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Mail Merge Address Labels in the Excellent Free LibreOffice
We learned how to create fancy return address labels with LibreOffice in our last installment. Today we’re going to tackle mail merge. Mail merge is a powerful, time-saving word processor feature for...
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Page styles in LibreOffice
Many users of LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org are familiar with paragraph and character styles. By contrast, page styles are less familiar. However, if you take the time to set up page styles once in a...
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9 Tricks for Using List Styles in LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org
List styles are an open secret in LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org. If you press the F11 key to open the Styles and Formatting palette, they’re in plain site at the end of the buttons for the five types...
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Working with Barcodes in LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org
Neither LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice.org installs with the ability to print barcodes. However, if you need barcodes, you have at least three ways to add them to either office suite. The first —...
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Seven Reasons for Choosing LibreOffice over Microsoft Office
OK, LibreOffice is free for the download, and you can install it on as many different machines as you choose. But a free price and a free license aren’t much good if the software doesn’t have the...
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Outlining in LibreOffice Writer
Whether you’re in business or school, outlines can be an essential part of your writing. You may plan a longer piece of writing in one, or use one as an executive summary. Either way, you should find...
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Creating Tables of Contents in LibreOffice
In LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice, tables of contents (ToCs) are grouped with index and bibliographical entries under Insert -> Indexes and Tables. All of them are created with a similar...
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Choosing line alignment in LibreOffice
The Alignment tab of a LibreOffice paragraph style has four ways of positioning text on a line: Left, Right, Centered, and Justified. In practice, however, Right is used mostly for highly-formatted...
View ArticlePreparing Labels With Libreoffice Video By Bruce Byfield
How to Prepare Labels with Libreoffice.org by Bruce Byfield. This tutorial covers using templates, how to import images and use text, in-depth instructions on using mailmerge and more. For more...
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Adding Graphics to Labels Using Libreoffice
Adding Graphics to Your Labels When people think of labels, the first thing that comes to mind is lines of text like addresses or tab markers. But these are just the simplest uses for labels. Photos,...
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