related to OpenOffice.org Writer, a word processing application which is similar to Microsoft Word.
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VBA macro to toolbar button in Open Office
I draw the short straw at work and got tasked with converting all our MS Word templates to OO.
All macros seems to work when the template is opened in OO but in MS Word we have a toolbar with the macros assigned to buttons in the toolbar.
My…

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openoffice template startup get directory macro
I like to start a openoffice template (.ott) via my command prompt.
Once my template.ott has opened it is called Untitled 1.odt
What I need is way to get the location of the template.ott (the path to the directory of the template that made…

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open office writer inserted audio file - change and SAVE position and Size settings
I need some help in saving the custom settings of an inserted audio file in a text file in writer.
when the audio file is inserted the width and height are set at 1.97" I need them at 0.16"
The anchor is set to To Paragraph I need it = As…

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Last line of text cut off when viewing MS Word documents
I am facing last line cut-off issue in when I created a file in Libre Office, but when I open it in word 2013 or 2016 last line content are cut-off in between.
You can understand the problem in more…

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ODT File to Byte Array Java
I am Trying to get my odt file into a ByteArray for Uploadting it to my server.
I Think i found the way how to do it here :How can I generate Byte array from an ODT file java .
But the one Problem I have is how can I use this on the File that is…

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Interrogating Word & Open Office Writer Files for Merge Fields
Are tools readily available for interrogating Word and/or Open Office Writer files programatically to identify merge field tokens conveniently and replace the tokens with data values? For example, scanning MYDOC.DOCX to find <> and <> among the text…

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OpenOffice Writer macro remove apostrophe from String
I am writing a macro in OpenOffice Writer.
I read text from a .xml file and put that into a String.
The String will look like this:
"hello" (so the apostrophe are also part of the String)
So to be clear the String looks like this(Example):
String…

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How to Programmatically add or remove items in ListBox FORM control
I am having a problem with OpenOffice.org ListBox Form control.
I have built a small form (not dialog) that contains a textbox and ListBox and 2 buttons.
Sub AddToList_ButtonClicked()
Dim oThisDoc As Object
Dim oForms as Object
Dim oForm as Object…

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OpenOffice, automation, and mail merge (plus email merge)
Hope this is the right area for this question, it's a general "Should I" more than a "How do I".
We currently have a commercial software that offers, among many other things, a mail merge functionality to MS Word. However, we're looking for options…

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how to change default file that opens with Open Office?
I looked up this question on google and found how to change the save file defaults, but not what files are opened when I double click the Open Office icon on my desktop.
When I double-click Open Office on my desktop I want it to open the Text…

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Remote interop with OpenOffice Writer
I found some documentation about interop with OpenOffice using technologies like COM, but before delving in more deeply I wondered if anyone's worked on this kind of thing?
We have a need for the following, all wrapped up in a method call from a…

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PDFCreator with OpenOffice files
I use a Windows Web Server 2008 with ruby, PDFCreator, Microsoft Office, and OpenOffice to convert files to PDF automatically. The setup works ok for Microsoft Office files but I have not been able to get it to work automatically with OpenOffice…

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MDSheet add-on plugin used for Openoffice spreardsheet. Facing run-time error
I have installed the plug-in (old version) and tried creating class but facing runtime error.
http://ssaapp.di.uminho.pt/twiki/bin/view/Main/Software
This is the website link.
Sub btn_add_class_click
Dim oDoc As Object
oDoc = ThisComponent
Dim…

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Incorect URL for file in OpenOffice using C#
I'm trying to work with OpenOffice Calc document under C# and getting an error "Url seems to be an unsupported one for network". My code is:
string filePath="serverName\\folder\\file.ods";
filePath = "file:///" + filePath.Replace(@"\",…

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How to merge multiple DOC files into one with Python/console?
I am on Ubuntu environment working with a Python/Django Scrapy project.
There are a few scraped files in .doc format, which I want to merge (or more precisely 'append') together, i.e. put the content of second .doc at the end of the first one, etc.,…

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