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In-Depth Series: LibreOffice

  • Number of episodes: 72
  • Open/closed: open
  • Date of earliest show: 2012-09-12
  • Date of latest show: 2020-08-19
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In this in-depth series on LibreOffice we examine Writer, Calc and Impress

hpr3143 :: LibreOffice 7.0 Released! hosted by Ahuka

2020-08-19. 00:15:27. Clean.
LibreOffice, new release.

LibreOffice releases a new major update, LibreOffice 7.0

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hpr2069 :: Counting Stuff in LibreOffice Calc hosted by Jon Kulp

2016-07-07. 00:19:55. Clean.
LibreOffice, formulas, tips and tricks.

I try to explain how to use the COUNTIF function in LibreOffice to generate reports

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hpr1915 :: 67 - LibreOffice Impress - Tables hosted by Ahuka

2015-12-04. 00:15:37. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Tables.

Impress tables and how to format them

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hpr1905 :: 66 - LibreOffice Impress - Built-In Charts hosted by Ahuka

2015-11-20. 00:14:21. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Charts.

Creating charts from inside Impress

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hpr1895 :: 65 - LibreOffice Impress - OLE Objects, Spreadsheets, and Charts hosted by Ahuka

2015-11-06. 00:16:06. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, OLE, Spreadsheets, Charts.

Using Calc modules and data in a presentation

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hpr1885 :: 64 - LibreOffice Impress - Multimedia hosted by Ahuka

2015-10-23. 00:14:13. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Multimedia, Audio, Video.

Using Audio and Video files in Impress

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hpr1875 :: 63 - LibreOffice Impress - Formatting Text hosted by Ahuka

2015-10-09. 00:17:30. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Impress, Text.

Text formatting options are explored

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hpr1865 :: 62 - LibreOffice Impress - Working With Text Boxes hosted by Ahuka

2015-09-25. 00:16:05. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Layouts, Text Boxes.

The use of Text Boxes from the Drawing Toolbar is explored

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hpr1855 :: 61 - LibreOffice Impress - Slide Layouts and AutoLayout Text Boxes hosted by Ahuka

2015-09-11. 00:17:46. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Layouts, AutoLayout, Text Boxes.

LibreOffice Impress Slide Layouts and components are explored

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hpr1845 :: 60 - LibreOffice Impress - The Gallery and Themes hosted by Ahuka

2015-08-28. 00:14:29. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Presentations, Clip Art, Gallery, Themes.

LibreOffice Clip Art Gallery and Theme collections

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hpr1835 :: 59 - LibreOffice Impress - Pictures hosted by Ahuka

2015-08-14. 00:23:16. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Presentations, Pictures, Photo Album.

Using and formatting pictures, and creating a photo album

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hpr1825 :: 58 - LibreOffice Impress - Creating a Template for Hacker Public Radio hosted by Ahuka

2015-07-31. 00:14:10. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Presentations, Template.

Creating a sample template illustrates these concepts

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hpr1819 :: LibreOffice Tips: Horizontal Lists and Headless Operation hosted by Jon Kulp

2015-07-23. 00:11:15. Clean.
LibreOffice, horizontal list, headless.

A workaround to create horizontal ordered lists in LibreOffice and run LO headless to convert files

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hpr1815 :: 57 - LibreOffice Impress - Styles and Objects 2 - Drawing Object Styles hosted by Ahuka

2015-07-17. 00:16:37. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Presentations, Styles.

Drawing Object Styles and their use in LibreOffice Impress

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hpr1805 :: 56 - LibreOffice Impress - Styles and Objects 1 - Presentation Styles hosted by Ahuka

2015-07-03. 00:14:56. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Presentations, Styles.

Presentation Styles and their use in LibreOffice Impress

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hpr1795 :: 54 - LibreOffice Impress - Templates and Master Pages hosted by Ahuka

2015-06-19. 00:17:14. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Templates, Master Pages.

Using and acquiring Templates in Impress

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hpr1785 :: 54 - LibreOffice Impress - Creating a Presentation hosted by Ahuka

2015-06-05. 00:11:14. Clean.
Libreoffice, Libreoffice impress, creating presentation.

The mechanics of creating a presentation in Impress

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hpr1765 :: 53 - LibreOffice Impress - Outlining and Blank Presentations hosted by Ahuka

2015-05-08. 00:13:49. Clean.
Libreoffice, Libreoffice impress, outline.

Learning to start with the content and not the eye candy.

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hpr1755 :: 52 - LibreOffice Impress - Moving Around hosted by Ahuka

2015-04-24. 00:13:34. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Presentations, navigation.

Introduction to the Impress application screen layout.

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hpr1745 :: 51 - LibreOffice Impress - Overview and Guidance hosted by Ahuka

2015-04-10. 00:11:13. Clean.
LibreOffice, Impress, Presentations.

Introduction to making Presentations, with some good advice.

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hpr1735 :: Free tutorials for teachers hosted by Ahuka

2015-03-27. 00:14:57. Explicit.
Teachers, tutorials.

Professor Bernard Poole makes free tutorials available aimed at teachers

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hpr1725 :: 49 - LibreOffice Calc - Creating a Template with Styles hosted by Ahuka

2015-03-13. 00:13:58. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, Styles, Templates.

We create Template (recording Billable Time) using Styles to illustrate the usage.

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hpr1715 :: 48 - LibreOffice Calc - Cell Styles hosted by Ahuka

2015-02-27. 00:14:57. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, Cells, Styles.

How to use Cell Styles to control the appearance of your cells.

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hpr1705 :: 47 - LibreOffice Calc - Page Styles and Page Settings hosted by Ahuka

2015-02-13. 00:20:34. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, Sheets, Styles.

How to control the overall appearance of a worksheet using Page Styles and Page Settings.

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hpr1695 :: 46 - LibreOffice Calc - The Object Model and Using Templates hosted by Ahuka

2015-01-30. 00:25:20. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, Objects, Templates.

Ubderstanding the Object Model and how Templates work.

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hpr1685 :: 45 - LibreOffice Calc - Styles and Templates Introduced hosted by Ahuka

2015-01-16. 00:15:05. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, Styles, Templates.

How the concepts of Styles and Templates can be useful in Spreadsheets

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hpr1665 :: 44 - LibreOffice Calc - Working With Pivot Tables hosted by Ahuka

2014-12-19. 00:10:52. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, pivot, tables.

When you have a pivot table, what are some of the things you can do with it to analyze your data?

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hpr1655 :: 43 - LibreOffice Calc - Creating Pivot Tables hosted by Ahuka

2014-12-05. 00:15:50. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, pivot, tables.

How to create a Pivot Table

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hpr1645 :: 42 - LibreOffice Calc - Data Manipulation 2: Standard and Advanced Filters hosted by Ahuka

2014-11-21. 00:16:29. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, filters.

A look at the more advanced filtering options for manipulating data in Calc.

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hpr1635 :: 41 - LibreOffice Calc - Data Manipulation 1: Sorting and AutoFilter hosted by Ahuka

2014-11-07. 00:12:42. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, sorting, autofilter.

A look at the most simple ways of manipulating data in Calc.

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hpr1625 :: 40 - LibreOffice Calc - Other Functions hosted by Ahuka

2014-10-24. 00:15:13. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, functions.

A quick look at some miscellaneous functions in Calc.

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hpr1615 :: 39 - LibreOffice Calc - Inferential Statistics Functions hosted by Ahuka

2014-10-10. 00:20:12. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, functions, inferential, statistics.

Inferential statistics is how we draw conclusions from data and make predictions.

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hpr1605 :: 38 - LibreOffice Calc - simple Descriptive Statistics hosted by Ahuka

2014-09-26. 00:19:09. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, functions, descriptive statistics.

Descriptive statistics is how we make basic measurements about a population

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hpr1595 :: 37 - LibreOffice Calc - More Financial Functions hosted by Ahuka

2014-09-12. 00:17:18. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, functions, finance, mortgage.

A look at financial functions and constructing a mortgage repayment schedule

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hpr1585 :: 36 - LibreOffice Calc - Financial Functions - Loan Payments hosted by Ahuka

2014-08-29. 00:22:26. Clean.
spreadsheet, financial function.

Financial Functions in LibreOffice Calc

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hpr1575 :: 35 - LibreOffice Calc - Introduction to Functions hosted by Ahuka

2014-08-15. 00:11:54. Clean.
Calc, Spreadsheet, function.

Introduction to working with functions in LibreOffice Calc

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hpr1565 :: 34 - LibreOffice Calc - More on Chart Editing hosted by Ahuka

2014-08-01. 00:13:13. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, chart, graph.

Editing charts, Calc

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hpr1555 :: 33 - LibreOffice Calc - Creating Charts hosted by Ahuka

2014-07-18. 00:14:41. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, chart, graph.

Creating Charts with LibreOffice Calc

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hpr1545 :: 32 - LibreOffice Calc - Introduction to Charts and Graphs hosted by Ahuka

2014-07-04. 00:19:44. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc.

LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, chart, graph

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hpr1535 :: 31 - LibreOffice Calc - Sheet Editing and Navigation hosted by Ahuka

2014-06-20. 00:20:38. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc.

Editing and navigating sheets, rows and columns in LibreOffice Calc

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hpr1525 :: 30 - LibreOffice Calc - A Savings Model hosted by Ahuka

2014-06-06. 00:20:52. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc.

LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, models, what-if analysis, savings

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hpr1515 :: 29 - LibreOffice Calc - Models and "What-If" Analysis hosted by Ahuka

2014-05-23. 00:12:54. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc.

This episode looks at building models and doing "What-If?" Analysis.

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hpr1505 :: 28 - LibreOffice Calc - Fills, an Introduction hosted by Ahuka

2014-05-09. 00:15:03. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, fills.

This episode looks at the filling rows and columns using click-and-drag.

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hpr1495 :: 27 - LibreOffice Calc - Calculations and the Formula Bar hosted by Ahuka

2014-04-25. 00:23:21. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet, formulas.

This episode looks at the creating and using formulas in spreadsheets.

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hpr1485 :: 26 - LibreOffice Calc Cells hosted by Ahuka

2014-04-11. 00:21:15. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet.

This episode looks at the fundamental unit of a spreadsheet, the cell, and introduces addressing and

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hpr1475 :: 25 - LibreOffice Calc What Is A Spreadsheet hosted by Ahuka

2014-03-28. 00:13:40. Clean.
LibreOffice, Calc, Spreadsheet.

The origins and history of the spreadsheet

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hpr1465 :: 24 - LibreOffice Writer A Brochure Project hosted by Ahuka

2014-03-14. 00:26:12. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer, Word Processing, Page Layout.

This concludes our look at page layout by showing these techniques at use in creating a Tri-fold bro

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hpr1455 :: 23 - LibreOffice Writer Other Page Layout Options hosted by Ahuka

2014-02-28. 00:15:52. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer, Word Processing, Page Layout.

This continues our look at page layout by looking at ways to do this other than by using frames.

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hpr1445 :: 22 - LibreOffice Writer Other Frame Styles hosted by Ahuka

2014-02-14. 00:10:06. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer, Word Processing, Page Layout.

This continues our look at frames by looking at frame styles for things other than text.

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hpr1435 :: 21 - LibreOffice Writer Frame Properties Completed hosted by Ahuka

2014-01-31. 00:16:40. Clean.
libreoffice, frame properties.

The second of two programs about Frame properties in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1425 :: 20 - LibreOffice Writer Frames - Introduction and the Type Tab hosted by Ahuka

2014-01-17. 00:30:49. Clean.
libreoffice, frames.

This episode introduces the discussion of Frames in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1415 :: 19 - LibreOffice Writer Working with Page Styles hosted by Ahuka

2014-01-03. 00:18:29. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Using page styles in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1405 :: 18 - LibreOffice Writer Page Styles Introduced hosted by Ahuka

2013-12-20. 00:20:49. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer.

An introduction to page styles in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1395 :: 17 - LibreOffice Writer Overview of Page Layout Options hosted by Ahuka

2013-12-06. 00:12:32. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Controlling page layout in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1385 :: LibreOffice 16 Writer Nested Lists Controlled via Styles hosted by Ahuka

2013-11-22. 00:25:00. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Controlling nested lists with styles in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1375 :: LibreOffice 15 Writer Nested Lists Introduced hosted by Ahuka

2013-11-08. 00:20:43. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Introducing nested lists in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1365 :: LibreOffice 14 Writer A Numbered List Style Deconstructed hosted by Ahuka

2013-10-25. 00:22:12. Clean.
LibreOffice, Writer.

How to define a numbered list style in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1355 :: LibreOffice 13 Writer A Bullet Style Deconstructed hosted by Ahuka

2013-10-11. 00:18:11. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

How to define a bullet list style in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1345 :: LibreOffice 12 Writer List Styles Introduced hosted by Ahuka

2013-09-27. 00:25:10. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Introducing list styles in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1335 :: LibreOffice 11 Writer Character Styles hosted by Ahuka

2013-09-13. 00:19:42. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Character styles in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1325 :: LibreOffice 10 Writer Paragraph Styles in Templates hosted by Ahuka

2013-08-30. 00:13:57. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Using paragraph styles in templates in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1315 :: LibreOffice 09 Writer Working With Paragraph-Level Styles hosted by Ahuka

2013-08-16. 00:22:42. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Details of paragraph-level styles in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1305 :: LibreOffice 08 Writer Tab Styles hosted by Ahuka

2013-08-02. 00:11:37. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Tab styles in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1295 :: LibreOffice 07 Writer Heading Styles hosted by Ahuka

2013-07-19. 00:21:20. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Heading styles in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1285 :: LibreOffice 06 Writer Creating a Paragraph Style LibreOffice hosted by Ahuka

2013-07-05. 00:17:59. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Creating a Paragraph Style in LibreOffice

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hpr1275 :: LibreOffice 05 Writer Style Properties 2 hosted by Ahuka

2013-06-21. 00:21:34. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Style properties in LibreOffice Writer, part 2

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hpr1267 :: LibreOffice 04 Writer Style Properties 1 hosted by Ahuka

2013-06-11. 00:25:22. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Style properties in LibreOffice Writer, part 1

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hpr1190 :: LibreOffice 03 Writer Introduction to Styles hosted by Ahuka

2013-02-22. 00:21:40. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

Using styles to control the appearance of documents in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1149 :: LibreOffice 02 Writer Default Template hosted by Ahuka

2012-12-27. 00:17:18. Explicit.
LibreOffice, Writer.

The default template in LibreOffice Writer

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hpr1136 :: LibreOffice 01 Introduction to Office software hosted by Ahuka

2012-12-10. 00:27:00. Explicit.
LibreOffice, office software, introduction.

Introduction to Office Software

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hpr1093 :: Separate Presentation from Content - 2 Office Software hosted by Ahuka

2012-10-10. 00:23:54. Explicit.
presentation, content, office software, semantic encoding.

A continuation of the topic of presentation versus content

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hpr1073 :: Separate Presentation from Content - 1 The Web hosted by Ahuka

2012-09-12. 00:31:23. Explicit.
presentation, content, css.

An introduction to the concept of presentation versus content

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