7:38 PM
Recently, I wrote about COOoder, an extension for LibreOffice or OpenOffice which allows us to beautify source code of many programming languages. Today, I'd like to inform you about an extension to put Holy Quran verses in your LibreOffice or OpenOffice document. Let's get started.
Downloading the extensionMake sure you have LibreOffice or OpenOffice installed on your system. Please download the extension
here and select the latest version available.
Installing the extensionInside the archive of downloaded file, you will find two files: font (*.ttf) and the extension (*.oxt). Before installing the extension, please make sure the font included in the archive is installed correctly. If you have no idea on how to install font in Ubuntu, simply type the following command:
- cp ScheherazadeRegOT.ttf ~/.fonts/
- fc-cache -f -v
Once the font installed correctly, now it's time install the extension. Please open LibreOffice or OpenOffice and navigate to "
Tools > Extension Manager" then click "
Add...".
Now, locate the *.oxt file you have downloaded.
ConfigurationIn order to make LibreOffice or OpenOffice displays Arabic text correctly (from right to left), we have to enable complex text layout. In LibreOffice or OpenOffice navigate to "
Tools > Option > Language Settings > Languages", tick "
Enabled for complex text layout" and select "
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)" under CTL option.
Restart the application and you should be able to insert Quran text inside your document.
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7:19 PM
There are many IDEs we can use to help us write code faster and easier. Most of them have a nice syntax folding and highlighting. For example: selector, property, and value in CSS code have different color each other. But what happens when you copy the code and paste it on LibreOffice or OpenOffice to create PDF document of your codes? It is not beautiful as in IDE you use. Is there any solution? Yes, you can install COOoder extension for LibreOffice/OpenOffice to beautify your syntax.
COOoder is an extension for LibreOffice and OpenOffice which allows us to display the source code of a program in beautiful format as in IDE. As you can see in the picture above, selector, property, and value of CSS are given different colors. COOoder supports a wide range of programming language and most importantly, you can use it for free!
InstallationPlease download the extension
here. Once downloaded, open LibreOffice/OpenOffice and navigate to "Tools > Extension Manager" then click "Add..." and select your recently downloaded file.
Usage exampleUsing COOoder is easy. Simply block the text you want "beautify" and select "
Tools > Add-Ons > COOoder" until COOoder window appears on screen. At the language section, please select the appropriate programming language for your code.
Easy does it?
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9:08 AM
The third major release of "the best free office suite ever" LibreOffice 3.5.0 now can be installed easily on Ubuntu via PPA. So, what's new in this release? Here are some of them.
LibreOffice Writer
- a new built-in Grammar checker for English and several other languages
- improved typographical features, for professional looking documents
- an interactive word count window, which updates in real time
- a new header, footer and page break user interface
LibreOffice Calc:- support for up to 10,000 sheets
- a new multi-line input area
- new Calc functions conforming to the ODF OpenFormula specifications
- better performances when importing files from other office suites
- multiple selections in autofilter
- unlimited number of rules for conditional formatting
For further information about LibreOffice 3.5.0, please visit
this page or you can download an infographic contains the new features and improvements
here.
Install LibreOffice 3.5.0 on Ubuntu via PPAUbuntu users can install LibreOffice 3.5.0 by typing this command:
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Please make sure you have removed OpenOffice (if any) to avoid any conflict.
- sudo apt-get purge openoffice*
Desktop integrationIf you want seamless integration for GNOME and KDE, you might want to install this package:
For GNOME- sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome
For KDE- sudo apt-get install libreoffice-kde
via:
WebUpd8
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8:10 PM
LibreOffice is default Office Suite applications for latest Ubuntu so it becomes popular nowadays. Recently, I wrote a post about how to boost LibreOffice startup by tweaking some options. Now, I'd like to share another LibreOffice trick that's how to change LibreOffice splash screen. This trick is useful - for example - if you want to "match" your LibreOffice splash screen with your remastering or desktop modification project. OK! Let's get started.
In this post, I use "theme" created by Kasenkov @gnome-look.org. Please download the theme
here and extract it to place which is easy to remember then type the following command to replace default LibreOffice Splash Screen (please back up the original file if needed):
- sudo cp about.png intro.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/
Once replaced, you need to configure the progress bar color, size, and position. You can do it by editing "sofficerc" file.
- sudo gedit /etc/libreoffice/sofficerc
Edit the file as follows:
- [Bootstrap]
- HideEula=1
- Logo=1
- NativeProgress=true
- ProgressBarColor=78,158,1
- ProgressFrameColor=45,45,45
- ProgressPosition=60,277
- ProgressSize=320,6
ProgressBarColor and
ProgressFrameColor is in RGB value, of course you change it with any values you like.
ProgressPosition is declared in X and Y coordinate, in this example, the progress bar is located at 60 pixels from left and 277 pixels from top.
ProgressSize declared in width and height in pixels, in this example, we set it to 320 pixels width and 6 pixels height.
Don't forget to save your work and test it by opening LibreOffice. Hope it works.
Regards :)
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6:01 AM
Many of us complaint that LibreOffice loads slowly in startup even in high-end computer. So today I'd like to write a post on how to boost LibreOffice startup by tweaking some options inside it. Although in this post I use LibreOffice, it should works with OpenOffice too.
Please open LibreOffice and open menu "Tools > Options". Under Options window, select "Memory" in the left pane and edit the values as follows:
- Number of steps: 20
- Use for LibreOffice: 256 MB
- Memory per object: 50 MB
- Remove from memory after: 00:05 hh:mm
- Number of objects: 20
If you did it well, it should look like this:
Now, select "View" in the left pane and change as follows:
- Show preview of fonts: uncheck
- Use Anti-Aliasing: uncheck
Once finished, click OK and feel the differences :D
Regards.
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1:06 PM
LibreOffice 3.4.5 has been released January 16, 2012, LibreOffice 3.4.5 availabe in Linux, Windows, and Mac.
What's New Features inside :
- Redesigned Move/Copy Sheet dialog (Edit->Sheet->Move/Copy) to improve its ergonomics. (Joost Eekhoorn, Christoph Noack)
- Improve HTML export with an image thumbnail gallery of the slides on the contents page. (Julien Nabet, Michael Meeks).
- Fonts which are tuned for use with a specific script, e.g. Arabic, Hebrew, Malayalam, etc. now show an additional preview of some sample text in the target script. (Caolán McNamara, Red Hat, Inc.)
- Color Charts: Adding and Removing color charts is now possible from: Tools->Options->Charts->Default Colors (Rob Snelders).
- Named range as data source: With 3.4 it is now possible to use a named range as the data source for DataPilot.
- Text Rendering: Linux text-rendering improvements. Text is now drawn via Cairo with the same subpixeling options as other Cairo-using apps. The outcome is that text in LibreOffice is rendered the same as the rest of your desktop.
Upgrade LibreOffice 3.4.5 via PPAif you have install any previous version of LibreOffice before this, you can upgrade it to LibreOffice 2.4.5 trough following command :
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get upgrade
Install LibreOffice 3.4.5 via PPA if you haven't install libreoffice before, try the latest LibreOffice trough following this.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install LibreOffice
Download LibreOffice 3.4.5 if you are not Ubuntu user, you can download and install LibreOffice 3.4.5 directly though this links :
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