Today, a very simple tip, for all those people who are using LibreOffice and own a mouse with a scroll wheel (today, most mice have a scroll wheel, or are able to mimic the behavior of a scroll wheel).
LibreOffice allows to zoom a document from 20% (very tiny) to 600% (very large), independently from the application (Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw), by pressing the Control key on the keyboard and rotating the scroll wheel.…
LibreOffice has a comprehensive AutoCorrect feature, which can be accessed from the menu Tools > AutoCorrect Options… The command opens a dialog window with five tabs: Replace, Exceptions, Options, Localized Options, and Word Completion. Replace provides a list of symbols and words which might be entered using the wrong character or misspelled, and will be corrected automatically once entered.…
LibreOffice Impress allows to create a nice Photo Album with a few clicks of the mouse. First, you open an empty presentation. Second, you access the feature with Insert > Media > Photo Album. Third, you press the Add button to select your pictures from your hard disk. Fourth, you choose your options (slide layout, caption, aspect ratio) and then press Insert Slides to create the Photo Album, and – in a few seconds – you get the final product.…
Save Impress Slides as Images
LibreOffice allows to export single Impress slides as images, by accessing the menu File > Export…, and then by choosing one of the available file formats. Using this feature, exporting all the slides of an Impress presentation is a rather tedious operation.
Luckily, there is a LibreOffice extension which allows to export all slides as images in a single operation.…
We are approaching the end of 2015. We have decided to celebrate the month of December with our own version of the Advent Calendar: one simple tip per day, to make the use of LibreOffice more enjoyable or more productive.
Today, December 1, we start by pointing LibreOffice users to Ask LibreOffice and to the FAQ on TDF Wiki.…
During the Aarhus Conference, we have organized the usual group picture to celebrate the community, leveraging the architectural features of the DOKK1.
We have gathered on one of the large staircases leading to the first floor of the building, which were the ideal setting for a group picture.
To the surprise of the group, in addition to the usual camera picture, Dennis Borup Jakobsen has organized a “drone” session, to get a different view of the community, as seen from the sky.…