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How to Make LibreOffice Look Like Microsoft Office

Arindam — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 04:38:50 +0000

We attempted to make the LibreOffice suite look like Microsoft Office. Is it possible? Let’s find out. LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity suite that provides you with a complete collection of applications. It consists of a Word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet program (Calc), Presentation (Impress), and a drawing program (Draw). It also...

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Upgrade to Latest LibreOffice in Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Windows

Arindam — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 08:17:58 +0000

This beginner’s guide explains the steps required to upgrade to the latest LibreOffice in Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Windows. LibreOffice, used by millions of users worldwide, is the most popular free office suite today. It consists of a spreadsheet program (Calc), document processor (Writer), presentation (Impress), drawing (Draw), and Math module to help you with...

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How to Install Latest LibreOffice in Ubuntu and other Linux

Arindam — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 08:15:56 +0000

Here’s a quick guide on how to install the latest LibreOffice version in Ubuntu and other Linux. The free and open-source office suite LibreOffice comes in two versions. The Community and Enterprise versions. The “community” version is for early adopters who want the latest bleeding-edge software tech. And the “enterprise” version is more stable and...

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10 Best LibreOffice Extensions for Everyone

Arindam — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:23:39 +0000

Extend your LibreOffice experience with these best curated Extensions for a productive use.

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How to Install and Use LibreOffice Extensions

Arindam — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:22:29 +0000

A complete guide on how to install and use extensions in LibreOffice.

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LibreOffice 7.6: Discover the Best New Features

Arindam — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:55:33 +0000

Here is a quick highlight of the new features of the LibreOffice 7.6 version. LibreOffice 7.6 community was released on August 21, 2023. Feature-wise, as usual, many changes have arrived in Calc and Writer. A few minimal updates to Impress and no such update on the Base or Math module. In addition, a good number...

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How to Install LibreOffice in Arch Linux

Arindam — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:34:58 +0000

A simple tutorial showing how you can install LibreOffice in Arch Linux. Most Arch Linux installations are custom-made. Hence you need to manually install LibreOffice by choosing the proper package. LibreOffice comes in two variants. The latest version by number is the community edition which contains the latest features and enhancements and targets early adopters....

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LibreOffice 7.5: Top New Features & Release Info

Arindam — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:57:37 +0000

Feature highlights of LibreOffice 7.5 across Calc, Writer, Impress and common updates. The LibreOffice 7.5 release is loaded with features and improvements across modules. The changes include feature updates, bug fixes, Microsoft Office compatibility, export features, macro programming improvements and many more. In this article, I will briefly discuss some important visual updates that may...

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Write Your First Python Macro in LibreOffice

Arindam — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:39:22 +0000

This article explains how to set up LibreOffice for Python macro and helps you to write your first Python macro in LibreOffice Calc and Writer. Writing macros in LibreOffice in Basic is easier since it has been supported since the beginning because Basic is an older programming language. However, Python macros are a little difficult...

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Writing Macro in LibreOffice Impress: Getting Started

Arindam — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 13:38:00 +0000

This simple tutorial will show how to create your first Impress presentation macro in LibreOffice. Macro is used to automate various tasks from simple to complex. Like other macro tutorials for Calc spreadsheets, it is possible to automate Impress using Basic in LibreOffice. Objective This tutorial will access a simple Impress ODP file with two...

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Files and Directories Processing Using LibreOffice Calc Macro using Basic

Arindam — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 05:06:00 +0000

This article demonstrates how to process/read individual files and directories in the Unix file system using Basic and LibreOffice Calc Macro and put the file names/directory names in LibreOffice Calc cells. For LibreOffice automation, it is necessary to know the file system and directory processing. This tutorial is based on the Unix file system, which...

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Deleting All Types of Contents from Calc Range using Macro

Arindam — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 15:16:00 +0000

This tutorial explains how to delete contents from cells or ranges in LibreOffice Calc using macro. Using a macro, you can clear everything that contains in a cell or in a range of cells. In this tutorial, we will clear every type of content from a range. Before clearing out contents from ranges, the macro...

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Date and Time Processing in LibreOffice Calc using Macro

Arindam — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 14:31:00 +0000

This tutorial explains the basic date and time processing in basic macro in LibreOffice Calc. In basic, a Date is a datatype that stores date and time values. By default, it holds Jan 1 year 0001 midnight. We will pick any date and process it in different ways. Let’s explain the concept using some examples....

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LibreOffice Workbook Worksheet and Cell Processing using Macro

Arindam — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:58:00 +0000

In this tutorial, you will learn how to access the workbook, worksheet and Cell contents using LibreOffice Calc basic macros. Spreadsheet applications like Calc consist of workbooks, worksheets and individual Cells. It is often required to process those using Macro to automate various tasks. This tutorial will demonstrate the basic processing of worksheets and cells,...

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Debugging LibreOffice Basic Macro using Breakpoint and Watch

Arindam — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 05:31:00 +0000

A simple guide for you to learn how to debug LibreOffice basic macro using breakpoint and watch. While writing complex macros to automate various tasks in LibreOffice, you definitely encounter errors. Some run-time errors are self-explanatory. But some of them are very generic. To debug those, you need to carefully put breakpoints and step through...

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Writing a Macro in LibreOffice Calc: Getting Started

Arindam — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:24:00 +0000

Planning to automate stuff in LibreOffice? Start writing your first LibreOffice Calc macro using this guide. LibreOffice provides a way to write your macro to automate various repetitive tasks in your office application. You can use Python or basic for your macro development. This tutorial focuses on writing a macro in LibreOffice with a ‘Hello...

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LibreOffice 7.4: Top New Features and Release Details

Arindam — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:28:00 +0000

This post contains the top new features of LibreOffice 7.4 across Writer, Calc, Impress and other core modules. The LibreOffice team improves the famous free and open-source office product with each iteration. Perhaps the only stable and well-managed open-source project as a replacement to Microsoft Office. The LibreOffice 7.4 version, bringing regular updates to core...

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String Processing in LibreOffice Calc Macro with Examples

Arindam — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 12:43:00 +0000

This tutorial will show how to do various common string processing using macro in LibreOffice. We will use LibreOffice Calc cells to use the strings for this tutorial. These processes are essential for any macro development. Let’s put three strings like below in a LibreOffice calc sheet and join them. Joining Strings in Calc In...

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Change the Default LibreOffice Look and Feel [Tutorial]

Arindam — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 19:13:00 +0000

A quick tip on how to change the default toolbar look in LibreOffice. The default LibreOffice look/theme, a.k.a breeze theme, is quite dull and colourless. It is indeed straightforward, but the lack of colours sometimes makes finding the menu and toolbar options challenging. There are some more themes available – 7 themes to be exact...

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Export or Save As PDF A Specific Range in LibreOffice Calc Sheets using Macro

Arindam — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 15:42:00 +0000

A simple program to show you how you can export range from LibreOffice as pdf using macro. Exporting a LO sheet’s content to PDF is often necessary because of the wide use of PDF files for distributions, reporting etc. In the earlier tutorial, I showed how to export an entire sheet’s content to a pdf...

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