r/Lubuntu • u/KmK2769 • Aug 29 '26

Libreoffice offline help open only on notepad qq as HTML codes on my Lubuntu 26.04

I am new to Linux. I am using Libreoffice and I open the offline help by using F1. But the help file opens up on notepad qq. And it is just HTML code and not easy to read. I want to open the offline help file in a readable format like Firefox or something.

How do I set default app for opening a specific file type?

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u/Twisted_Mongoose Aug 29 '26

You could try to find the file, right mouse file properties and select / change the default program that opens html-files. It should work just fine.

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u/KmK2769 9d ago

Thanks that works 

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u/Grado77 15d ago

Looks like the file is html so should open by default in a browser. Do you have a browser installed?

file:///usr/share/libreoffice/help/en-US/text/swriter/main0000.html

If you copy the above into a browser window it should be readable (your path name may be slightly different).

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u/KmK2769 9d ago

Thanks for the advice. I changed the default in the propertyies