libre office - Writer - search results

[marbles]

hi all

i'm doing a search for a word (in libre office writer) and i don't see how many times that words appears in the document

i know there is a menu option somewhere that will tell me, but i need to know this info all the time

how to output this number always

i bet its already there and i can't see it a screenshot would be helpful

thx

 

[seb.coddington]

 

[atanere]

1. CTRL-F to open the Find search box.
2. Type your word into the search box.
3. Click "Find All" button.

See the word count of your word displayed below the search box, and slightly to the right, in the bottom margin of the Writer window. It will also show the total character count of all instances of your words.

I don't know how to make your word count search permanent. You might create a macro to do it.

You might also try asking specific LibreOffice questions on their website rather than here. They have an active user base that knows their product better than we do, I'd guess.

 

[marbles]

yes you are right, but that would take forever to do

when you hit enter, it should have a little box that tells you how many it found ya know?

alot of manual labor involved with linux

thx

 

[dos2unix]

Something are a lot easier to do from the command line.

cat somefile | grep somestring | wc -l

 

[f33dm3bits]

yes you are right, but that would take forever to do
when you hit enter, it should have a little box that tells you how many it found ya know?
alot of manual labor involved with linux

That Isn't a Linux but a LibreOffice thing in this case.

You might also try asking specific LibreOffice questions on their website rather than here. They have an active user base that knows their product better than we do, I'd guess.

As @atanere already mentioned you can get community assistance and I am sure they are open for suggestions for improvement as well. Here's the link again.

Community Assistance | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft

community support, community, support, LibreOffice, mailing lists, help, forum, IRC, questions, bugs

www.libreoffice.org

Otherwise just use Microsoft Office Online or install it using PlayOnLinux as how it is explained in the following article.

How to Install Microsoft Office on Linux

Switching from Microsoft Windows to Linux and its distros is not easy for all users. Linux ships in with Libre Office pre-installed, and you can do everything on it as you do on Microsoft Office. It was impossible to install and use Microsoft Office on Linux earlier, but it is possible now and...

linuxhint.com

Or install it using Crossover Linux.

Microsoft Office 365 | Compatibility Database | CodeWeavers

Office 365 is a subscription-based online office and software plus services suite which offers access to various services and software built around the Microsoft Office platform. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_365…

www.codeweavers.com

 

[marbles]

hi f33.

i did not know you could do that. interesting.

thx

 

[Condobloke]

@marbles

1. CTRL-F to open the Find search box.
2. Type your word into the search box.
3. Click "Find All" button.

See the word count of your word displayed below the search box, and slightly to the right, in the bottom margin of the Writer window. It will also show the total character count of all instances of your words.

yes you are right, but that would take forever to do

The instructions left by @atanere are perfectly correct, and take approx 4 seconds to do

if you glasses are not strong enough to see the end of the red arrow, click on the screenshot to enlarge it

 

[kibasnowpaw]

if you glasses are not strong enough to see the end of the red arrow, click on the screenshot to enlarge it

Your comment genuinely brought a smile to my face and induced a hearty chuckle.

 

[wendy-lebaron]

Something are a lot easier to do from the command line.

cat somefile | grep somestring | wc -l

Cannot do this with an ODT file however. Might be able to treat it as ZIP file and extract the "contents.xml", then search that but it's really a pain for a text editor, in case the user has to edit it.

Otherwise must take the ODT document and temporarily export to TXT text format, then search as you suggested.

I don't know if they changed the procedure, because I used OpenOffice-dot-org v3 for Windows extensively and didn't care very much for Libreoffice later except the Draw application.

 

[marbles]

this is horrible to use. when you hit ctrl-f, "selected" means one thing

and then when you hit ctrl-f - find all, "selected" means something different

 

[Condobloke]

THIS screenshot is ctrl-f....enter the word being searched for (i used your user name)....it shows 7 words 71 characters (it does not separate information about the word marbles

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This screenshot is ctrl-f find all. It shows 2 words, 14 characters...WHY?...because you have selected the word in the search box by hitting find all (find all instances of marbles).......the word marbles is written twice.....and there are 14 characters in the two words (So, by using the find all, it concentrates on the word you have entered (marbles) )