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-convert-to command line option

Submitted by drjones on April 26, 2011 - 12:44pm

I'm attempting to use the -convert-to command line option to convert files between formats without using LibreOffice's GUI. Here's an example command:

LibreOfficePortable.exe -headless -convert-to pdf untitled.odt

The command executes silently (returning no output of any sort), but doesn't appear to create an output file.

I've tried the command from both the Windows command line and from MSYS. I've also tried several other variants (such as calling soffice.exe directly) with the same result.

Has anyone had success with this operation?

Document File 'xyz.ods' is locked for editing by: Generic User 26.03.11 14:35 - OPEN READ ONLY / COPY / CANCEL

Submitted by aSystemOverload on April 18, 2011 - 5:01pm

Hi guys

has anyone come across the above when editing files on different machines? The files were saved and closed correctly, but they seem to keep getting 'locked for editing'

GRRRR

aSO

Unnecessary Files ?

Submitted by 8ball on April 17, 2011 - 5:03pm

C:\PortableApps\LibreOfficePortable\App\libreoffice\Basis\program\resource

what are these files ?
do I need them all ?

I suspect these to be Lang files, in this case I only need US-en.

I have already cleaned this folder:
C:\PortableApps\LibreOfficePortable\App\libreoffice\Basis\share\autocorr

and in this folder I found chinese french croatian hungarian japanese and korean
C:\PortableApps\LibreOfficePortable\App\libreoffice\Basis\share\fingerprint

and I ask you, WTF ? my windows in Eng, my App platform is Eng so why would I need this junk ?

Editing of PDF documents

Submitted by tapsklaps on April 14, 2011 - 6:40pm

Since the version 3.3 of LibreOffice Portable Draw it's now possible to import and modify PDF documents. This is possible because of the already contained PDF Import extension (look at Tools -> Extension Manager). In older versions this extension had to be installed.

After I've imported a PDF file, I had to find that some symbols of the original document were not imported correctly. For example, arrows and check boxes were replaced by strange characters. Probably the above-mentioned extension is responsible for this error. Or knows someone a solution for this problem?

LibreOffice (3.3.2 Final) Optimal Settings for G.T.D. (getting things done)

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Submitted by William Berzoff on April 12, 2011 - 10:23am

Hi there,

On the page of many PortableApps.com apps there is a tutorial for the best settings to optimize running the application as smoothly and fast as possible. The portable Firefox page has such a Tut linked to it. What I'd like to ask if it is possible to create such a Tut for LibreOffice portable too.
What I'd like to know is whether to enable or disable features such as usage of cache memory, enabling recording of last used projects etc. How should the settings be for best possible performance ? Especially startup time of LOo is very long right now.

LibreOffice Language Issue?

Submitted by fireclaw on April 7, 2011 - 8:44am

I install LibreOffice Portable 3.3.2 set language to "Chinese(Simplified)"
Install complete
But I found the program interface is Chinese, but dialog language is English(e.g. click "Tools -> Options" pop up the dialog box's language is English)
Is LibreOffice Portable Language issue or I set up is wrong?

LibreOffice 3.3.2 (final) installation findings

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Submitted by William Berzoff on April 3, 2011 - 1:45pm

Hi, I am very pleased that you are also supporting LibreOffice on PortableApps.com ! And it's very nice you provide us with a multi-lingual version. But I do have some issues with it, and ofcourse they were to be expected. It's not criticism but please see it as feedback for improvements.

1) LibreOffice is much slower starting up then OpenOffice. I don't know why since it is based on OpenOffice.

I like to report on my findings while upgrading LibreOffice 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 :

Data merge crash

Submitted by EOBeav on April 1, 2011 - 12:01pm

I've tested this problem in both the stable version of LO (3.3.2) as well as the most recent stable PortableApps version (3.3.2). This bug is only happening in the PortableApps version.

The problem is this: LO Portable crashes when printing a Writer document with merged data to a .pdf file. The document just freezes up, for several minutes, and I have to manually close the program and use document recovery to get it back. I've looked here in the forums and haven't come across the problem. Is this a known bug? Please let me know if I need to file something beyond this point.

Mega strange folders & files created

Submitted by cassini on March 31, 2011 - 5:34pm

Hi,

Some time ago I installed L.O. Portable 3.3.0 on USB.
It seems to have created a big troop of files & folders in:
G:\PortableApps\LibreOfficePortable_3.3.0\LibreOfficePortable\Data\temp\svp.tmp

I cannot delete them because they all contain "forbidden" characters like /\:*?"| and more of that.
Windows file manager says: 'Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk'
Also their filesize and dates of modification are absurd (some are of 1601/01/01 !)
Does anyone know how to delete them ?

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