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Word-processor component of the LibreOffice office suite

LibreOffice Writer is the component of the suite (free software) that is compatible with other major office suites. LibreOffice Writer lets you design and produce text documents that can include graphics, tables, or charts.

Documents can be saved in different formats, including the standardized format (ODF), Microsoft Word .doc format, , and .

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Multiple text alignments on one line in Libre Office

Is it possible to have multiple text alignments on one line in Libre Office? Something like: | | |left centre right| | | | | | …
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Preventing LibreOffice from using smart quotes (“ ”) instead of (dumb) straight quotes?

I use LibreOffice Calc to make lists of programs with different parameters to run on an hpc cluster. For each batch of commands I must do a find and replace on the smart quotes, as they cause errors in command line arguments. It would be nice to cut…
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Make LibreOffice Writer insert pictures "as character" by default?

When I paste an image into LibreOffice Writer, it is anchored "To paragraph" by default (as shown in the image right click menu -> Picture... -> Type -> Anchor). Of course I can change this on a per-image basis, but I almost always want to use…
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LibreOffice Writer: How to apply strikethrough text formatting?

Version: LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 Is it possible to apply strikethrough text formatting in LibreOffice Writer?
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How to get code block with syntax highlighting into LibreOffice Writer

I am using Linux. I want to write small pieces of code and paste them into LibreOffice Writer. I do not care too much about which code editor to use, although preferably it would be ViM or Sublime Text 3. I have tried several avenues, but all of…
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Insert > Horizontal rule is missing in LibreOffice 4.0

I'm probably one of the few who uses this, but I use it a lot. After my upgrade to LibreOffice 4.0, the Horizontal rule menu item is missing from the Writer Insert menu. Where did it go? How can I get it back?
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How to search and replace for special characters in LibreOffice / OpenOffice Writer?

I love LibreOffice / OpenOffice, but some tasks cannot be done in it, such as is mentioned in this question's title, to search and replace for special characters in Writer. Does anyone know how to do this? This can be done with MS Word (for…
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How to configure own shortcuts for styles?

When I Ctrl+B a selected text, it will become bold. Alas, this style is directly formatted, which means it gets lost once I default via Ctrl+M. Yet whenever I reset the whole document, I only want it to lose some other direct styles, that I…
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How can I add fancy borders to the entire page in LibreOffice Writer?

This seems to be a limitation to Writer, but I thought I'd ask anyway here, on the off chance someone has figured this out, and I'm missing something basic. I'd like to add borders, such as stars or diamonds, to a Writer document but I only see very…
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Exporting vector graphics from Inkscape into Libreoffice

I'm trying to export a reasonably complex illustration from Inkscape into a Libreoffice Writer document. I'd like to avoid rasterizing the illustration as much as possible. So far I've tried the following: Inkscape SVG, Plain SVG, SVG with…
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How can I open PDF files in LibreOffice Writer rather than Draw?

Some websites offer conversion of PDFs int DOCX or ODT files; and I think Adobe Acrobat (at least the full version) offers an export functionality to all sorts of formats. But in LibreOffice, if I open a PDF files, it opens in Draw. Now, Draw is…
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Automatically removing linebreaks in LibreOffice Writer

Often I find that I copy text from a gedit (linux) text editor document into a word processor like LibreOffice Writer. Of course I have hard linebreaks coded into the text. How can I do a search and replace to reflow the text in LibreOffice Writer?…
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How do I set a background image in LibreOffice Writer 5?

I want to set an image as a background for the page in LibreOffice Writer 5. I found plenty of articles on the web, including in the LibreOffice documentation, however, they are not helpful, because apparently that whole area of the application was…
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Change page orientation of one specific page

I want to change the page orientation of one particular page in my LibreOffice document. I have followed the instructions given on the LibreOffice wiki, specifically To change the page orientation for all pages that share the same page style, you…
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Why do images copied to Libre Office Writer look so pixelated?

When you copy this image and paste it (via drag and drop from Google Chrome) to Libre Office Writer (4.3.3.2) you get: Why is this so pixelated / fuzzy? Somehow it does not copy the original image. How can I tell it to copy it in the original…
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