Fields in LibreOffice Writer allow you to add data that changes to a document, such as the current date or total number of pages in a document, and to insert and calculate formulas. By default, fields are highlighted in gray. You can hide the shading if you don’t want fields to be highlighted. The color […]
LibreOffice 5.3 hides a hidden, Microsoft Office-style ‘Ribbon’ interface — but here’s how to enable it. It seems the feature has been lurking behind the scenes in the open-source office suite a little while, but as LibreOffice isn’t something I use regularly (much less poke around in) I didn’t know it was coming until today. Reader […]
By default, LibreOffice saves files in the Open Document Format (ODF). However, it also reads and writes files in Microsoft Office formats (DOC and DOCX). If you collaborate with others on Microsoft Office documents, but you use LibreOffice, you can choose to always save files as Microsoft Office files to make it easier to exchange […]
LibreOffice has many useful features, but you can add even more. Much like Firefox add-ons or Chrome extensions, you can add extensions to LibreOffice to expand its capabilities. For example, there are extensions that add an enhanced Find & Replace dialog box for Writer (AltSearch), a grammar checker for Writer (Lightproof), a Calendar for Calc, a floating Search […]
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