Help broken LibreOffice 24.8.4.2 (X86_64)

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#1

I installed LO 24.8.4.2 (X86_64) and its help pack to the same directory. LO Calc and the other modules will not show Help. They are looking for an HTML file (LibreOffice/help/index.html), which does not exist. In Tools-> Options there is no path for Help anymore.

If I directly double-click on “E:\Program Files\LibreOffice\help\en-US\noscript.html” I’m taken to a page in my Brave browser that says “Enable JavaScript in the browser to display LibreOffice Help pages.” That is a privileged page where permissions cannot be configured. I removed NoScript but that did not help.

I tried LO in Safe Mode with the same result.

#2

I think you are asking in the wrong forum. Try this, How to enable Java Script - Desktop Support - Brave Community

#6

The Help you downloaded must match the program file for

  • bitness, 32 or 64 bit
  • operating system
  • language. Note that if the program is en (GB) then Help of en (US) will not work.

Double-clicking on "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\help\index.html" instead
.
Note that in your question you said you deleted a file. Reinstall the help.

#8

I’m having the exact same problem on Linux Mint. All the help files are there except index.html. Here’s a listing of the contents of opt/libreoffice24.8/help/en-US

hugh@5491-2n1:~$ ls -laF /opt/libreoffice24.8/help/en-US
total 1020
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Feb  4 15:13 ./
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Feb  3 18:35 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 883927 Dec 12 20:32 bookmarks.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 135744 Dec 12 20:32 contents.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   1330 Dec 12 20:32 langnames.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    238 Dec 12 20:32 noscript.html
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root   4096 Feb  3 18:09 text/

There seem to be no way to add the “Help” path to “Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Paths”. Are either or both of these bugs? Can I download the contents of index.html from somewhere?

#9

Get a real human onboard. NoScript is a browser extension, not a file.

#10

Do any real humans see this help site? JethroAI just sees a particular word in a message and goes off on a tangent.

#3

I’m asking here because LO is looking in the wrong place for a help file that doesn’t exist. I’m using the English version of Calc.

#4

I get the same error message if I open the file in Firefox, so Brave isn’t the problem. LO is looking for a help file that doesn’t exist, in a folder that doesn’t exist.

#5

Please do not use use Suggest a solution for comments. Instead click on the comment bubble for the item you want to comment.

#11

Go fetch a real human and then go away.

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