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how to use libreoffice --headless export more than one png image from ppt or pptx
I use libreoffice export images, command like: $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to png ./ /tmp/example.ppt but this command only export one page, is first page image, how can export few image or specify page image?
I use libreoffice export images, command like:
$ libreoffice --headless --convert-to png ./ /tmp/example.ppt
but this command only export one page, is first page image, how can export few image or specify page image?
user160454
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Mar 10, 2016, 09:14 AM
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On a Linux machine with JDK 11 that is used for development, how should I satisfy OpenOffice's requirement for JRE?
On a Linux machine that has JDK 11 installed, what should I do to allow OpenOffice to run? As it stands right now, it throws this error: /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice: line 121: 18205 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$sd_prog/$sd_binary" "$@" `java -XshowSettings:properties -version` shows this:...
On a Linux machine that has JDK 11 installed, what should I do to allow OpenOffice to run?
As it stands right now, it throws this error:
/opt/openoffice4/program/soffice: line 121: 18205 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$sd_prog/$sd_binary" "$@"
java -XshowSettings:properties -version shows this:
java.home = /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.7.10-0.fc30.x86_64
This machine previously had JavaSE 8 JDK installed, and OpenOffice worked. Then Java SE JDK was wiped clean, and JDK 11 installed. Since then OO did not work.
SuperAl
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Jul 19, 2024, 12:59 PM
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Failed Dependencies When Trying to Install OpenOffice
I'm using Fedora 37. I am new to Linux, and I am not very good with technical Linux terms and advanced commands. I only know the VERY basics. I am trying to install OpenOffice via RPM packages. Here is the command I entered to install the RPMs: sudo rpm -i *.rpm When I do this, I get the following e...
I'm using Fedora 37. I am new to Linux, and I am not very good with technical Linux terms and advanced commands. I only know the VERY basics. I am trying to install OpenOffice via RPM packages. Here is the command I entered to install the RPMs:
sudo rpm -i *.rpm
When I do this, I get the following error:
error: Failed dependencies:
openoffice4.1.13-suse-menus conflicts with openoffice4.1.13-freedesktop-menus-4.1.13-9810.noarch
openoffice4.1.13-redhat-menus conflicts with openoffice4.1.13-freedesktop-menus-4.1.13-9810.noarch
openoffice4.1.13-mandriva-menus conflicts with openoffice4.1.13-freedesktop-menus-4.1.13-9810.noarch
mandrake-release is needed by openoffice4.1.13-mandriva-menus-4.1.13-9810.noarch
redhat-release is needed by openoffice4.1.13-redhat-menus-4.1.13-9810.noarch
/etc/SuSE-release is needed by openoffice4.1.13-suse-menus-4.1.13-9810.noarch
I do not know why I have conflicting packages even though I don't have OpenOffice installed. I've tried to remove the conflicting packages, but it just spits out another error I do not understand. Am I doing something wrong? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Peter112
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Nov 26, 2022, 06:26 PM
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Can not open a file from nas for writing by openoffice
I have a NAS drive and several files in it. I can create files or delete files. I have a file with extension *.xslx and when I check the permission, I can see: ll total 5 drwx------ 1 m m 0 Apr 11 19:50 ./ drwx------ 1 m m 0 Apr 11 19:50 ../ -rwx------ 1 m m 4779 Apr 11 21:29 test.xlsx* when I want...
I have a NAS drive and several files in it.
I can create files or delete files.
I have a file with extension *.xslx and when I check the permission, I can see:
ll
total 5
drwx------ 1 m m 0 Apr 11 19:50 ./
drwx------ 1 m m 0 Apr 11 19:50 ../
-rwx------ 1 m m 4779 Apr 11 21:29 test.xlsx*
when I want to open this file with OpenOffice 7.1.2.2, I am getting an error that the file is open with other users and can not be opened for writing.
I can edit the file if I move it to the desktop. and copy it back to NAS drive (so it is not locked as I can write on it).
what is the problem and how can I fix it?
it should be noted that the NAS uses SAMBA 1.0 and I enabled it in ubuntu 20.04.
# Edit 1
there is no lock file:
ls -lart
total 5
drwx------ 1 m m 0 Apr 11 19:50 ..
drwx------ 1 m m 0 Apr 11 19:50 .
-rwx------ 1 m m 4779 Apr 11 21:29 test.xlsx
user654019
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Apr 11, 2021, 08:39 PM
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How to convert string to date with the accuracy of seconds?
I would like to convert a string into a date with the accuracy of seconds, for example: "12.12.2020 14:02". It seems that this is not possible? The DATEVALUE(datetext) culls the hours/mins/seconds information, and TIMEVALUE(datetext) culls the date information, leaving only hours, minutes and second...
I would like to convert a string into a date with the accuracy of seconds, for example: "12.12.2020 14:02".
It seems that this is not possible? The DATEVALUE(datetext) culls the hours/mins/seconds information, and TIMEVALUE(datetext) culls the date information, leaving only hours, minutes and seconds.
Is it possible to somehow combine date and time values, to use DATEVALUE and TIMEVALUE together, adding them up, converting to a date, with the accuracy of seconds?
A DATETIMEVALUE(datetext) function would come handy in this case, unfortunately it seems to not exist.
Miika Pirttilä
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Nov 14, 2020, 10:48 AM
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Replace missing fonts in OpenOffice
I have a Word document that uses fonts not available on my system. How can I globally replace these fonts? I've tried both Find/Replace (with formatting) and Tools / Options / OpenOffice / Fonts, but both of these only seem to support replacing one installed font with another -- typing the name of t...
I have a Word document that uses fonts not available on my system. How can I globally replace these fonts? I've tried both Find/Replace (with formatting) and Tools / Options / OpenOffice / Fonts, but both of these only seem to support replacing one installed font with another -- typing the name of the missing font in manually doesn't work.
David Moles
(416 rep)
Sep 3, 2014, 11:45 PM
• Last activity: Oct 30, 2020, 08:06 AM
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Linux PPTX presentation Viewer
Besides Open Office, is there any solution for opening `.pptx` presentations on Linux (Debian to be more precise)?
Besides Open Office, is there any solution for opening
.pptx presentations on Linux (Debian to be more precise)?
Razvan
(312 rep)
Oct 12, 2012, 08:00 PM
• Last activity: Jul 22, 2020, 05:48 AM
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How can I permenantly change language on Open Office?
I download Open Office and found `ooo_albanian_dict_1.6.2.oxt` (the language I need to use). Now though, every time I want to write in Albanian I have to change this setting [![enter image description here][1]][1] I tried going to **Preferences > Language Settings** and in `default languages for doc...
I download Open Office and found 
I tried going to **Preferences > Language Settings** and in
ooo_albanian_dict_1.6.2.oxt (the language I need to use).
Now though, every time I want to write in Albanian I have to change this setting
I tried going to **Preferences > Language Settings** and in default languages for documents Albanian is not there
It's anoying to have to make these changes every time I use Open Office.
relidon
(115 rep)
Jan 27, 2020, 07:18 AM
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Why are the indents visible? Did I press a button?
[![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/tMehU.png So there are dots for spaces and some character every time I hit enter... why are these showing?
So there are dots for spaces and some character every time I hit enter... why are these showing?
watercollider
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Nov 13, 2019, 11:40 PM
• Last activity: Nov 14, 2019, 11:05 AM
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How do I add an extra dictionary/ custom dictionary for fiction writing in Open Office?
[![picture of OpenOffice with right click menu open to adding new word to dictionary standard.dic][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/dtNam.png So as I add custom definition using my story, it's just adding them to Standard. Is there some way to split off custom words just for my fic?
So as I add custom definition using my story, it's just adding them to Standard. Is there some way to split off custom words just for my fic?
Watercolor
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Oct 6, 2019, 03:20 AM
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How to open Calc from terminal and insert files?
How to write a command to terminal in Linux that open LibreOffince Calc and inserts files in it? All files consist of one column.
How to write a command to terminal in Linux that open LibreOffince Calc and inserts files in it? All files consist of one column.
Lukáš Altman
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Apr 6, 2019, 05:47 AM
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Formula to convert UTC date time string to date/string in different timezone
I am getting date with time in UTC format. 2018-12-13T03:36:11+00:00 2018-12-10T19:26:48+00:00 I want to convert it to date in different timezone. So take above example and the target timezone is IST(GMT+5:30) then I should get date for each as follows. 2018-12-13 2018-12-11
I am getting date with time in UTC format.
2018-12-13T03:36:11+00:00
2018-12-10T19:26:48+00:00
I want to convert it to date in different timezone. So take above example and the target timezone is IST(GMT+5:30) then I should get date for each as follows.
2018-12-13
2018-12-11
Amit Patel
(111 rep)
Dec 13, 2018, 09:35 AM
• Last activity: Dec 13, 2018, 09:44 AM
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Is it possible to feed Open Office via STDIN?
I have an Open Office Spreadsheet document stored inside a bash variable. I want to do something like the following to feed Open Office via `STDIN`: echo "$openOfficeDoc" | ooffice But it doesn't work. *Note:* The content of the bash variable must not be written to disk. I'll emphasize that I'm tryi...
I have an Open Office Spreadsheet document stored inside a bash variable. I want to do something like the following to feed Open Office via
STDIN:
echo "$openOfficeDoc" | ooffice
But it doesn't work.
*Note:* The content of the bash variable must not be written to disk.
I'll emphasize that I'm trying to pass to Open Office the actual data of the file.
I'm trying to store passwords in an Open Office Spreadsheet file. The passwords are encrypted using GPG. I don't want the passwords to be written to disk for security reasons.
The bash variable value is a binary blob of an Open Office Spreadsheet document. It is **not** ASCII.
The bash code I used to create the blob is:
data=$(cat "Encrypted.gpg" | gpg -u "Dor" -d)
While Encrypted.gpg is an encrypted file of an Open Office Spreadsheet.
Is it possible to feed Open Office via STDIN?
Dor
(2635 rep)
Sep 17, 2013, 05:22 PM
• Last activity: Dec 3, 2018, 09:43 AM
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Install OpenOffice from cmd line Redhat Linux 6
I stupidly removed OpenOffice from my work laptop and have not managed to re-install it . As it is a work laptop, I have no internet access (just intranet) so I can't download it directly. I downloaded the repository of OpenOffice from a YUM server but can't get OpenOffice to open any spreadsheets....
I stupidly removed OpenOffice from my work laptop and have not managed to re-install it .
As it is a work laptop, I have no internet access (just intranet) so I can't download it directly.
I downloaded the repository of OpenOffice from a YUM server but can't get OpenOffice to open any spreadsheets.
Any ideas where to go from here?
Just some more information: I used
yum install openoffice and then checked that the rpm was there by typing rpm -q openoffice. Also the openoffice directory is there but I think that's from the original install.
Bog Walrus
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Jun 28, 2015, 12:01 PM
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KDE Plasma 5 on Fedora 22 - clicking desktop link to .odt (or .doc) file fails to launch OpenOffice
Recently this started happening for no apparent reason: If I click a desktop link to a .odt or .doc file (and presumably others), I get a warning dialog that says: This will start the program openoffice4 -writer %U If you do not trust this program, click cancel If I click "continue", then I get a di...
Recently this started happening for no apparent reason: If I click a desktop link to a .odt or .doc file (and presumably others), I get a warning dialog that says:
This will start the program
openoffice4 -writer %U
If you do not trust this program, click cancel
If I click "continue", then I get a dialog with this error message:
Unable to make the service OpenOffice 4.1.1 Writer executable, aborting execution
This was working fine for a year or so, and only just suddenly start showing this behavior. I didn't make any changes that I can think of, that should affect this. The googling I've done to date doesn't turn up anything helpful either.
Any idea on how to resolve this? If it helps, I can start openoffice just fine from the command line, and Iv'e confirmed that the program files in /opt/openoffice4 (like swriter, etc) have the executable bit set. And the current user is the owner of those files as well.
mindcrime
(111 rep)
May 6, 2016, 08:01 PM
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Password-protect a LibreOffice or OpenOffice ODT file from Bash
From a Bash terminal in a popular GNU/Linux distro, how can a non-password-protected [OpenDocument Text (.odt)](OpenDocument Text) document be transformed into a password-protected one? Unfortunately, the LibreOffice man-page does not even contain the string "password", so is not much help here. I d...
From a Bash terminal in a popular GNU/Linux distro, how can a non-password-protected [OpenDocument Text (.odt)](OpenDocument Text) document be transformed into a password-protected one?
Unfortunately, the LibreOffice man-page does not even contain the string "password", so is not much help here.
I do not wish to wrap the file in an encrypted container such as a [ZIP file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_%28file_format%29) that will require it to be extracted before it can be opened by LibreOffice. It is important the the recipient of the file will be able to open it without needing anything except LibreOffice and knowledge of the file's password.
I would prefer to achieve the desired result using LibreOffice itself and/or standard GNU/Linux utilities, if possible. Otherwise, I would prefer to use only free software applications that are commonly packaged for GNU/Linux distros.
user6860
Mar 26, 2017, 04:50 PM
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Color cells based on text value in LibreOffice Calc
I have a column of containing the days of the week. |dow | |----| |Tue | |Wed | |Thu | |Thu | I would like to color the background of each day differently. So every Mon would have the same color and every Tue would have the same color etc. I don't care what colors each day has. I just want them to b...
I have a column of containing the days of the week.
|dow |
|----|
|Tue |
|Wed |
|Thu |
|Thu |
I would like to color the background of each day differently. So every Mon would have the same color and every Tue would have the same color etc. I don't care what colors each day has. I just want them to be different.
Will Humphreys
(163 rep)
Mar 15, 2017, 08:40 PM
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Converting .odm to .odt or .pdf - command line
I saw this question: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/144054/converting-odm-to-odt, where someone shows to convert an `.odm` file into `.odt` or `.pdf`. Is there also a way to do this in a command line? I have an Open Document Master file, which has a link to two external files, but when I t...
I saw this question: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/144054/converting-odm-to-odt , where someone shows to convert an
.odm file into .odt or .pdf. Is there also a way to do this in a command line?
I have an Open Document Master file, which has a link to two external files, but when I type:
soffice --headless --convert-to pdf master.odm
Then I only see a blank file. The same when I first try to convert into odt and then into pdf:
soffice --headless --convert-to odt master.odm
soffice --headless --convert-to pdf master.odt
devopsfun
(1447 rep)
Jun 10, 2016, 01:31 PM
• Last activity: Nov 23, 2016, 02:28 PM
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Search for variable in OpenOffice/LibreOffice
I am using OpenOffice.org Writer to write a book. I foresee the possibility of some characters' names changing, so I am using variables where their names go `"Insert > Fields > Other"`. However, I find that I cannot do a quick text search in the document to find the places I have used these variable...
I am using OpenOffice.org Writer to write a book. I foresee the possibility of some characters' names changing, so I am using variables where their names go
"Insert > Fields > Other". However, I find that I cannot do a quick text search in the document to find the places I have used these variables, how would I go about doing that?
insaner
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Oct 1, 2014, 06:54 PM
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choose ODF vs OOXML
I just found out about the "war" between ODF and OOXML and I was wondering which was "winning" and whether I should support one over the other in an project that I am about to start up soon. I have a bias toward The Document Foundation as I used to contribute to LibreOffice, but that does not mean t...
I just found out about the "war" between ODF and OOXML and I was wondering which was "winning" and whether I should support one over the other in an project that I am about to start up soon. I have a bias toward The Document Foundation as I used to contribute to LibreOffice, but that does not mean that choosing them is the best business decision.
Does it matter? Should I support one? both?choose ODF vs OOXML
Andrew Pullins
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Apr 11, 2016, 01:34 AM
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