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Why is Table of Content always with a grayed out background in writer? A #greatanswer by EarnestAl #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/why-is…

Why is Table of Content always with a grayed out background in writer?

I have a table of content and two chapters. How do I get rid of the gray shaded background of the ToC? It looks as if ToC is selected. I have tried to “Edit Table of Content” and set the backgorund...

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How to write Mongolian-Uighur script (traditional vertical Mongolian) in LibreOffice writer? A #greatanswer by Regina #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-to…

How to write Mongolian-Uighur script (traditional vertical Mongolian) in LibreOffice writer

I’d like to write in Mongolian-Uighur script, i.e. the traditional vertical script (like this : “ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨ ᠠ ᠤᠤ?”). I added the “vertical text” icon through the menu Tools → Customize… → Toolbars....

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Radius in Writer? A #greatanswer by ajlittoz #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/radius…

Radius in Writer

You didn’t mention OS name, LO version and save format. Also, you didn’t tell why you want to insert a rounded rectangle. It is usually a bad idea to insert drawing objects because it disturbs text...

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Libreoffice not starting in Linux Mint Willma (and other distributions)? A #greatanswer by Villeroy #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/libreo…

Libreoffice not starting Linux Mint Willma

When starting libre office (taskbar and cli) it will not come up without an error message. I already tried apt purge/install, apt remove / install, moved ~/.config/libreoffice but nothing happens. is...

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Can spell checked words be stored in the document so they are not rechecked by other users? A #greatanswer by mariosv and shantanuo #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/can-sp…

Can spell checked words be stored in the document so they are not rechecked by other users?

Or you can add those words in the spell check extension. Download the extension file and unzip. Make sure that you can see en_GB.txt file If you right click and add the words to the dictionary, they...

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Line-breaks in Calc where you don’t want them? A #greatanswer by LeroyG #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/line-b…

Line-breaks in Calc where I don't want them

I have LibreOffice 24.2.1.2 (X86_64). On this version only, I have a problem. In Calc, I would like to write information in cells using line breaks at specific points (Ctrl Enter). When I double-cl...

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When I create a comment, the words “unknown author” appears in the comment box. How do I change that to my name, initials, or nickname? A #greatanswer by Lupp #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/when-i…

When I create a comment, the words "unknown author" appears in the comment box. How do I change...

How do I change the author in the comment box? Now it says “unknown author.” I want to use my name or initials or nickname. How do I do that?

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Footer taking more space? A #greatanswer by EarnestAl #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/footer…

Footer taking more space

when inserting a page number: there is a white space between the page number and the page borders. bism1.ott (13.3 KB) is there a way to let the page number in the footer on the top of the page...

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Export from calc as pdf produces truncated file? A #greatanswer by Wanderer #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/export…

Export from calc as pdf produces truncated file

This is a ‘family tree’. It is a single CALC file, with ~200 sheets… one master sheet with ~199 links to the other sheets. When I Export to PDF with range ALL, the links are functional, each leading...

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Change the default header styles for all new documents? A #greatanswer by ajlittoz #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/change…

Change the default header styles for all new documents

I know it is possible to clone a heading style and modify it for the document I am currently in, but I do not know how to make these changes global for all new documents. For example, Heading 1...

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How to download the help file? A #greatanswer by robleyd #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-to…

How to download the help file

help not downloaded at install how can I get the file?

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Conditional formatting: highlighting duplicates across an array? A #greatanswer by mikekaganski #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/condit…

Conditional formatting: highlighting duplicates across an array

LO 24.8.3.2 macOS 12.7.6 In a sheet with 50 rows and columns A to F, I need Calc to highlight (= apply a cell style to) any four horizontally adjacent cells in columns A to D that are duplicates. So...

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COUNTA counts empty strings in array? A #greatanswer by PKG #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/counta…

COUNTA counts empty strings in array

Version: 24.8.0.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0bdf1299c94fe897b119f97f3c613e9dca6be583 CPU threads: 4; OS: macOS 13.6.9; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL.UTF-8);...

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How do I change the default font? A #greatanswer by PaulaO #LibreOffice #hepl ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-do…

How do I change the default font

How do I change the default font?

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Macro Calc: Convert column to date - similar “Text to Columns…”? A #greatanswer by karolus #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/macro-…

Macro Calc: Convert column to date - similar "Text to Columns..."

How to make a macro similar to the behavior of the command Main menu> Data> Text to Columns… Have a lot of data that comes from a csv, some columns are dates but they are in text format. I need to...

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How can i get a watermark in my pdf’s using LO command line? A #greatanswer by mikekaganski #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-ca…

How can i get a watermark in my pdf's using LO commandline

I am generating Pdf’s from office files, but I would also like to see if I could configure a watermark and if how how could I passed these parameters to my input file and the LO exe. Thank you for...

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How to assure 2 columns are not sorted separately? A #greatanswer by mariosv #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-to…

How to assure 2 columns are not sorted separately

I have a CALC sheet and frequently have to sort. 4 columns, MANY* rows. How can I assure that Col B and Col C are BOTH sorted and that neither can be sorted without the other? As always, Thank you,...

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Background color not working? A #greatanswer by mariosv #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/backgr…

Background color not working!

I see many others have posted here. I have a new install of Ubuntu 24.04 and a new install of Libre office. In the past, on other machines, when I have clicked on the background on the tool bar, and...

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Padding borders in cm? A #greatanswer by robleyd #LibreOffice #help ask.libreoffice.org/t/paddin…

Padding borders in cm?

How do I get the padding of the borders in cm (not in inches!)?

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