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LibreOffice is a free and open-source cross-platform office software suite, developed by the Document Foundation. It is the default office suite in many Linux distributions.

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LibreOffice is a free and open-source cross-platform office software suite, developed by the Document Foundation. It is the default office suite in many Linux distributions.

LibreOffice was forked from due to developer dissatisfaction with Oracle's management of that project, and many Linux distributions have switched their default to LibreOffice.

LibreOffice competes with , OpenOffice, and others.

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How to change the text direction in LibreOffice?

I need "right to left" text direction to write in Persian.
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How to disable automatic capitalization in LibreOffice Calc?

LibreOffice Calc Version 5.2.7.2. I have everything I can find under Tools -> AutoCorrect turned off. However, I still see capitalizations in certain cases. Is there anything more I need to turn off to completely disable it? It seems to be related…
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LibreOffice: How to save in Git friendly format?

LibreOffice saves into files that are zip files. Zip files are generally suboptimal to use with Git: A small change in the document can change most of the zip-file, thus making it impossible for Git to reuse parts which results in the Git repository…
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How to disable the built-in advertising on LibreOffice 6.1+?

With version 6.1, LibreOffice now incorporates a distracting nag bar/infobar to interfere with the user interface while requesting that users "Get Involved" and "Donate" (presumably on the theory that people will donate, then keep donating each time…
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Preventing LibreOffice from using smart quotes (“ ”) instead of (dumb) straight quotes?

I use LibreOffice Calc to make lists of programs with different parameters to run on an hpc cluster. For each batch of commands I must do a find and replace on the smart quotes, as they cause errors in command line arguments. It would be nice to cut…
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OpenOffice vs LibreOffice - what's the difference?

I'm considering switching from Microsoft Office (too expensive) to an open-source option. What's the difference between OpenOffice and LibreOffice?
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How to edit a read-only document in LibreOffice?

I need to fill a form (which I received in .doc format and saved as .odt). The file is read-only except for the fields where I can enter the information. Unfortunately, with the fields filled it doesn't fit on one page, and I need to edit it so I…
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LibreOffice Writer: How to apply strikethrough text formatting?

Version: LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 Is it possible to apply strikethrough text formatting in LibreOffice Writer?
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How can I combine PDFs in LibreOffice?

I'd like to be able to simply drag a pdf file into the pages explorer of a pdf that's being edited. This has no effect and dragging the file into the work area on a new page results in something like the follow: I've also tried 'file>insert' and…
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Dark background in LibreOffice under Windows

I hate to write on a white background, so I usually write my papers in a simple text editor, because I can have a dark background, but it's still annoying not to be able to use LibreOffice advanced features. Is there a real dark background and/or…
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How to remove rules from a style in OpenOffice/LibreOffice?

When creating a style in LibreOffice, you can "link" them to other rules so that they inherit the other rules styles and only modify specific properties. For example if the default style defines a font and My Style only adds an rule for italics,…
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LibreOffice: count distinct values from column

I have a column with some repeatable values, like color names in a list of a material objects. How could I count a number of each unique value occurrences (e.g. for the 100 rows given there are 5 red, 15 green and 80 black)? I cant use COUNTIF since…
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How to merge 2 columns into one in LibreOffice or OpenOffice?

In my CSV, I have two columns which are really just one column, so I want to concatenate the content of these two columns - for each row - into the first one(after this I want to remove the extra column)? I use Mac, so I use LibreOffice and…
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How to configure own shortcuts for styles?

When I Ctrl+B a selected text, it will become bold. Alas, this style is directly formatted, which means it gets lost once I default via Ctrl+M. Yet whenever I reset the whole document, I only want it to lose some other direct styles, that I…
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Exporting vector graphics from Inkscape into Libreoffice

I'm trying to export a reasonably complex illustration from Inkscape into a Libreoffice Writer document. I'd like to avoid rasterizing the illustration as much as possible. So far I've tried the following: Inkscape SVG, Plain SVG, SVG with…
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