Installation on Windows

[fuzunspm]

Unfortunately i need to work on Windows too so is it really possible to install this on windows or i will lose my eyes

thanks!

[RaitaroH]

To be fair I only use libreoffice if I need to (usually because the university runs on windows). Even then I have stopped using this due to some issues.

I also recommend doing this manually. The icons can be installed manually on linux. The colors can be changed manually. I am not even sure if you can import, as I said in the readme. Unfortunately I cannot help you even if you were on linux.

[RaitaroH]

#1 was left open so might as well leave this open too, but don't expect anything from me.

[DoS007]

The problem is, to get the ui black itself. I did everything what you said. How to get ui black?

[RaXorX]

I had thought that the dev would have had some thoughts on how to get it working on windows but guess that isn't the case for now. I stumbled upon this myself and the only issue as far as I have is getting the UI to be black. I finally worked around a way to import the color scheme automatically but still needs some manual work.

There are two main LibreOffice directories. First is the main program directory which will be saved in "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice" or if you manually select some other directory for it. The second directory is in the "[UserName]\AppData\Roaming" folder. It'll be named LibreOffice the folder path is this "C:\Users\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice".

1. The "images_breeze_dark.zip" goes to the main installation directory in the "\share\config" folder, the folder path for which would be like this "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice-LO\share\config". Just rename the previous images_breeze_dark.zip to something else or replace it entirely.

2. The "standard.soc" goes to in the main installation directory again in the "\share\palette" folder, file path is "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\palette". Rename the old standard.soc file to something else if you don't want to lose the standard colors of LO and paste the new standard.soc here.

[Note: You can either replace the files, save with a different name but don't change the extension if you still want to be able to use the old files, or change the extension to keep a backup of them.] [Note2: The second step is unnecessary as libre will load color values from the next step for the color scheme automatically but without any names. But it's advisable to do this step so that you can use those values in other places if need to be.]

3. The third file "registrymodifications.xcu" is available in the second directory here "C:\Users\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user". The file needs to be edited rather than be replaced entirely. One this file in a text editor (preferably in notepad++ or any other, or just use notepad) and come to the end of it. You need to append the contents of the new registry modification file to this file but before the </oor:items> and save it.

After that it's a matter of loading the libre writer. You'd be able to see that it loads the icons + dark theme by default.

I'll look around for more to change the UI too.

[Fyren]

I kind of got the instructions in the previous comment to work, but had to take additional steps. I tried on 6.2.2.2 64-bit on Windows 7.

When adding the changes to the registry, either I messed it up my earlier attempts or the order of the entries mattered. The first few tries ended up with the file reverting after starting LibreOffice with no apparent effect. I tried changing their order to define the color scheme before setting it as the current one, and it worked, though maybe that was just coincidence and I did something else wrong.

Afterwards, the icon set also wasn't used, though the options said it was selected. I had to switch away from breezy-dark and then back to it (using the options UI) to actually use it.

The toolbar background was still strange for me with a grey to white gradient. What I ended up doing was making a custom "persona" theme. You can look at the defaults in share/gallery/personas/ in the install directory, but it basically just needs three images. I made them as just a flat fill of the "application background" color set by this theme. Then, I set it as the current persona the registry file. (Set it to like the "green" default persona in the UI, then search for "green" in the registry.)

The color names from the modified standard.soc aren't getting used for me in the options for some reason, but I guess it doesn't really matter.

[thegamerx1]

color scheme not appearing help

[mikwee]

I had thought that the dev would have had some thoughts on how to get it working on windows but guess that isn't the case for now. I stumbled upon this myself and the only issue as far as I have is getting the UI to be black. I finally worked around a way to import the color scheme automatically but still needs some manual work.

There are two main LibreOffice directories. First is the main program directory which will be saved in "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice" or if you manually select some other directory for it. The second directory is in the "[UserName]\AppData\Roaming" folder. It'll be named LibreOffice the folder path is this "C:\Users\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice".

1. The "images_breeze_dark.zip" goes to the main installation directory in the "\share\config" folder, the folder path for which would be like this "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice-LO\share\config". Just rename the previous images_breeze_dark.zip to something else or replace it entirely.
2. The "standard.soc" goes to in the main installation directory again in the "\share\palette" folder, file path is "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\palette". Rename the old standard.soc file to something else if you don't want to lose the standard colors of LO and paste the new standard.soc here.

[Note: You can either replace the files, save with a different name but don't change the extension if you still want to be able to use the old files, or change the extension to keep a backup of them.] [Note2: The second step is unnecessary as libre will load color values from the next step for the color scheme automatically but without any names. But it's advisable to do this step so that you can use those values in other places if need to be.]

1. The third file "registrymodifications.xcu" is available in the second directory here "C:\Users\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user". The file needs to be edited rather than be replaced entirely. One this file in a text editor (preferably in notepad++ or any other, or just use notepad) and come to the end of it. You need to append the contents of the new registry modification file to this file but before the </oor:items> and save it.

After that it's a matter of loading the libre writer. You'd be able to see that it lo

I had thought that the dev would have had some thoughts on how to get it working on windows but guess that isn't the case for now. I stumbled upon this myself and the only issue as far as I have is getting the UI to be black. I finally worked around a way to import the color scheme automatically but still needs some manual work.

There are two main LibreOffice directories. First is the main program directory which will be saved in "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice" or if you manually select some other directory for it. The second directory is in the "[UserName]\AppData\Roaming" folder. It'll be named LibreOffice the folder path is this "C:\Users\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice".

1. The "images_breeze_dark.zip" goes to the main installation directory in the "\share\config" folder, the folder path for which would be like this "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice-LO\share\config". Just rename the previous images_breeze_dark.zip to something else or replace it entirely.
2. The "standard.soc" goes to in the main installation directory again in the "\share\palette" folder, file path is "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\palette". Rename the old standard.soc file to something else if you don't want to lose the standard colors of LO and paste the new standard.soc here.

[Note: You can either replace the files, save with a different name but don't change the extension if you still want to be able to use the old files, or change the extension to keep a backup of them.] [Note2: The second step is unnecessary as libre will load color values from the next step for the color scheme automatically but without any names. But it's advisable to do this step so that you can use those values in other places if need to be.]

1. The third file "registrymodifications.xcu" is available in the second directory here "C:\Users\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user". The file needs to be edited rather than be replaced entirely. One this file in a text editor (preferably in notepad++ or any other, or just use notepad) and come to the end of it. You need to append the contents of the new registry modification file to this file but before the </oor:items> and save it.

After that it's a matter of loading the libre writer. You'd be able to see that it loads the icons + dark theme by default.

I'll look around for more to change the UI too.

What am I supposed to do in registrymodifications.xcu?

[RaitaroH]

@mikwee I have no idea what you should do with registrymodifications.xcu, on windows. On Linux I specified where that should be placed under the installation section. On windows I simply do not know.

[rektboi]

@mikwee I followed your instructions, but left the old icons because the new where not very visible with the light UI. Any advance in getting the UI colour to change?

[Advantaged]

I had thought that the dev would have had some thoughts on how to get it working on windows but guess that isn't the case for now. I stumbled upon this myself and the only issue as far as I have is getting the UI to be black. I finally worked around a way to import the color scheme automatically but still needs some manual work.

There are two main LibreOffice directories. First is the main program directory which will be saved in "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice" or if you manually select some other directory for it. The second directory is in the "[UserName]\AppData\Roaming" folder. It'll be named LibreOffice the folder path is this "C:\Users\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice".

1. The "images_breeze_dark.zip" goes to the main installation directory in the "\share\config" folder, the folder path for which would be like this "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice-LO\share\config". Just rename the previous images_breeze_dark.zip to something else or replace it entirely.
2. The "standard.soc" goes to in the main installation directory again in the "\share\palette" folder, file path is "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\palette". Rename the old standard.soc file to something else if you don't want to lose the standard colors of LO and paste the new standard.soc here.

[Note: You can either replace the files, save with a different name but don't change the extension if you still want to be able to use the old files, or change the extension to keep a backup of them.] [Note2: The second step is unnecessary as libre will load color values from the next step for the color scheme automatically but without any names. But it's advisable to do this step so that you can use those values in other places if need to be.]

1. The third file "registrymodifications.xcu" is available in the second directory here "C:\Users\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user". The file needs to be edited rather than be replaced entirely. One this file in a text editor (preferably in notepad++ or any other, or just use notepad) and come to the end of it. You need to append the contents of the new registry modification file to this file but before the </oor:items> and save it.

After that it's a matter of loading the libre writer. You'd be able to see that it loads the icons + dark theme by default.

I'll look around for more to change the UI too.

You can edit the files, that works under Linux knowing extensions like "soc" (Sonic Object Configuration), "xcu" (OpenOffice.org Extension Control), etc., etc.. Under Win, if you cant edit them, e.g with "LibreOffice" same or inject them or just rename the "olds" with extension "*.back" and copy the "news" on the same place. The advantage of this method is... you can rollback. Under Win you should replace the "Admin/Root"-files and the "User"-files except the "images_breeze_dark.zip".

I don't use Win since more than 10 years, so I can't tell you exactly when the user-files or the admin-files are used there.

Good luck

[ItsIgnacioPortal]

Thanks @RaXorX, your guide worked like a charm! Tested on LibreOffice version: 6.4.2.2 (x64)