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Chapter 2.2.1 LibreOffice
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LibreOffice is the default open source full office suite for Lubuntu. In the menu there are shortcuts to different LibreOffice applications and your recently used files.
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Usage
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To open a recently used file in LibreOffice they are shown in the main part of the window by pressing the :guilabel:`Recent Documents` button or :menuselection:`File --> Recent Documents`. To clear your recent documents left click the arrow next to :guilabel:`Recent Documents` and select :menuselection:`Clear Recent Documents` or :menuselection:`File --> Recent Documents --> Clear List`. If you do not want a particular recent document shown in the center press the :guilabel:`x` button in the top right corner of that file. To open a program or to create a file from a file dialog are along the left hand column under the :guilabel:`Create` header. To open a particular file press the :guilabel:`Open File` button, press :kbd:`Control+ O`, or :menuselection:`File --> Open`. To start a new document from a template press the :guilabel:`Templates` button and left click on the template you want. To choose a subcategory of tmeplates click the downward pointing arrow next to :guilabel:`Templates`.
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To close LibreOffice press :kbd:`Conntrol+ Q`.
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LibreOffice all of the different components have a window menu that lets you switch between a document in LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice Calc. To do this go to :menuselection:`Window` and select the window that you want to switch to.
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LibreOffice if you shutdown without saving your work LibreOffice will automatically recover the document. If you do not want to recover a document press the :guilabel:`Discard` button. If you want to automatically recover the document press the :guilabel:`Start` button. To finish recovery press the :guilabel:`Finish` button. If document recovery keeps on failing and won't launch run on the command line
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.. code::
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libreoffice --norestore
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from the command line to stop crashes at document recovery.
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.. image:: loffice-restore.png
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If you are about to close a document without saving it in LibreOffice a dialog will popup asking :guilabel:`Save changes to document before closing?`. If you do not want to save what you were working on press the :guilabel:`Don't Save` button. To not quit LibreOffice press the :guilabel:`Cancel` button. To Save the document to not lose your work press the :guilabel:`Save` button.
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On non-English Lubuntu 22.04 installations there is a bug with Libreoffice not being localized see `here <https://discourse.lubuntu.me/t/using-a-language-other-than-english-heres-how-to-get-libreoffice-in-your-language/3269>`_ for a workaround.
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Screenshot
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.. image:: libreoffice.png
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Version
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Lubuntu ships with version 7.3.2 of LibreOffice.
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How to Launch
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From the menu :menuselection:`Office --> LibreOffice` to launch LibreOffice or run
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.. code::
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libreoffice
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from the command line. The icon for LibreOffice is a white piece of paper with a folded right hand corner.
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