LibreOffice 26.2 Help
You see the Start Center when no document is open in LibreOffice. It is divided into two panes. Click a button on the left pane to open a new document or a file dialog.
The Open File button presents a file open dialog.
The Remote Files button presents a Remote files dialog to open files stored on remote servers.
Click the Recent Documents button to show thumbnails of the most recent documents you opened in the right side of the window. Hover your mouse over the thumbnail to highlight the document, display a tip about the document location and display an icon on the top right to delete the thumbnail from the pane and from the recent files list. Click on the thumbnail to open the document underneath.
You can remove an item from the Recent Documents list by clicking the button in the upper-right corner of the icon. The document itself is not deleted. You can remove all items on the Recent Documents list by pressing the Recent Documents dropdown button and selecting .
Remove Thumbnail
You can pin a recent document in the thumbnail area by clicking the pin button on the upper-left corner of the document thumbnail. The thumbnail moves to the top of the area.
Pin Thumbnail
Select the category of documents you want to display in the thumbnail area.
Top Right Menu
You can remove all items on the Recent Documents list by pressing the Recent Documents menu and selecting .
Remove thumbnails for documents that are no longer available. This will ensure only accessible documents remain in LibreOffice Start Center.
Click the Templates button to display templates for all applications in the right side of the window.
Click the down arrow after the Templates button to open a menu where you can select a filter to display templates by application type or open the Template Manager dialog.
Right click on a template in the right pane to open a menu where you can either open the template to create a new document based on the template or edit the template itself.
The document buttons each open a new document of the specified type.
Writer Document opens LibreOffice Writer
Calc Spreadsheet opens LibreOffice Calc
Impress Presentation opens LibreOffice Impress
Draw Drawing opens LibreOffice Draw
Math Formula opens LibreOffice Math
Base Database opens LibreOffice Base
Encrypted files will not display a thumbnail image of its content.