implement missing things, we'd be way further ahead. But the LibreOffice project itself – including all the other parts of documentation, translations and many more – is largely volunteer-driven.

> please fix this

Please bear in mind that LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project with very limited resources. The community does all it can, but can't fix everything without more help, no matter how many times someone asks for it.

A lot of users expect free software projects to just keep on improving by magic, but that's not the case. They really, really appreciate more help to keep things moving. So to anyone reading who really wants a bug fixed or somthing implemented, please do give the volunteers a hand or consider funding a certified developer.

That way, LibreOffice keeps improving, and everyone benefits. Thanks!

Hi, thanks for the feedback!

It's important to note that LibreOffice isn't a clone of Microsoft Office. Its history goes back to the 1980s, and it has developed its own way of doing things over time. You can indeed argue that it should be more MS Office-like "out of the box", but for long-time LibreOffice and OpenOffice users, that wouldn't be ideal. And maybe LibreOffice does some things better, despite being different, and its worth adapting to (eg for using the mega powerful Styles system).

Also, LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project. If you really want something to change, you can get involved and give the team a hand! :-)

Hi!

> Is there any reason why this couldn't be implemented in LO writer?

As usual, because nobody has volunteered to implement it! It sounds like a good idea, but please remember that LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project with very limited resources. We get many feature requests, but unfortunately very few people offering to actually help implement them, or fund developers to work on them.

So if you really want this feature, please help us to make it happen! Please help our volunteers: https://www.libreoffice.org/community/get-involved/ – Or consider funding a developer: https://www.documentfoundation.org/gethelp/developers/

Thanks!

Have you tried Anki? If what you need is a sort of flash card system, I think it may be better suited. r/Anki

In LibreOffice, possibly Base would be your best bet. I tried it only once and could not figure it out. (Not a power user, sorry.)

Such as a book cover ? Then perhaps it's better to export both as PDFs and use a tool such as PDFTK to join the PDF of the cover with the PDF of your document.

I've been using this method for many years and I find it more efficient to keeping my complex covers on the main document files.

Their community site has a dedicated bug report section. That would be a far more productive way to report any issues.

https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/feedback/

> What matters is whether or not TDF will listen. And they won't.

Er, I'm from TDF, and I'm listening. So that's completely wrong, to start with.

Regarding the other points, they're mostly vague criticisms without any actual concrete points to work on. Moreover, LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project with limited resources.

Unhappy with something? File bug reports, help the QA community to work on them, submit problematic documents, work with the Design community and more. There are plenty of ways to get involved: https://www.libreoffice.org/community/get-involved/

Otherwise, a rant on Reddit and false claim that "TDF doesn't listen" achieves nothing, if you're not willing to help volunteers in any way.

• The 6.1 series is currently labeled "still", and receives security updates.
• The 6.2 series is currently labeled "fresh" and receives enhancements as well as security updates. The Document Foundation recommends it for early adopters.
• The 6.3 series is currently labeled "alpha". This version is mostly for developers to test the upcoming version of the application.

If you are currently using the "still" release, you need to manually download the "fresh" release (6.2.4) and install it to use recent enhancements.

Release notes

Posting a narky message on a small subreddit, which developers don't necessarily follow, and recklessly throwing in words like "fraud" isn't contributing. At all. It's just insulting to the volunteers that work really hard to give you – and the whole world – a free office suite.

Here's how you can actually contribute something back in a constructive way.. Or you can fund a certified developer.

Otherwise, your message of "volunteers should work on what I say, even though I'm going to contribute no effort or money back" just looks like massive sense of entitlement.

The LWN article sets out the sort of thing that's changed:

>The tricky aspect of this sort of development work is that it can easily go unnoticed, because it is largely about removing awkwardness: fixed-sized dialog boxes, drop-down menus that require a lot of scrolling, context menus that contain unnecessary (and rarely used) items. But if one knows where to look for them, the improvements are there to see.

...

>Suffice it to say, then, that LibreOffice 4.4 incorporates a wealth of such changes that, when taken together, make the office suite far less frustrating to work in.

I assume you were looking at the license for MSO H&S can't be used for commercial use and you have to pay a lot more for the business version.

I wonder how many businesses are ignoring that little quirk (of course, probably only small ones). "It's a home business, afterall."

The only real issues you might have are:

• more frequent updates than MSO (which is good for quality and usability, bad for deployment).
• updates currently provided by reinstallation (although TDF is supposedly working on that)
• if you exchange documents outside of your environment, chances are the other entity will be using MSO. You can use those formats, but round tripping of the formatting won't always work (esp. for Impress, from what I've read). Of course, if someone really cares about formatting, PDF is really the preferred format. And LibO also has a nice feature where you can embed the ODF file into the PDF so that the exact file is linked with the exact PDF for editing later.

Depending on the size of your business and number of installs, you could look at something like chocolatey for manage software installs.

Check out Scribus, it's an open source software specifically designed to work with PDFs. It will have a better chance of getting it right.

LibreOffice doesn't always work well with PDF editing.

EDIT: Alternatively, you can use Xournal++, which is less advanced, but easier to use ans should be sufficient for your purpose.

By the way, just in case you didn't know – LibreOffice 5.1 is almost three years old now, and there have been many more versions released since. Indeed, 6.2 is due out next week, so maybe give it a try! https://www.libreoffice.org/download/

> I couldn't find a customer support page.

That's because LibreOffice doesn't have customers :-) It's a volunteer-driven, community open source project. The community provides a completely free, feature rich office suite for the world to use, and also a question-and-answer site here, run by volunteers: https://ask.libreoffice.org

If you want something more like one-to-one customer support, then naturally you have to pay something for it like here: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/

Hope that clears some things up :-)

Hi, I don't think there's a way to do that, but you could submit it as an enhancement request here: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org

Of course, someone then needs to volunteer to implement the feature – or pay a certified developer to work on it: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/frequently-asked-questions/#features

Features don't just happen by magic – if you want more, help the community to make them a reality, or fund a certified developer to work on them :-) See here: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/frequently-asked-questions/#features

Why just dream? Help to make it happen :-) New features don't just appear by magic, and someone has to work on them. As an open source project, LibreOffice's features are implemented either by volunteers who are "scratching their own itches", or by certified developers working on behalf of customers.

If you really want a OneNote equivalent in LibreOffice, get involved and make it happen! Or consider funding a certified developer to work on it. Those are the best ways to make wishes a reality :-)

Hello, sounds like a good idea indeed! You could submit it as an enhancement request: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org

Of course, then someone has to volunteer to implement it :-) Or someone could fund a certified developer to work on it: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/frequently-asked-questions/#features

Listing all your hardware specs and not the LibreOffice version? Right on, with your rant!

LibreOffice is not a product you buy - rather its created by a community of professionals and volunteers. So we don't need to convince you to use it. We don't sell anything. Just use it or don't. It's entirely up to you ;-)

Give LibreOffice Fresh a try and force-enable or disable hardware rendering in the settings, of it still keeps stuttering.

God, how much I despise these rant threads here ...

> enter different values on the same cell and make Calc recognize that data as a independent value to filter

That's not possible. At most, you could enter the values in separated by commas, and then use Data > Text to Columns to spilt the data into several columns.

The proper answer is that you need to put make each hobby type it's own column, and enter "yes" or "no" for each client. Or use a database.

If you can supply a sample odt file that when saved wont save the formula to a docx and rtf, then submit it to https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ so the developers can find out what the problem is.

Not a Windows user so I don't know if this will help....but a crashed instance of LO may be running in the background. Does a restart help? You can also Ctrl-Alt-Delete to open up the Windows task manager and look for any LO programs. Right-click and terminate those. See if that helps. Also, maybe this has some useful info: https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80927

Easy

If you know the path to LibreOffice, you can open it using "Safe mode" that ignores extensions and scripts.

copy C:\pathto\mypresentation.pptx C:\pathto\testpresentation.pptx C:\pathto\soffice.exe --safe-mode C:\pathto\testpresentation.pptx

"Start Parameters" - LibreOffice help

Expert

Normal presentation documents with the PPTX or ODP extensions are zip files that include image files and XML formatted files that you can examine with a code editor like Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

copy C:\pathto\mypresentation.pptx C:\pathto\mypresentation.zip

Try to open the zip file by double clicking it. If it opens, then copy the contents to an empty directory and then open the directory using the code editor. You can quickly check each file to see if anything resembles code. If the zip utility cannot open the file then you probably cannot recover the presentation.

Thank you so much for your advice. I searched Reddit for Libre Office install and your answer is what really helped me. I installed it from the Libre Office web site and after it was finished installing, the program was nowhere to be found on my new laptop. Ninite.com totally worked amazing. Grateful to you.

Assuming you are using Windows just go to ninite.com and install using their installer. Very easy. Also you may have to install JRE of some variety. That's also on ninite.com

Because nobody has stepped up to work on it! LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven project, with very limited resources. If you get involved or fund a developer we can all benefit from more features – thanks 😊

I got a response there that worked for me.

> You have to replace curl "https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download" with "curl "https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice" (2x), or replace "curl" with "curl -L" to follow redirections.

Do I see that right?

• 4!!!.3.5.2

That version is almost 8 years old. I'd highly recommend updating to the latest version.

There's been thousands of bugfixes and enhancements added to LibreOffice since then. :)

> I tried using the Master Document (MD) option today in preparation for writing a book with about 40 chapters.

Fantastic! What are you writing about?

Are all 40 chapters going to be in separate ODT files?

And you made sure you used Styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, [...]) all throughout your documents, right?

> In this version of LibreOffice the Master Document portion appears to have massively changed its interface. It no longer resembles previous versions. As a result all of the documentation (and Google searches) refers to earlier versions of MD.

I'm unsure what you mean.

You pressed:

• File > New > Master Document

And you saved the entire thing as an ODM file?

Now you are confused about the "Navigator" window that appeared? You're having trouble inserting an ODT chapter?

If you explain what exact steps you are stumbling on, it might be easier to help.

> Has anyone used this new version? Or can anyone point to any information on using this new version of MD?

I'm not familiar with Master Documents...

But have you read the LibreOffice 7.3 Writer "User Guide"?

They have an entire chapter dedicated towards it:

• Chapter 16: Master Documents

That may help as well.

If you are not permitted to install software on your computer and the same is true of the computers in the other country, then they were likely using LibreOffice Portable which will run from a USB stick.

Don't just hope – make it happen! LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community project with very limited resources. Improvements can only happen if people give the volunteers a hand. If there's a specific bug that's bothering you, please help the community to fix it or fund a developer to work on it. Then everyone benefits!

We do all we can, with very limited resources. If just a tiny fraction of people who want an auto-updater helped our volunteers or funded developers, we'd all get auto-updates much more quickly...

Great question ... see the privacy policy here: https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/privacy/privacy-policy-en/ ... specifically scroll down to "XI Crash Reports" about halfway down.

I believe LibreOffice to be GDPR-compliant so personally identifiable information shouldn't be an issue.

> its crazy

LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project (with extremely limited resources). It's not "crazy" that volunteers can't fix every single reported issue, without more help. If you want something fixed, please consider helping the volunteers or funding a developer. Otherwise, improvements can't just happen by magic, no matter how many people wish for them...

> I hate there's no slow-but-eventual send an email help request

There is, but you have to pay for it. Otherwise, LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven project, and the volunteers have very limited resources. They can't answer emails from 200 million LibreOffice users around the world. Try a professional support option, if the answer from /u/Al-Hunter doesn't help!

Ask LibreOffice directly in their community section. Either as a question or as a feature request.

If not already updated, the in-built English dictionary (American, British, Canadian etc.) can be updated with this extension. It's updated once a month.

Hi, you have a few options. If it's a customer, you could look at professional support options. Yes, you have to pay, but that helps to keep the whole LibreOffice ecosystem healthy (around 70% of code commits come from the ecosystem) and you'll get more help than here.

You can also ask on Ask LibreOffice but note that those are community volunteers. For anything business-related, it's a good idea to get professional support.

Hi, see here: https://libreofficemaster.blogspot.com/2022/03/libreoffice-dark-mode-on-windows.html

Of course, LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community project (with limited resources). If you'd like quicker progress towards a complete dark mode, please consider helping the community to make it happen: https://www.libreoffice.org/community/get-involved/

Tools -> Options -> Load/Save -> General ->

has various options related to that.

If you have frequent power outages, have you not considered a UPS battery backup for your computer, to give you time to save and shut down cleanly if the power goes out? Most even have a feature where you connect a USB cable to the UPS, and software that runs that can detect a power failure, and automatically do a safe shut down.

Here is a decent choice:

https://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-EC850LCD-Ecologic-Outlets-Compact/dp/B00DBAA696/

> Will this ever change?

LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project. The community works incredibly hard to give the world a free office suite, but can't do everything. Improvements only happen when people get involved and help them, or fund developers.

Help to make the improvements you want, and all users benefit!

I say this as a big fan of the project, but a friend of mine works at a company that has LibreOffice set as the default. He's reported that most people at the company avoid it and prefer to use Google Docs. While GDocs has dramatically less features than both MS Office and LibreOffice, it's preferred for the overall simplicity and ease of live collaboration.

You could make a case for LibreOffice around vendor lock-in, price, and the fact that you don't have to retrain your people every few years after some fancy UI redesign. On the other hand, you likely will have to train folks up on some of the tools and have some kind of tech support options. Commercial support is available: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-in-business/

On the tasks you mention, I haven't tested a serial mailings effort, although I think there is a mail merge function. As far as spreadsheets, I do think Calc is more than adequate for most tasks that Excel does and much prefer it now for basic spreadsheet work. It also supports regular expressions, which has saved me hours of work by surfing Stackoverflow easy edit tricks without a macro.

On the presentations side, I haven't found any good replacements for PowerPoint yet, including Impress. So if that's a big part of your work, you might need to go with MSO.

It's also possible to download the software from exceptionally robust filesharing networks using the official torrent if you have a BitTorrent client. Just click on the "Torrent" under the Download link.

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/

Don't just hold your breath – help to make it happen! LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project (with very limited resources). We all love new features and improvements, but they can only happen if people help out. You can give the community a hand or consider funding a developer – Then you get the improvements you want, and LibreOffice improves for everyone. Thanks!

I had got some problem during install libreoffice , found Error 1335 because no have file libreoffice.cab . How should I do . I download from

https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/dl/win-x86\_64/7.3.3/th/LibreOffice\_7.3.3\_Win\_x64.msi

LibreOffice 5.2.5.1 is really old (released in 2016, I think). The current version is 7.3.3. Try the latest release and see if you still have problems.

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/

Manually updating just means you have to download it from here and install it.

If I remember correctly new installation overwrites the old one. I believe it at least gives the option to remove old one during the installation.

Even if it doesn't give option to remove old one you can uninstall it manually after you install new one 🤷🏼‍♂️.

There's a huge amount of shared code and functionality between the components, so had they been developed separately, there would be far too much duplication and waste of resources.

Learn more about how it was developed on the timeline: https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/libreoffice-timeline/

LibreOffice is free and open source software, developed by a worldwide community. You can use, share and modify the software according to the Mozilla Public License 2.0. LibreOffice is free because the community around it cares about open standards and breaking down digital divides - creating a world where everyone has access to powerful, open source tools.

Source: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/frequently-asked-questions/#whyfree

Hi,

> Could you add this tool?

Asking random Redditors to add a feature probably isn't going to achieve much :-) If you want a new feature in LibreOffice, you can contribute back to the community that makes it, or fund a developer:

https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/frequently-asked-questions/#features

Hi,

> First off, PLEASE disable whatever it is https://ask.libreoffice.org/ is doing forums are using to block tor exit nodes

You probably want to talk to the LibreOffice's infra community about that, rather than asking random Redditors...

Hi Jimmy,

> If TDF has greater ambitions to capture the business desktop

TDF's purpose is stated in the statutes:

> The objective of the foundation is the promotion and development of office software available for use by anyone free of charge. The foundation promotes a sustainable, independent and meritocratic community for the international development of free and open source software based on open standards.

So "capturing the business desktop" isn't something that falls under the umbrella of a small, non-profit foundation and its volunteer community. However, the ecosystem around LibreOffice is where to look for things like this.

Ideally, we (TDF) can help the ecosystem to grow, so they can do the things you mention (target businesses) while TDF continues to coordinate the project and cummunity.

> i just find it frustrating that this seems to be the answer for just about all Libre Office issues i have come across

This feature (QR code generator) was added relatively recently, and needs some time to mature with extra options. Please remember that LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project (with very limited resources). We'd all love more features too, but they can only happen when more people get involved and help out or fund developers to work on them.

Has it ever worked, or is this a first time installation? If it's the first time, there might be a driver causing issues. If it's worked before, replacing your Profile 4 folder is virtually the same as a fresh installation.

I'd ask on LibreOffice's community site. Include your exact OS version, the version of LibreOffice and the various steps you've tried here. That's important to include because they'll be the same first questions you'd be asked if you didn't mention them.

If still no success, you could also post a bug report, although it would seem to be specific to your set-up, not purely a bug in the software.

I suspect it's because you're using a 4K monitor. Lower the resolution of your screen to confirm. If the toolbar is shown correctly at 1080p, go back to 4K, open Writer and go to - Tools, Options, LibreOffice, View, and experiment with the various Graphics Output options.

I'm not sure whether LibreOffice fully supports 4K monitors. You can ask directly on their community site. You may find that the lighter default theme, works, but not others.

I'd suggest creating one or more examples and submitting a Bug report to The Document Foundation. The more detailed your report, the better. LibreOffice 7 has made considerable inroads into Office compatibility, and every update improves matters further.

Hi, you didn't provide any details about your setup (LibreOffice version, Kubuntu version etc.) making it hard to help. Also:

> please make a process of installing a language pack easier

This is a Reddit community of LibreOffice users. If you want to provide feedback to the community that makes LibreOffice, please see here.

As someone else has pointed out, Linux distributions vary a lot when it comes to package names, processes etc. The LO website team could add instructions but for how many distros, and how many variants of those distros? It'd be a lot of work to maintain all those instructions (and translations). Arguably better to leave that in the hands of the distro maintainers...

There will be something in your set-up. I run LibreOffice 7.3 on a far less powerful Windows 10 laptop, and Writer is fast to open and work with.

Two things to try. First re-open Writer in safe mode. In Writer, click Help, then Restart in Safe Mode. This removes any customization and deactivates extensions. See how it behaves. Finally, enable show hidden files and folders in Windows folder options, then go here. C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice. Shut down LibreOffice Quickstarter in the taskbar if running, next in the above location copy the 4 folder to a different location, anywhere else is fine, then delete the 4 folder, so the above location is empty.

Open Writer, it will be as it was when first installed, and try again. Extension sometimes slow LibreOffice down, LanguageTool's add-on can cause problems. The only LibreOffice extensions I run are the Marco Pinto dictionary and Stop Begging add-on.

FYI, the 4 folder is your user folder, storing all layout, template and theme customizations. It can be copied between installations so they match.

If you're still having issues, I'd ask on LibreOffice's community site. In your question, include exact LibreOffice version and OS used and an explanation of where Writer is laggy.

This worked (though on Windows you also need Ghostscript https://www.ghostscript.com/releases/gsdnld.html)

Only part that didn't work was the %3d part, but if that part is removed, then it just exports as ...1, ...2, ...3, etc. Not a huge deal and some quick research reveals that the process would have to be converted to a batch file with some code to make it work, something I personally am not willing to do lol

my favourite is Okular: https://okular.kde.org/

in terms of features like annotations, highlighting, etc ... i don't think there's a better one ...

for rotating pages and adding,merging,splitting pages i use pdfarranger: https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger

your choice of sub is a bit odd for this question :)

> Please fix this.

Without more details (LibreOffice version, macOS version) it's hard to fix things. Also please note that this subreddit is a community of LibreOffice users – they can't just "fix" things. The software is made by a worldwide community, driven by volunteers, with VERY limited resources. They do all they can, but can only fix more issues if people help out.

Users will get it when someone steps up to implement it! LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project, with very limited resources. Everyone loves new features, but if nobody gets involved and helps out or funds developers, they won't happen by magic.

If just 0.01% of people who request a dark mode helped out, LibreOffice would already have it! So please, everyone who wants it, please help the community that works super hard to give the whole world a free office suite. Thanks :-)

7.2.5 is a full release, not a release candidate. There's a 7.3.0 which is described as a prerelease version. I don't see any release candidates.

Are you downloading from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/, or somewhere else?

That's the Software Development Kit. That isn't what you want.

Here's a link to the English 64-bit Windows installer https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/dl/win-x86_64/7.2.5/en-GB/LibreOffice_7.2.5_Win_x64.msi

There are some ideas here or in the linked thread, however what I think seems to be more promising is this one:

Easy typing of special characters (using AutoHotkey)

In particular, benjaminwohl's solution that could be applied to substitute ":" by double typing a non-number on the numpad.

What you really want to do is to create a query based on your two tables. If you have setup your tables right, this should go smoothly.

There should be some videos on YouTube on how to create queries in base. I believe you can do it with the GUI using their query by example or you can use an SQL statement. If you want to use an SQL statement, there are many resources out there.

Base uses hsqldb, http://hsqldb.org/, in their documentation you can find examples of SQL statements.

After you have the query the way you want it, you can make your report based on that saved query. It will then be dynamic with your tables. If the data in your tables change, so will your report.

Good luck.

Although I cannot confirm the bug exists on 4.2.8.2 at this very moment, I'd suggest upgrading to the latest version of LibreOffice; 4.2 is already end-of-life for a very long time, and have thousands of bugs fixed after it.

Please see https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa for adding Ubuntu PPA to your system and get the latest updates automatically.

Changing a print setting for a document manually

The printer settings for a document are stored in the document itself. If you save a LibreOffice word processor document as a flat open document text file (.fodt) then you can edit the printer settings manually. The item that controls whether a document prints as a brochure or not is labelled the PrintProspect in the settings section of a flat open document text file.

Save your document as a .fodt file. Open the file using a code or plain text editor. Search for PrintProspect.

Change

<config:config-item config:name="PrintProspect" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>

to

<config:config-item config:name="PrintProspect" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>

Save the changed file. Open it with LibreOffice. Print it as-is or save it as a regular open document text (.odt) file, then print it. A flat open document file takes up more disk space than a regular open document file because the flat file is raw uncompressed XML code, whereas a regular open document file uses ZIP compression.

What does a print setting do to fodt source?

Microsoft Visual Code editor allows you to compare two text documents for changes. If you make two copies of a fodt file with one changed print setting, then you can instantly find the line that differs.

You could try setting up LibreOffice Online, but it's quite a big job, and I'm not sure if you can easily limit editing in such a way.

On a smaller scale, there's WebODF: http://webodf.org/about/features.html – but I think that can only display spreadsheets (editing only appears to be available for text documents).

I have this as part of a KolabNow subscription. Collabora Office is a lot more powerful than Google Docs - it has many of the style features that LO has, for example, including (last I checked): character styles; and most / all of the paragraph style features. Google Docs does not have character styles and only has a small subset of paragraph style features. GDocs still only has 1 type of non-heading style, (that is, they only have 1 regular text style) which is very annoying.

With KolabNow, sharing is not easy at all, because security is a major selling point of KolabNow. Not sure if there is a general Collabora Office subscription, or if you have to run it on your own server. Either way, sharing might be a bigger headache than with Google. If you don't care about sharing, it obviously won't be much of an issue.

BTW: KolabNow is at https://kolabnow.com . I have no connection to them aside from being a customer for many years.

> Is LibreOffice HIPAA Compliant?

Collabora Online most likely complies. See their blog post (I bolded the relevant part):

> ## Collabora Online and FileCloud > > FileCloud, developed by CodeLathe, is one of the fastest growing enterprise file share, sync and mobile access solutions. FileCloud is used by thousands of organizations around the world including Fortune 500 companies, governments, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and managed service providers. [...] FileCloud base product includes endpoint backup, data leak prevention (DLP), unparalleled customization options and HIPAA compliant auditing.

There's also a "Request more information" form on that page.

Note: Collabora Office is a LibreOffice-based office suite—think "Google Docs"+Android/iOS versions of LibreOffice.

And Collabora (the company) is one of the largest contributors back to LibreOffice—~20% of all bugfixes/enhancements are done by them.

(I recently linked to a talk about Collabora, and how they relate with The Document Foundation, in /r/libreoffice: &quot;Does LibreOffice track its users?&quot;.)

> Or if there are plans to add it?

As /u/beringer-zsolt-hu mentions, there is a request on the tracker. Of course, LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven, community open source project (with very limited resources). New features can only happen when people get involved and help out, or fund developers. If you really want this feature, please consider doing one of those things :-)