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LibreOffice Extension Installation

Dimitris Katsiros edited this page Aug 25, 2019 · 14 revisions

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.6 or later
  • LibreOffice 6 or later

Install the macros

A bash script named setup_libreoffice_extension.sh is made to automate this process.

Run the script with sudo to install the extension.

Setup Reload Shorcut

Open libreoffice.

Go to Tools -> Customize -> Keyboard .

On the top right corner, select LibreOffice.

Type Shift + F7. Alternatively scroll down until you see the shortcut key Shift + F7. Select it.

In the search box under Functions type Reload (Do not press enter otherwise the pop-up window will close).

Wait until you see Reload under Function box and click on it.

Click on the button Modify.

Click OK.


What does the script do

In order all macros to be visible for libreoffice you should copy the anonymizer_extension.py to the following path: /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/Scripts/python/ . In order to write to /usr/.... sudo access is required.