LibreOffice 24.8 Help
LibreOffice Help pages are displayed in your system default web browser.
The Help system for all versions of the software is based on the same source files. Some of the functions described in Help may not be included in this particular distribution. Some features specific to a distribution may not be mentioned in this Help.
Help pages of LibreOffice Extensions still use the old Help system. The old Help system help pages are available from here.
Located on the top of the page, click to open the drop-down list and select the LibreOffice module to display the module Help main entry page.
Available only in the online version, select the language to display the current help page.
The Help Index displays a list of keywords for all LibreOffice modules. Click on any keyword in the list to open the linked Help page.
Type the keyword in the Search text box. The search is performed immediately, while you type the keyword.
The search results are displayed as a filtered list of matches grouped by module name. The search results also include near matches. The matching parts of the search term are highlighted in each result.
The GLOBAL heading indicates a match for keywords relevant to more than one LibreOffice module. For example, cell borders applies to spreadsheets cells as well as text and presentation table cells or frames.
Use the arrow icons on the bottom of the Index to scroll forward or backward the Index entries or filtered result list.
Displays an index of the main topics of all modules.
Click a closed folder (⊞) to open it and display the subfolders and Help pages.
Click an open folder (⊟) to close it and hide the subfolders and Help pages.
Click a link to display the corresponding Help page.
Use the Back and Forward buttons of the browser to navigate between pages. In most browsers, a long click on the Back button displays a dropdown list of previously visited pages and a long click on the Forward button display a list of visited pages after the current one.
Use the bookmark feature of the browser for quick access to relevant Help pages. To bookmark a page in most browsers:
Open the Bookmark menu of the browser,
select Add bookmark, or
Press +D on most browsers.
Enter the name, folder and meaningful tags for the bookmark.
Close the bookmark dialog of the web browser.
Each Help page visited is recorded in the web browser history. To open the navigation history:
Choose the History menu of the web browser,
Select Show History.
Click on any entry of the history main window to open the corresponding help page.
You can copy contents from the Help page to the clipboard on your operating system with standard copy commands. For example:
On a Help page, select the text that you want to copy.
Press +C.
Some contents in help pages can be copied to the system clipboard with only one mouse click. In these cases a tooltip appears when hovering the mouse on the copy-enabled contents. For example, the following line is copy-enabled:
=SUM(A1:A10)
To search in the current Help page:
Open the Search tool in your web browser, which is usually accessible using the +F shortcut.
In the Search for box, enter the text that you want to find.
Select the search options that you want to use.
Press Enter.
To find the previous occurrence of the search term on the page, click on the Up arrow. To find the next occurrence, click on the Down arrow.