Operation Manual

It is not important to understand where macros are stored for casual use. If you know where they
are stored, however, you can create a backup, share your macros, or inspect them if there is an
error.
Go to Tools > Macros > Organize Dialogs on the main menu bar to open the LibreOffice Macro
Organizer dialog (Figure 334 on page 337). Alternatively, go to Tools > Macros > Organize
Macros > LibreOffice Basic on the main menu bar to open the LibreOffice Macros dialog (Figure
333 on page 336) and then click the Organizer button.
Importing macros
The LibreOffice Macro Organizer dialog allows you to import macro libraries into your document as
well as creating, deleting, and renaming libraries, modules, and dialogs.
1) Select the library container to use and then click Import to import macro libraries (Figure
334 on page 337).
2) Navigate to the directory containing the library to import (Figure 340). There are usually two
files from which to choose, dialog.xlb and script.xlb. It does not matter which of these two
files you select; both will be imported. Macros can be stored in libraries inside LibreOffice
documents. Select a document rather than a directory on disk to import libraries contained
in a document.
Note
You cannot import the library named Standard.
Figure 340: Navigating to a macro library
Tip
On a computer operating Linux, the LibreOffice specific files are stored in the home
directory of a user in a directory whose name begins with a period. Directories and
files with names beginning with a period may be hidden and not shown in a normal
selection dialog. If using LibreOffice dialogs, rather than the operating system
specific dialogs, type the name of the desired directory in the Name field.
3) Select a file and click Open to continue and open the Import Libraries dialog (Figure 341).
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