OpenOffice-Chords

Transpose chordnames in OpenOffice/LibreOffice text documents

Usage

This extension adds a new menu Chords

• Chords/Transpose...
• Chords/Find all chords in document
• Chords/Find all chords in selection

A chord is specified in the text in the usual way, surrounded by square brackets.

For example: [A] [Cdim] [Bb7] [G#m]

Installation

• Download Chords-X.Y.Z.oxt
• Tools->Extension Manager...->Add

Hacking

Packaged using BasicAddonBuilder

• https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_Packager
• http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/BasicAddonBuilder

Hack away at the macros & dialog boxes

• Tools->Macros->Organise Macros->LibreOffice Basic
• Tools->Macros->Organise Dialogs...

Run BasicAddonBuilder (own toolbar)

• Select library to deploy
  • Chords
• General options
  • Add top level menu
• Office menubar
  • Menu title: Chords
  • Add menu Transpose...
    • UserMacros/transposeChords
  • Add menu Find all chords in document
    • UserMacros/findAllChordsInDocument
  • Add menu Find all chords in selection
    • UserMacros/findAllChordsInSelection
• License and version
  • Unique identifier: vnd.basicaddonbuilder.chords
  • Version number: increment
  • License: Public Domain (UNLICENSE)
• Extension description
• Publish

See Also

http://ooolilypond.sourceforge.net/

Also provided: UkuleleFretBoard.ly template for OOoLilyPond.