New LibreOffice Extension Website Live

by Susan Linton - Oct. 28, 2011Comments (5)

Have you heard about those great LibreOffice extensions but have had a problem locating them? Well, those extensions (and templates) are going to be easier to find now thanks to The Document Foundation's new online repository.

At http://extensions.libreoffice.org you can find extensions such as the Gallery of Danger Signs. This extension includes 400 clipart danger signs dealing with security at work. Since you never know when you'll need a skull & crossbones, this is one extension you might want to grab before you need it.

Another handy extension is Instant Word Count. Students and professional writers in particular may need to know the word count of their documents in real time. LibreOffice has a word count feature, but Instant Word Count keeps a rolling total. This is particularly handy for those who may have a specific maximum word count or those students who don't want to write any more than they have to. Whatever your reason, this is sure to be a useful tool.

Export as Images also sounds quite handy. This one will export the slides or Draw pages as a JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP or TIFF. After installing Export as Images a menu entry will appear in the File menu called, guess what, "Export as images."

Of course, this is just a few that I found interesting, but there are plenty more for all kinds of purposes. It's nice to have them assembled all on one Website.

Similarly, http://templates.libreoffice.org houses a selection of document templates that could make creating documents for your project easier. Some have a specific theme, but many are generic that can be used for any occasion.

So, as if LibreOffice wasn't indispensable enough, now you can customize your office suite and save time and energy with the new extension and template collection.

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by revdjenk on Oct. 29, 2011

Thanks Susan! This makes me feel better than seeing Oracle all over everything!

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by Paul Joseph on Oct. 30, 2011

Thanks for the information Susan.

I use LibreOffice (LO) extensions almost everyday. It makes LO even more useful. I find the following extensions very useful. are some very good extensions for LO / OOo:

http://www.languagetool.org/

- helps detect some grammar mistakes

-Requires Java 6.0 or later.

For Ubuntu (Linux) users I recommend they download libreoffice-java-common from the Ubuntu Software Center.

http://code.google.com/p/ooo2gd/downloads/detail?name=ooo2gd_3.0.0.oxt&c...

that lets you quickly & easily upload to Google Docs

I also recommend "The complete Writer Guide" (It's free):

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/b/ba/0200WG3-WriterG...

and http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation

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by nickey stallon on Oct. 31, 2011

Only 38 extensions right now and about 15 templates

http://www.seo-strategies.org/2011/10/libreoffice-extension-templates/

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by keith on Oct. 31, 2011

The instant word count extension would be a great extension if it actually worked.

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by canadian writer/columnist on Nov. 09, 2011

I love LIbre Office and Open Office before it. However, my biggest complaint about Libre Office is the lack of a live word count. This is becoming a sore point for many writers who use Libre Office. Why hasn't Live Word Count ever been implemented? I can do without a host of features on any word processor - including any new ones they can come up with in any new releases. However, word count and especially live word count built into the status bar or a menu bar (anywhere would be fine) would be indispensable. One of my favorite writing tools is Q10, it is very simple and the only reason I use it instead of just writing with Notepad is the fact that it has a live word count. A simple program with a very important and basic feature such as this is much more useful to me than any sophisticated word processor like MIcrosoft Word or Libre Office or Open Office.

There is currently an extension in the LIbre Office extension website but it does not work. After installation, all it does is throw up ugly error messages and does nothing.

I don't think I am being too harsh on LIbreOffice because this is a complaint that I and a host of other professionals have stated for years now. Don't worry, after saying all this I still plan on using LIbre Office - I just feel like we are not being listened to when it comes to this simple issue.

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