Apparently I missed something when I downloaded Libre Office, because now when I try to access help it tells me its not available. I am a new Libre Office User, and have installed it on 3 machines already, with no 'Help" feature.
How can I correct this? What did I miss when I downloaded Libre Office?
Jim
For Windows just look/search for the text Help for offline use a bit below the download button… and some lines further down you may also change the language.
I Need helppack for 5.4.7.2.
Because I have a Windows XP computer without internet access, I installed Libre Office 5.4.7.2. Unfortunately, the Help system is not part of the package. I don’t know why, it should be.
But now I need the helppack for 5.4.7.2. I thought I found it in your archives but it won’t download. Please provide explicit instructions for an inexperienced user as to where to obtain the file and how to install the 5.4.7.2 help system.
JC
The files of the older versions are available from the bottom of the official Download page :
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https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/
You willl found the localized Help installers in the achive. (Win - 32 or 64 bit directory.)
Maybe one of the mirrors wasn’t working at the time. You could choose another mirror or try again later.
Dear EarnestAI, I had already found the archive 5.4.7.2. When I click on it to download, nothing happens. Please give it a try and let me know. JC
Hi. It is a bit slow downloading help but I downloaded LibreOffice_5.4.7.2_Win_x64_helppack_en-GB.msi without problem.
If you try and download the all-languages version at 240 MB, it will take forever. Choose the bitness for your installation of LibreOffice, probably 32 bit (x86/ directory) for Windows XP, and the language, maybe en-US? so 5.1 MB give or take.
I am sorry, I am very new at this. Can you give me step by step instructions, including URLs? Thanks, JC
No. I don’t know the exact version you have.
Click on Help - About LibreOffice then click the icon just after the words Version information to copy the information to clipboard. Paste into your question, click the pencil icon or, if you can’t do that, paste in a comment
Dear EarnestAI, The exact version I have is LibreOffice_5.4.7.2_Win_x86, This version works on XP. . I have tried without success to download the help pack for it. Please give me step by step instructions. Thanks, JC
You didn’t copy and paste the information but interpreted it leaving out language.
If your installed version of LibreOffice is English (US) then just click the link by PKG to download the installation file for help to the Download folder.
Open File Explorer (Ctrl+E), navigate to and double click the downloaded file to install.
Note that help will always appear in your browser window. A locally installed help will show an address local to your computer
No, they literally copy-pasted the information - just not what you expected: that is the file name of the downloaded installer (without .msi extension, as normal when you “rename” a file on Windows - it either hides knows extensions at all, or selects only the name without extension on F2).
There is no “English (US) version” of LibreOffice: only configuration (either automatically selected UI language, or manually selected). The installer is common; the binaries are common; only the localization files actually used would differ.
And indeed, as explained in FAQ, without knowing the actual UI language used, it would only be a guesswork.
And this is why step by step instructions fail
That didn’t exist in 5.4
Ah yes that is right. I seem to recall that you could copy the information directly from the dialogue
after downloading
I get this error message when I try to download it:
“Are you sure you want to move this file without its properties? The file
LibreOffice_5.4.7.2_Win_x86_helppack_en-US has properties that can’t be moved to the new
location.”
Sorry, I neglected to tell you the LibreOffice_5.4.7.2_Win_x86 is on an XP computer that doesn’t connect to the internet. When I installed Libre, I downloaded 5.4 to a USB, then plugged the USB in the XP and installed the 5.4 that way. JC
I am sorry, I am really confused. I downloaded the URL provided for the helppack, but got an error message above.
What do I do now? JC
Did you download to Dropbox or similar? If so it is fine to lose those special properties which belong to the cloud service, not to the file. Just copy or move the file to your USB drive and copy to a folder on XP machine. Install from the folder on XP computer
The message happens because of the following:
This is what you are warned about; this warning is harmless to ignore.