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              Specifies a UNO-URL connect-string  to  create  a  UNO  acceptor
47              through which other programs can connect to access the API. Note
48              that API access allows execution  of  arbitrary  commands.   The
49              syntax   of   a   UNO-URL   connect-string  is:  uno:connection-
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53       --base Starts the wizard for a new Base document.
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56       --calc Starts with a new Calc document.
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59       --convert-to output_file_extension[:output_filter_name] [--outdir  out‐
60       put_dir] file...
61              Batch  converts  files.   If  --outdir is not specified then the
62              current working directory is used as the  output  directory  for
63              the converted files. It implies --headless.
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67              --convert-to pdf *.doc
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69              Converts all .doc files to PDFs.
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71              --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export --outdir /home/user *.doc
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73              Converts all .doc files to PDFs using the settings in the Writer
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77       --display display
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89              Starts in "headless mode", which allows  using  the  application
90              without user a interface.
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92              This special mode can be used when the application is controlled
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95              It implies --invisible and strictly ignores any GUI environment.
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99       --help|-h|-?
100              Lists LibreOffice command line parameters.
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108              Starts in invisible mode.
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110              Neither the start-up logo nor the initial program window will be
111              visible.  LO can be controlled and documents and dialogs can  be
112              opened via the API.
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114              When  started with this parameter, it can only be quit using the
115              taskmanager (Windows) or the kill command (UNIX based systems).
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121              Force an input filter type if possible.   For  example  --infil‐
122              ter="Calc Office Open XML" only
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132       -n template...
133              Creates the a new document from the given templates.
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137              Starts  LO  without  creating a new document.  The next time you
138              start LO, the welcome screen is shown.
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140              It's used together with --nologo by quick  starters.  Note  that
141              --quickstart  has  no longer been supported since OpenOffice.org
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145       --nolockcheck
146              Disables the check for remote instances using the installation.
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150              Disables the splash screen at program start.
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153       --norestore
154              Disables restart and file recovery after a system crash.  It  is
155              possible  that  LO  will try to restore a file it keeps crashing
156              on, if that happens --norestore is the only way to start LO.
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163       -o file...
164              Opens the given files for editing, even templates.
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166              Without -o a template file would create a new  document  derived
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170       -p file...
171              Prints  the  given  files  to  the default printer and ends. The
172              splash screen does not appear.
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174              If the file name contains spaces, then it must  be  enclosed  in
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178       --print-to-file  [--printer-name  printer_name]  [--outdir  output_dir]
179       file...
180              Batch print files to file.  If --printer-name is  not  specified
181              the  default printer is used.  If --outdir is not specified then
182              the current working directory is used as  the  output  directory
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187              --print-to-file *.doc
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189              Prints all .doc files to the current working directory using the
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192              --print-to-file  --printer-name  nasty_lowres_printer   --outdir
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195              Prints   all  .doc  files  to  /home/user  directory  using  the
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199       --pt printername file...
200              Prints the given files to the printer printername and ends.  The
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203              If a file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in quo‐
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207       --quickstart --quickstart=no
208              Starts LO with its  quick  starter.   --quickstart  disable  the
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211              Does not work with --invisible or --headless.
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214       --show Impress file...
215              Opens the given Impress files, starts the presentation and quits
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220              Closes an acceptor that was created with --accept option.
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226              Starts LO and terminates after it registers some  UNO  services.
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231              Opens  the  given  files  read-only creating a temporary copy of
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235       --web  Starts with a new HTML document.
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239              Starts with a new Writer document.
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TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS

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

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

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