1libreoffice(1)                   User Commands                  libreoffice(1)
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Name

6       libreoffice - LibreOffice office suite
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SYNOPSIS

10       libreoffice  [--accept=accept-string]  [--base]  [--calc] [--convert-to
11       output_file_extension[:output_filter_name]    [--outdir     output_dir]
12       file]...    [--display   display]   [--draw]   [--global]  [--headless]
13       [--help|-h|-?]   [--impress]   [--invisible]    [--infilter="<filter>"]
14       [--math]   [--minimized]  [-n  file]...  [--nodefault]  [--nolockcheck]
15       [--nologo] [--norestore] [-o file]...  [-p  file...]   [--print-to-file
16       [--printer-name  printer_name]  [--outdir  output_dir]  file]...  [--pt
17       printername    file...]     [--show    Impress    file]...     [--unac‐
18       cept=accept-string]  [--terminate_after_init]  [--view file]... [--web]
19       [--writer]  [file...]
20       lobase
21       localc
22       lodraw
23       lofromtemplate
24       loimpress
25       lomath
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DESCRIPTION

31       LibreOffice (LO for short)  is  a  multi-platform  office  productivity
32       suite.   It  was  derived from OpenOffice.org 3.3 Beta on September 28,
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35       libreoffice is a shell script that sets up the environment  and  passes
36       the command line arguments to the soffice.bin binary.
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38       Alternatively,  the  following helper scripts start the respective mod‐
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41       sbase, scalc, sdraw, simpress, smath, sofficerc, swriter
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OPTIONS

45       --accept=accept-string
46              Specify a UNO connect-string to create a  UNO  acceptor  through
47              which other programs can connect to access the API.
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50       --base Starts the wizard for a new Base document.
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56       --convert-to  output_file_extension[:output_filter_name] [--outdir out‐
57       put_dir] file...
58              Batch converts files.  If --outdir is  not  specified  then  the
59              current  working  directory  is used as the output directory for
60              the converted files. It implies --headless.
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64              --convert-to pdf *.doc
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66              Converts all .doc files to PDFs.
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68              --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export --outdir /home/user *.doc
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70              Converts all .doc files to PDFs using the settings in the Writer
71              PDF export dialog and saving them in /home/user.
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74       --display display
75              This option specifies the X server to use; see X(7)
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86              Starts  in  "headless  mode", which allows using the application
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89              This special mode can be used when the application is controlled
90              by external clients via the API.
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92              It implies --invisible and strictly ignores any GUI environment.
93              --quickstart does not work with this parameter.
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96       --help|-h|-?
97              Lists LibreOffice command line parameters.
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101              Starts with a new Impress document.
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105              Starts in invisible mode.
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107              Neither the start-up logo nor the initial program window will be
108              visible.   LO can be controlled and documents and dialogs can be
109              opened via the API.
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111              When started with this parameter, it can only be quit using  the
112              taskmanager (Windows) or the kill command (UNIX based systems).
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117       --infilter="<filter>"
118              Force  an  input  filter type if possible.  For example --infil‐
119              ter="Calc Office Open XML" only
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129       -n template...
130              Creates the a new document from the given templates.
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133       --nodefault
134              Starts LO without creating a new document.  The  next  time  you
135              start LO, the welcome screen is shown.
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137              It's  used  together  with --nologo by quick starters. Note that
138              --quickstart has no longer been supported  since  OpenOffice.org
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143              Disables the check for remote instances using the installation.
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147              Disables the splash screen at program start.
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150       --norestore
151              Disables  restart  and file recovery after a system crash. It is
152              possible that LO will try to restore a file  it  keeps  crashing
153              on, if that happens --norestore is the only way to start LO.
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157              Disables the splash screen at program start.
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160       -o file...
161              Opens the given files for editing, even templates.
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163              Without  -o  a template file would create a new document derived
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167       -p file...
168              Prints the given files to the  default  printer  and  ends.  The
169              splash screen does not appear.
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171              If  the  file  name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in
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175       --print-to-file  [--printer-name  printer_name]  [--outdir  output_dir]
176       file...
177              Batch  print  files to file.  If --printer-name is not specified
178              the default printer is used.  If --outdir is not specified  then
179              the  current  working  directory is used as the output directory
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186              Prints all .doc files to the current working directory using the
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189              --print-to-file   --printer-name  nasty_lowres_printer  --outdir
190              /home/user *.doc
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192              Prints  all  .doc  files  to  /home/user  directory  using   the
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196       --pt printername file...
197              Prints  the given files to the printer printername and ends. The
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200              If a file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in quo‐
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204       --quickstart --quickstart=no
205              Starts  LO  with  its  quick  starter.  --quickstart disable the
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208              Does not work with --invisible or --headless.
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211       --show Impress file...
212              Opens the given Impress files, starts the presentation and quits
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216       --unaccept=accept-string
217              Closes an acceptor that was created with --accept option.
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222       --terminate_after_init
223              Starts  LO  and terminates after it registers some UNO services.
224              Doesn't show the splash during startup.
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227       --view file...
228              Opens the given files read-only creating  a  temporary  copy  of
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232       --web  Starts with a new HTML document.
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236              Starts with a new Writer document.
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TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS

240       See  http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport  for  more details on
241       how to report bugs in LibreOffice.
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SEE ALSO

244       http://www.documentfoundation.org/
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AUTHOR

248       This manual page was created by Rene  Engelhard  <rene@debian.org>  for
249       the  Debian  GNU/Linux  Distribution, because the original package does
250       not  have  one.  It   was   updated   for   Novell   by   Petr   Mladek
251       <petr.mladek@novell.com>  and  adapted for LibreOffice by Philipp Weis‐
252       senbacher <philipp.weissenbacher@gmail.com>.
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