LibreOffice 26.8 Help
This section describes how to assign scripts to application, document or form events.
You can automatically execute a macro when a specified software event occurs by assigning the desired macro to the event. The following table provides an overview of document events and at what point an assigned macro is executed.
Event |
An assigned macro is executed... |
routine |
|---|---|---|
Start Application |
...after a LibreOffice application is started. |
OnStartApp |
Close Application |
...before a LibreOffice application is terminated. |
OnCloseApp |
Document created |
...New document created with File - New or with the New icon. Note that this event also fires when Basic IDE opens. |
OnCreate |
New Document |
...after a new document is created with File - New or with the New icon. |
OnNew |
Document loading finished |
...before a document is opened with File - Open or with the Open icon. |
OnLoadFinished |
Open Document |
...after a document is opened with File - Open or with the Open icon. |
OnLoad |
Document is going to be closed |
...before a document is closed. |
OnPrepareUnload |
Document closed |
...after a document was closed. Note that the "Save Document" event may also occur when the document is saved before closing. |
OnUnload |
-no UI- |
OnLayoutFinished |