I have been getting the question more often lately on how to use LaTex Formulas in LibreOffice. I have even seem some folks suggesting to drop Libre Office just because they don’t see how to do that. I just wanted to highlight how you can work around this and use LaTex in Libra Office using the  TexMaths extension till Libre Office have it by default.

Installation:

1. Download the extension from https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/texmaths-1
2. Open LibreOffice Writer, go to Tools -> Extension Manager, and select the file (*.oxt) just downloaded.
3. Close all instances of LibreOffice and start it again.
4. Now you will see the new TexMaths extension toolbar:

Usage:

The new toolbar is pretty simple, discover it by yourself. There are a few tips that can smooth up your experience:

• To edit a previously inserted formula, click on the image and on the correspondent toolbar button.
• Define shortcuts in the Shortcuts tab of the TexMaths system configuration, I’d suggest Ctrl+k and Ctrl+h as there is no predefined shortcut for these keyboard combination in LibreOffice.