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Is there a method for page numbering by chapter in LibreOffice Writer?

Writing a user-manual that is written in chapters, each describing a different aspect of the functions. Some of those functions are ready and closed, some still in development or ready but not described yet. Those have to follow the application…
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How to add timezone to time and date in LibreOffice for inclusion in an auto-updated field in a footer?

LibreOffice Writer Format Number Dialog I would like to be very specific about the last print and edit of a copy of a document. I may go to a different timezone soon. Other people with different versions of the document are elsewhere. Are there…
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libreoffice - run (python) macro to insert cross reference from Gnu/Linux command line

I have verified that I can run both normal office and python macros from within office but I still haven't figured out how to run one (even the hello world one) from the command line. I have googled and looked at other answers here but I'm still not…
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LibreOffice 5.1 Writer: insert script

In the previous versions of LibreOffice, one could insert script into an odt from "insert" menu. According to official answer this feature was removed: https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/67576/menu-insert-script-removed/ How am I then supposed…
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How to copy conditionally formatted cells from Calc as a table into Writer

I have a LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet that uses some conditional formatting of cells. I would like to copy it into Writer as a table. The colours/formats of the cells should remain as they were due to the conditional formatting in Calc.…
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clipboard manager extension for writer

I am trying to build a clipboard manager extension for Libre office. When-ever I cut (or copy) text from a document, it should be appended to another file so that I will never loose my work even if I forget to paste it somewhere. Is it possible in…
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libreoffice python threading sleep

I want to implement an autosave feature for libreoffice writer. I'm using a python macro. This will periodically save the desktop view of the document back to the file on disk and signal to the desktop that the document is not modified. This…
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High memory usage Libre Office Writer 7.3.4

Recently while working on a document in LO Writer I noticed high memory usage after some time (~15 minutes). This kept increasing with every scrolling I did inside the document until all memory was used up and LO Writer crashed. Results were the…
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headless libreoffice convert with border size

Lately I have been playing around with libreoffice and the available conversion features. For example I can convert with: libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf /tmp/test.html --outdir /tmp What I have noticed is that the borders are standard…
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How to restore standard menu bar (File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, etc.) in Libreoffice

libreoffice-6.0.7 on Ubuntu Bionic After purging and reinstalling what I thought was a corrupted version of LibreOffice, it seems that the "Main Menu" of LibreOffice has been deprecated. What I see now are just graphical toolbars of what looks…
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How to add automatically expanding horizontal space in libreoffice (similar to say flex justify-content space-around)

I'm trying to achieve this effect: |First phrase...............................................Second phrase| Where the | markers above denote the page margins, and ....... represents a 'horizontal space' (which may or may not use space as the…
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LibreOffice Writer Macro - Add Pictures in the right place

I have a template file with several pages with text, and I want to make a Macro to add one image per page under the text. I tried to adapt a script from Andrew Pitonyak, but the result is not as expected, I probably missed something to force a page…
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Is there a way to modify fonts in drop down menu?

I would like to modify the size of the applied fonts in Libreoffice Writer dropdown menu. There is a font dropdown list (in the toolbar), just left of the font size dropdown menu. For example, when I select a text and click on "Liberation Mono" in…
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Saving .doc files with MS Word through WebDAV not possible - no PUT request sent

I'm trying to implement a Node.js file server using the webdav-server npm module which works perfectly. I'm able to open, edit and save .docx files with Microsoft Word (Microsoft® Word 2016 MSO (16.0.14228.20216) 32-Bit). As well as .odt files with…
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How to replace uppercase letters by their lowercase counterparts?

I have a big text document in which suspension points are followed by a capital letter. It should be lowercase. Now I figured to use this expression in search & replace: …\ [:upper:] which works fine to find the parts I want to replace, but when I…
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