In the previous blog post, I provided a brief introduction to LibreOfficeKit API which one can use for accessing LibreOffice functionalities in an external application. Here I discuss in detail how to use LibreOfficeKit for converting an ODT to PDF, or from/to virtually any other format that LibreOffice supports. (more…)
Author: Hossein Nourikhah
Hossein is the Developer Community Architect for The Document Foundation (TDF).
LibreOfficeKit API in action
If you want to use LibreOffice functionality in your applications, LibreOfficeKit API is one of the good ways to do that. Here I describe how, with some examples. If you want to add the capability of loading, displaying, editing, saving and/or converting LibreOffice/MS Office files to your application, you have come to a good place. (more…)
Porting Java tests to C++
In this blog post, I discuss porting Java tests from Java to C++. We have many Java tests, and porting them to C++ is beneficial for LibreOffice. Here I discuss why, and how. (more…)
Test improvement – More and better tests for LibreOffice
One of the areas that can help LibreOffice, but may not directly be visible to the users even though it has a big impact is the quality assurance, is automated testing. Here, I discuss some areas and notes around improving tests for LibreOffice. First, I start with regressions and bug fixes without a test. (more…)
Writer tables converted to plain text – difficultyInteresting EasyHack
If you copy contents from LibreOffice Writer to a plain text editor like gedit or Notepad, you will see that it does a straightforward thing: It copies the text and some basic formatting like converting bullets to ‘•’. For the Writer tables, the conversion is very simple right now: every cell is written in a separate line. (more…)
Make Impress master slides copyable – difficulty interesting EasyHack
When working with LibreOffice Impress, “Slide Master” is the place where you can change the templates used for different types of the slides used in your presentation. Here we discuss a possible improvement for the “Slide Master” by making the copy from master slides possible. (more…)
gbuild tips and tricks – LibreOffice build system part 2
In the first blog post on LibreOffice build system, gbuild which uses GNU Make, I discussed some of the features of it. Here I discuss more about some gbuild tips and tricks that you may need. (more…)