how do i change the author in a libreoffice writer document i create

How do I Change the "Author" in a LibreOffice Writer Document I Create?

location: ubuntuforums.com - date: July 2, 2012
TL;DR: I sometimes generate PDF ebooks from copy-pasted articles and text files in LibreOffice, and then import them to Calibre or just archive them for future reference. I want to change the "author" in document properties so it doesn't, for instance, list me at the author of The Illiad. 'because that's just wrong. Is there a plugin or something to do this? I don't use writer often- except for this purpose- and I couldn't find a way to edit the author... :S

How to do simple manipulation of a OOo/LibreOffice Writer document, then save

location: linuxexchange.com - date: June 2, 2013
I want to do a very simple bit of manipulation of a LibreOffice Writer document... then save again as the ODT file... What might be wrong with this? If I try this I get 2 content.xmls in the zip file (ODT file)... strangely, both these (if unzipped as "content.xml" and "content_1.xml" for example) seem to contain the content as modified... zipfile = ZipFile( file_path, "a" ) for zip_info in zipfile.infolist(): contents = zipfile.read( zip_info.filename ) if ( zip_info.filename == "content.xml" ): document_root = parseString( contents ) # ... mess around with the contents DOM document... zipfile.writestr( zip_info, document_root.toxml() ) zipfile.close() I'm aware that there are various add-ins and things you can use (UNO)... but I want to keep it as simple as possible... later my solution: finding that there is no way to delete an element from a zip file programmatically in Python, I initially decided to take the "make a new zip" approach

How to change global style of document in LibreOffice?

location: linuxexchange.com - date: January 1, 1970
I am a web developer and I want to style my libreoffice document like CSS. I want to have a 1.5 line height everywhere except for list. All the ul with 1.5 line (default) but the li in single line. Is there a way to customize styling like that for all my future documents ?

How do change the file system format of usb? or how do I get gparted to work [on hold]

location: linuxexchange.com - date: January 1, 1970
alright a little background: I'm currently trying to get a working usb for gparted so I can install arch linux. I'm currently using Lubuntu. I'm relatively new to linux, partitioning, and generally most things beyond basic use of windows. not completely new, just around 6 months new. I've already installed the gparted ISO to my usb, and now I'm working on making it bootable. when I checked the usb with fdisk -l it showed up as W95 (FAT32) LBA. I mounted it to /media/usb (had to create the directory to do it.) and was trying to run 'sudo bash makeboot.sh /dev/sdc1' when I came across this error message. "File system of /dev/sdc1: udf /dev/sdc1: this doesn't look like a valid FAT, NTFS, ext2/3/4 or btrfs file system. Program terminated!" I looked it up and udf is universal disk format. I was wondering how to change it, or if there was another way to make the usb bootable. for those interested this is the guide I am using:http://gparted.org/liveusb.php#linux-setup

want to insert a flv file into libreoffice writer document

location: linuxquestions.com - date: December 25, 2012
f17 - libreoffice 3.5.7.2 I try to insert a video with flv extension into a libreoffice writer document [Insert>Movie and Sound] but the list of supported extensions does not include flv but movie player sees the file and plays it and i thought movie player was the vehicle used by libreoffice suggestions?

How do I make LibreOffice the default office suite?

location: ubuntuforums.com - date: March 27, 2011
Hello Ubuntu Community! I have installed LibreOffice (x86) on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, and it's working great! I'm just curious if anyone knows a quick way to make LibreOffice the default for all of the appropriate files (doc, odt, xls, ods, etc.) I searched around in the the LibreOffice>Tools>Options, but I haven't found anything yet. I'm aware that I could right click on a ods file and use the "Open With Other Application" to set a default for that one filetype, but I figured that there's probably a way to completely switch all office file types to Libreoffice. Your help and comments are appreciated.!

How do I dock OpenOffice Writer Navigator?

location: ubuntuforums.com - date: October 12, 2010
In previous versions of Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org I could easily dock the navigator to the right or left side of the screen by simply moving it there. A faded outline would be created and it would snap into place. In 10.04, I can't do this. Does anyone know how to dock the navigator in OpenOffice.org? Thanks!

How do I use LibreOffice Calc and Python? [closed]

location: linuxexchange.com - date: January 1, 1970
I just moved full time to linux, and LibreOffice but I'm trying to figure out how to actually write scripts for it in python. Simple things like referencing cells/sheets and such. Finding the last cell in a column using python. All things that were incredibly easy for me to do in VBA but now I need to learn to do them in python.

How can i get libreoffice writer to automatically add a closed bracket when I open a bracket?

location: linuxexchange.com - date: January 1, 1970
I am currently writing my bachelor's thesis in Libreoffice Writer. To make the working process easier I wondered if there is a way to get writer to automatically add an closed bracket when I type an open one. This would be useful, because I have to quote many times and I do this by writing the quote in "..." followed by the last name of the Author e.g. (STEPHEN 2005: 44). To keep my writing flow going on I would find it easier if I don't have to hop with my fingers so many times to simply write the source of my quote. So, is there a way to make libreoffice add the second bracket in the moment I enter the first one and then move the cursor back into the brackets so I can continue writing? Regards, Mario

LibreOffice Writer: How do I paste something in the same format as my document?

location: ubuntuforums.com - date: November 27, 2012
Let's say I have a document that is Size 12, Times New Roman, single spaced. Then I Copy/Paste something in from a website or another document that is NOT Size 12, TNR, single spaced. How do I set it so the pasted text is automatically converted to size 12, TNR, single space when I paste it? It is getting really annoying how often I have to change the format when I paste something, which I have to quite a bit for school. Looking online, it seemed like "Paste Special..." might be able to help, but when I click on that, nothing happens. So what is "Paste Special"?