Here’s my situation. I have some data over time but I’m missing values in specific years. I want to graph that data but would rather not have to estimate all…
Tag: LibreOffice
LibreOffice Calc – Creating Charts with Conditional Formatting
I was working on creating a chart in LibreOffice Calc that was kind of weird. Basically, I wanted to show change over time in a dichotomous variable (e.g., political party…
LibreOffice – Impress Templates and Object Styles
I just upgraded one of my computers to Kubuntu 18.10. With that upgrade came the latest version of LibreOffice (6.1.2.1). With this new version, when I try to create a…
LibreOffice – animating elements or series in a chart/graph in Impress
I really like LibreOffice. It’s not just my default office suite because it’s free. I like it because of the control it gives over so many elements of what I…
LibreOffice Calc – Comparing and Aligning Two Lists Using VLOOKUP
One of the tasks I have to do regularly as part of my job is to compare two lists to see which items are missing on one list but not…
LibreOffice Calc – splitting contents of cells into multiple columns (e.g., splitting commas)
I periodically have to take a column of text in LibreOffice calc that has names like this “Lastname, Firstname” and split them into two columns. I figure it out every time,…
Linux: LibreOffice Print Dialog Orientation “greyed out”
I really like LibreOffice, but occasionally have to deal with bugs that cause silly regressions, like this one. For years, I have printed my LibreOffice Impress (i.e., powerpoint) slides for…
LibreOffice – Comments Inserted on the Left rather than the Right
I’m guessing I have discovered a bug in LibreOffice, but I don’t know if that is the case for sure. Regardless, it’s a problem. Here’s the situation. I have my…
LibreOffice: Printing with Comments in Margins
UPDATE: As of 12/15/2015, LibreOffice 5.0 broke this feature. See here. This should be fixed as of LibreOffice 5.0.5. I do a lot of my grading in my classes electronically….