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6 libreoffice - LibreOffice office suite
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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
26 loweb
27 lowriter
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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,
33 2010.
34 libreoffice is a shell script that sets up the environment and passes
36 the command line arguments to the soffice.bin binary.
37 Alternatively, the following helper scripts start the respective mod‐
39 ule:
40 sbase, scalc, sdraw, simpress, smath, sofficerc, swriter
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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.
48 --base Starts the wizard for a new Base document.
51 --calc Starts with a new Calc document.
54 --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.
61 Examples:
63 --convert-to pdf *.doc
65 Converts all .doc files to PDFs.
67 --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export --outdir /home/user *.doc
69 Converts all .doc files to PDFs using the settings in the Writer
71 PDF export dialog and saving them in /home/user.
72 --display display
75 This option specifies the X server to use; see X(7)
76 --draw Starts with a new Draw document.
79 --global
82 Starts with a new Global document.
83 --headless
86 Starts in "headless mode", which allows using the application
87 without user a interface.
88 This special mode can be used when the application is controlled
90 by external clients via the API.
91 It implies --invisible and strictly ignores any GUI environment.
93 --quickstart does not work with this parameter.
94 --help|-h|-?
97 Lists LibreOffice command line parameters.
98 --impress
101 Starts with a new Impress document.
102 --invisible
105 Starts in invisible mode.
106 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.
110 When started with this parameter, it can only be quit using the
112 taskmanager (Windows) or the kill command (UNIX based systems).
113 --quickstart does not work with this parameter.
115 --infilter="<filter>"
118 Force an input filter type if possible. For example --infil‐
119 ter="Calc Office Open XML" only
120 --math Starts with a new Math document.
123 --minimized
126 Keeps the splash screen minimized.
127 -n template...
130 Creates the a new document from the given templates.
131 --nodefault
134 Starts LO without creating a new document. The next time you
135 start LO, the welcome screen is shown.
136 It's used together with --nologo by quick starters. Note that
138 --quickstart has no longer been supported since OpenOffice.org
139 2.0.0.
140 --nolockcheck
143 Disables the check for remote instances using the installation.
144 --nologo
147 Disables the splash screen at program start.
148 --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.
154 --nosplash
157 Disables the splash screen at program start.
158 -o file...
161 Opens the given files for editing, even templates.
162 Without -o a template file would create a new document derived
164 from that template.
165 -p file...
168 Prints the given files to the default printer and ends. The
169 splash screen does not appear.
170 If the file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in
172 quotation marks.
173 --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
180 for the converted files.
181 Examples:
183 --print-to-file *.doc
185 Prints all .doc files to the current working directory using the
187 default printer.
188 --print-to-file --printer-name nasty_lowres_printer --outdir
190 /home/user *.doc
191 Prints all .doc files to /home/user directory using the
193 nasty_lowres_printer.
194 --pt printername file...
197 Prints the given files to the printer printername and ends. The
198 splash screen does not appear.
199 If a file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in quo‐
201 tation marks.
202 --quickstart --quickstart=no
205 Starts LO with its quick starter. --quickstart disable the
206 quick starter.
207 Does not work with --invisible or --headless.
209 --show Impress file...
212 Opens the given Impress files, starts the presentation and quits
213 after they have finished.
214 --unaccept=accept-string
217 Closes an acceptor that was created with --accept option.
218 Use --unaccept=all to close all open acceptors.
220 --terminate_after_init
223 Starts LO and terminates after it registers some UNO services.
224 Doesn't show the splash during startup.
225 --view file...
228 Opens the given files read-only creating a temporary copy of
229 them at $TMPDIR.
230 --web Starts with a new HTML document.
233 --writer
236 Starts with a new Writer document.
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240 See http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport for more details on
241 how to report bugs in LibreOffice.
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244 http://www.documentfoundation.org/
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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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