.TH SOFFICE 1 2025-11-12 soffice

.SH NAME
soffice - Apache OpenOffice is an open-source office productivity software
suite developed by the Apache Software Foundation.

.SH SYNOPSIS
soffice [options] [documents]

.SH DESCRIPTION
The suite includes applications for word processing (Writer), spreadsheets
(Calc), presentations (Impress), vector graphics (Draw), database
management (Base), and formula editing (Math). It supports the OpenDocument
format and is compatible with other major formats.

.SH OPTIONS
-accept=<accept-string> 	Specify an UNO connect-string to create an UNO
acceptor through which other programs can connect to access the API.

-base 	Creates a new database document.

-calc 	Creates a new spredsheet document.

-display <display> 	Specifies X-display to use in Unix/X11 versions.

-draw 	Creates a new drawing document.

-global 	Creates a new global text document.

-headless 	Suppresses any modal dialog so Apache OpenOffice can run
without user interaction. This is NOT designed to run AOO as a
"background" process. The Office starts and is able to open
document views. It's the task of a developer to use the API
correctly to assure that no UI is shown (includes -invisible).

-help/-h/-? 	Shows a small message box with information about the
arguments (Windows) or outputs it to stdout.

-helpbase 	Opens the OOo help application and shows the Base specific help
chapter.

-helpbasic 	Opens the OOo help application and shows the Basic specific
help chapter.

-helpcalc 	Opens the OOo help application and shows the Calc specific help
chapter.

-helpdraw 	Opens the OOo help application and shows the Draw specific help
chapter.

-helpimpress 	Opens the OOo help application and shows the Impress
specific help chapter.

-helpmath 	Opens the OOo help application and shows the Math specific help
chapter.

-helpwriter 	Opens the OOo help application and shows the Writer
specific help chapter.

-impress 	Creates a new presentation document.

-invisible 	Initially no start up screen, no default document and UI is
shown. It's possible to show documents via API. This option is
not designed to use AOO as a "background" process. The API
developer has to make sure that the views are opened
non-visible.

-language=<iso language code> 	Preset a user interface language. The
Office uses a fallback mechanism if the
provided language is not available.

-math 	Creates a new formula document.

-minimized 	keeps start up bitmap minimized.

-n 	Always open documents as new files (use as templates).

-nodefault 	Don't start with an empty document.

-nofirststartwizard 	Don't show the first start wizard on the first
start. A needed default user configuration is
copied without user interaction.

-nolockcheck 	Don't check for remote instances using a .lock file in the
user folder.

-nologo 	Don't show the splash screen.

-norestore 	Suppress restart/restore after a fatal error.

-o 	Opens a document regardless whether they are templates or not.

-p <documents...> 	Print the specified documents on the default printer.

-plugin 	Make AOO aware that it's embedded in a browser. DEPRECATED

-psn 	Is used for interproces communication with the Finder on MacOS X
platforms.

-pt <printer> <documents...> 	Print the specified documents on the
specified printer.

-portal 	DEPRECATED and not supported anymore. Will be removed in future
versions.

-quickstart 	Start the quickstart service (only available on Windows and
OS/2 platform).

-quickstart=no 	Disable quickstart service.

-server 	Disables recovery and session management. Command line
arguments which would open a document are ignored. No default
document will be opened.

-show <presentation> 	Open the specified presentation and start it
immediately.

-terminate_after_init 	The Office terminates after the initialization
phase automatically.

-unaccept=<accept-string> 	Close an acceptor that was created with
-accept=<accept-string>. Use -unaccept=all
to close all open acceptors.

-userid=<path to user configuration> 	Start the Office using the provided
user installation folder. DEPRECATED

-view <documents...> 	Open the specified documents in
viewer-(readonly-)mode.

-web 	Creates a new HTML document.

-writer 	Creates a new text document.

Remaining arguments will be treated as filenames or URLs of documents to
open.

.SH COPYRIGHT
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.