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related to OpenOffice.org Writer, a word processing application which is similar to Microsoft Word.

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libreoffice/openoffice Auto Spell Check has never worked

I have used OpenOffice/LibreOffice for at least a decade. I do not write documents very often, and the biggest pet peeve I have is that I have to google the recipe to turn spell check on EVERY TIME I create a new document, because I just don't do…
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Copy a whole ODT (Openoffice Writer) document section to other document with Openoffice Java API (UNO API)

I need to use the OpenOffice Java API to copy a document section and paste it over another document section. So far I have managed to copy the text of the section of the source document and paste it over the section at the target document (see the…
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Changing pairs of quotations marks to left and right quotation marks

tl;dr: Want to replace regular quotes ("...") with smart quotes (“...”), within OpenOffice's "Find/Replace" tool that has Regular Expressions turned on. I figure the best way would be to find 2 instances of " with any length of any characters and…
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get pure text form odt file in console

I am looking for a small linux tool that would be able to extract text from odt file. It just needs to be human-readable and it can have problems with complicated objects etc. It's almost a duplicate of this question but I need it to be small and…
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How to send data into an OpenOffice word template from NodeJS

How can I get data passed from NodeJS into placeholders of a OpenOffice template file? Is there any npm packages available to parse an ODT template file so that I can print data into it? I have a 13 page word file (a template for printing reports)…
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signature field in OpenOffice for handwriting on tablet, not a digital signature

I want to place a "signature field" in my OpenOffice writer-document. I need this for the iOS/gPlay App "PDF Forms" to sign PDF-Documents on touchscreens (handwriting/pen). According to their FAQ I need a signature field in my OO-document - but even…
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LibreOffice: Text for footer of last page

I want to create a custom LibreOffice Writer template of our company. This template should include a disclamer in the footer of the last page of each document. In our existing M$ Word template we use a field with "IF({current page}={last page};...",…
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No office executable found exception while connecting to OpenOffice through Java

Using XComponentContext xContext = Bootstrap.bootstrap(), I am trying to get the Get the remote office component context of OpenOffice through Java.But its raising exception no office executable found . I have specified the path of program…
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Concatenating OpenDocument Text file in Linux from the command line

Is there a way to concatenate two OpenDocument Text documents (i.e. the format OpenOffice uses) in Linux from the command line? I'm looking for a command that will allow me to do something like: concat-docs doc1.odt doc2.odt doc3.odt -o…
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WYSIWYG editor in jsp

I need help finding a WYSIWYG editor to use in the web application I'm developing. The boss wants to reach a word-like usability, where you can set header/footer for the pages, see actually what the text look like on a page (not like editing a white…
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How to insert image in OpenOffice Document using Delphi

I am using approach mentioned in accepted solution of How to Search and Replace in odt Open Office document? for search and replace text in odt document using Delphi now my requirement is replace text with image. for example my odt file will have…
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How to give color to your code in open-office-writer?

I have code blocks written in Open Office Write and want colorize it. How can I do this? EDIT: When I copy syntax-highlighted code back to open office writer it becomes black again. How can I change this?
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OpenOffice with .NET: how to iterate throught all paragraphs and read text

How to iterate through all paragraphs in OpenOffice Writer document and output text. I have Java examples, but don't know how to convert code to C#. Java example could be found here:…
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Open Office Writer Search and Find String and Move Cursor

If anyone can assist with a method that searches for a string in an open office writer document using the UNO API with Java it would be very helpful. Once it searches for string and finds string can it then(even hidden) move the cursor to that…
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Most Flexible Open Office Word Document Format (Not MS Word) For Git Versioning and Collaboration

I am looking to start a collaborative word document in Git, and want to know what is the best format? Some loose requirements I have for this document are: potential to easily add some simple markup, like bold, italics, maybe some font sizes or…
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