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LibreOffice is an open-source cross-platform office suite, serving as a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office. It was forked from OpenOffice 3.3.0 and has gained ground in Linux distributions as the default office suite. It has replaced OpenOffice since Debian Wheezy and is available in jessie-backports. It has good support for .doc, .xls, .odt, .ods and other popular formats.

How to install LibreOffice

LibreOffice is the default office suite since Debian Wheezy. You can also install it manually by using the following packages:

Packages

Notes

libreoffice

This libreoffice package is a metapackage. Which automatically install all packages and dependencies needed for a fully functional LibreOffice. Including its major components such as libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-calc, libreoffice-impress, libreoffice-math, libreoffice-draw, libreoffice-base.

libreoffice-gnome

Optional GNOME integration

libreoffice-kde

Optional KDE integration

To install the full LibreOffice suite, run

aptitude update
aptitude install libreoffice 

Getting the latest LibreOffice version using apt-get

apt-get install -t jessie-backports libreoffice

Java Environment

Some components of LibreOffice require a Java Environment to achieve full functionality. LibreOffice metapackage recommends default-jre: this installs openjdk-7-jre. To install java manually in LibreOffice,

Extending functionalities

Extend LibreOffice by installing these packages:

Fixing poor look and feel in LibreOffice

If you have bigger or smaller fonts in toolbar, you can fix it by enabling quick start option :

For GNOME

echo 'OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome libreoffice --quickstart --nologo --nodefault' > ~/.config/autostart/lo.sh
chmod +x ~/.config/autostart/lo.sh

For KDE

echo 'OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde libreoffice --quickstart --nologo --nodefault' >  ~/.kde/Autostart/lo.sh
chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/lo.sh

Fixing Interoperability Problems

See Substituting Calibri and Cambria Fonts.

Launchers

Remote Control

Impress can be remotely controlled via an Android device with the app Impress Remote available from F-Droid. It interacts with your slideshow presentation and allows slide previews, reading speaker notes, play/pause presentation and setting timers. Connection is done through Bluetooth or WLAN.

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