Faq/General/en

Installation / Updates

 * How to install LibreOffice?
 * How to change the icons on the buttons?
 * Is there any PDF documentation available for users?
 * On which platforms can you run LibreOffice?
 * What are the system requirements for LibreOffice?
 * What is the latest important information available for any given version?
 * Where can I find patches for LibreOffice?
 * LibreOffice user profile
 * I cannot install LibreOffice on Windows 10 Fall Creators update (1709) or later?
 * General Installation Issues (Windows)
 * "api-ms-win-*.dll is missing" error message when starting LibreOffice
 * Can I only install individual components of LibreOffice suite, like Writer without Calc?

Extensions

 * What is an extension?
 * Where do I find extensions?
 * How to install an extension?
 * How to install extra dictionaries?
 * How to uninstall an extension?
 * How to remove dictionaries I don't need?

Startup

 * How to stop the splash logo from displaying on start-up?
 * How to remove the following error message : ?
 * When I try to open LibreOffice on a Windows system deployed using sysprep, it hangs for several minutes

Compatibility / Formats

 * How do I set the "Notebookbar" look?
 * Page layout is not the same between Windows and Linux. Why?
 * How to read a file that asks for a filter upon opening?
 * Is LibreOffice compatible with the file formats of MS-Office, OpenOffice.org and StarOffice?
 * Editable Pdfs. How to create a hybrid PDF? (text and Youtube video)
 * How to open files from MS-Office 2007 or 2010 (.DOCX, .XLSX,...)?
 * How to activate support for Asian languages?
 * How to change the default format for saving documents?
 * Is there a tool for globally converting documents to the Open Document format?
 * What is the file format used by LibreOffice?
 * LibreOffice and XML
 * Using the --convert-to functionality on MS-Windows 10

Functionality

 * What are the differences between OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice?
 * What are the differences between StarOffice, Oracle Open Office and LibreOffice?
 * What are the functional differences between Word and Writer?
 * What is Java used for in LibreOffice?
 * How to install Java (JRE/JDK) so that LibreOffice could use it?
 * Feature Comparison of LibreOffice and MS Office (non official)
 * Comparison of LibreOffice and MS Office terminology (in French)

Display

 * The toolbar button icons do not display properly.
 * How to change the way the help looks (fonts...)?
 * How to change the look of the LibreOffice buttons?
 * How to set the zoom for display?
 * How to display a document in side-by-side page view?
 * When I put colour in a text, it is displayed as black, but printed as colour
 * How can I configure LibreOffice so that no documents or images are displayed in the Start Center?

Dictionaries

 * How to add extra dictionaries?
 * How to remove dictionaries I don't use?
 * How to create a personal dictionary from a list of words?
 * Spell-checking doesn't work !

Accessibility

 * How to configure Oracle JRE and "Java Accessibility Bridge" for use in Windows?
 * How do I get LibreOffice to load on Windows start-up?

Miscellaneous

 * Can LibreOffice be used on a commercial or professional basis?
 * How to contact the people at LibreOffice?
 * How to change the email client used by LibreOffice?
 * How to obtain missing fonts (Arial, Verdana, ...)?
 * How to configure the LibreOffice MIME type with an Apache server?
 * How to find out the version number information for LibreOffice?
 * Are there any Easter Eggs in LibreOffice?
 * How to change the keyboard shortcuts?
 * What is the option Backup copy for and how do I recover a document?
 * How to save URLs as relative paths?
 * How are changes made to templates applied to documents?
 * I cannot save documents to user's Documents folder on Windows 10 Fall Creators update?
 * I have installed an offline help pack, but pressing F1 keeps telling me that offline help not installed.
 * LibreOffice hangs its process on window close and I can't open another instance (Windows).
 * How to escape characters?

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