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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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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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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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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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How to Add Push Button on Calc Sheet and Use It

Arindam — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:42:05 +0000

Many times, it is needed to have a quick button on the Calc sheet itself and perform some tasks or run a macro when the button is clicked. This tutorial would show how to do that. Objective Add a button on top of CALC sheet. Create a dialog with a textbox and a button. When...

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Change CommandButton Look, Label, Length At Runtime Using Macro in Calc

Arindam — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 10:15:55 +0000

This tutorial will show you how to change command button properties at run time. Pre-requisite This tutorial assumes that you know how to create a simple macro and a simple dialog. If you are unaware of the same, read below two tutorials before you proceed. Using form controls Using dialog controls If you are looking...

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LibreOffice Macro Organization

Arindam — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 17:55:25 +0000

This tutorial will share the basic idea of LibreOffice Macro file structures and organizations which can be used to export or share LibreOffice Macro as part of the office file. If you are familiar with M$ Excel VBA or VBA in general, you would know that the VB codes of a macro reside in a...

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Read Selected Text and Select Part of Text in TextField Control Using LibreOffice Basic Macro

Arindam — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:37:15 +0000

This tutorial will show how to select a part of text and how to read the selected text from a TextBox control in LibreOffice using Basic macro. Pre-requisite This tutorial assumes that you know how to create a simple macro and a simple dialog. If you are unaware of the same, read below two tutorials...

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Insert and Read Text in TextField Control Using LibreOffice Basic Macro

Arindam — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 03:09:02 +0000

This tutorial will show how to default a string, insert a string at runtime, reading the string from a TextField control using Basic macro. Pre-requisite This tutorial assumes that you know how to create a simple macro and a simple dialog. If you are unaware of the same, read below two tutorials before you proceed....

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Get the Selection Cell and Range Address using Macro in LibreOffice

Arindam — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 02:47:26 +0000

This tutorial will show how to get the human readable address of selected cells and ranges using basic macro. Selections In Calc, one can select a single cell Or multiple cells i.e. Ranges. Often it was required to know what is the current selection and its addresses. Declare some variables to hold activeCell and conversion...

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Form Processing with LibreOffice Calc Macro – Part 2

Arindam — Tue, 19 May 2015 16:33:08 +0000

This is the second part of tutorial series of ‘Working with forms controls in LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc’. First part can be found here. In the first part, a simple text box and a button is covered. This tutorial will cover all other basic controls – Label, Check Box, Option Box Combo Box, List Box – how...

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Calc Cell Selection Processing Using Macro

Arindam — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:53:10 +0000

In this tutorial I will cover selection mechanism in LibreOffice Calc cells and via macro. getCurrentSelection() Method First we need to get hold of the Calc workbook that is open. To do that, you can use ThisComponent and hold the return object in a variable. To find out the selections done by user in a...

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Use Open File Dialog using Macro in LibreOffice/OpenOffice

Arindam — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:40:47 +0000

This tutorial will show how to open a file selection dialog in LibreOffice, OpenOffice using Macro. File selection dialog is used to select single/multiple file(s) in various automation activities e.g. opening an OpenOffice, LibreOffice workbook, importing a text/csv file etc. Create Objects Lets define a function which can be used from any macro to open...

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Working with Dialog Controls in LibreOffice Calc using Macro – Part 1

Arindam — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:52:23 +0000

This tutorial will cover on how to create a basic LibreOffice Dialog and adding various controls such as TextBox. Also it covers on how to read the control values using Calc Macros. Adding a Dialog To add a Dialog in LibreOffice Calc, select from menu: Tools -> Macros -> Organize Dialogs… Once above options is...

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LibreOffice Calc Macro – Multiple values from vlookup result

Arindam — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 13:27:32 +0000

This LibreOffice Macro Tutorial will search for data in cells like VLOOKUP function and the result will be stored in a different cells. This problem is picked up from here. The Calc spreadsheet contains the data like this: We will search each product_id from A2 to A4 in product_image. Each of the image contains first...

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