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Libre Office 3 Thesaurus

Asked by clombard on 2012-06-18

I re-installed 12.04 which includes the mini-featured Libre Office 3.
(highlighting problems, opening docs, missing fonts, wizard,
envelopes and mail merge problems)
I was given a command last time that enabled
the Thesaurus. I guess the brain trusts at Libre
assume that anyone who is writing letters, reports and documents
must already know every synonym.
How do I get the grayed-out thesaurus to work and why does
the program NOT include it out of the box...?
PS. Can I get Open Office in 12.04 (like in 10.10) and delete Libre Office3
which in my opinion is NOT a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office...?
Thank you.

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Last query:: 2012-06-19

Last reply:: 2012-06-19

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2012-06-19:

download this:

http://www.weeklywhinge.com/files/en_GB_2_0_0.oxt

Right click it and open it with libreoffice and the thesaurus is now available. Close all Libreoffice apps and rerun. Works fine here.

Easy stuff.

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clombard (clombard44) said on 2012-06-19:

NO NO NO.
downloaded file:
right click;
open with Libre.
gray screen
gray screen
error messages (already installed)
gray screen
gray screen
How many more hours do I have to tweak this
in 90 degree weather to get a thesaurus
in a word processor...?
thank you.

On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 00:06 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #200827 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/200827
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> download this:
>
> http://www.weeklywhinge.com/files/en_GB_2_0_0.oxt
>
> Right click it and open it with libreoffice and the thesaurus is now
> available. Close all Libreoffice apps and rerun. Works fine here.
>
> Easy stuff.
>

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2012-06-19:

Drop the childish attitude, it's really unnecessary.

You can grab the debs for OpenOffice, uninstall Libreoffice and you can install openoffice if you desire...

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clombard (clombard44) said on 2012-06-19:

How exactly do I go about that (getting OO)...?

On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 00:35 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #200827 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/200827
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Drop the childish attitude, it's really unnecessary.
>
> You can grab the debs for OpenOffice, uninstall Libreoffice and you can
> install openoffice if you desire...
>

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2012-06-19:

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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clombard (clombard44) said on 2012-06-19:

charles@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
charles@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-25-generic-pae #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 22:11:24 UTC
2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
charles@ubuntu:~$

On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 11:56 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #200827 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/200827
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> What is the output of:
>
> lsb_release -a; uname -a
>
> Thanks
>