Is it possible to install the start screen of Libreoffice without using Flatpak

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In Libreoffice, when you close the last open file without closing the program, it goes to a screen showing thumbnails of the most recent files as well as links to open/create new files in the various modules. By using the Flatpak version of LibreOffice that screen can be opened without opening any particular module first. This is extremely useful to me inasmuch as 9 times out of 10 I want to work on a recent file, not create a new one, and I can just click on the recent file I want without having to drill through folders to find it. The problem with the Flatpak version is that I have found it to be a little less reliable and prefer to stick with the rpm files in the Fedora repository. So my question is, does someone know of a launcher (I assume that’s the word) that I can install so that I have that functionality without using Flatpak?

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Maybe running just soffice.bin?

openSUSE has:

/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/oosplash

LibreOffice shortcut (plain; no Write/Math/Calc) launches soffice.bin with --splash according to GNOME System Monitor, but command-line says that flag doesn’t exist:

/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin --splash
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If I type

libreoffice #or 
soffice

in the terminal I get to this screen you asking for.

I do have Workstation F44 and in Gnome-Software it shows me that I have the RPM installed.

I think this come automatically when installing one of the software packages:

 libreoffice-base.x86_64	Database front-end for LibreOffice
 libreoffice-calc.x86_64	LibreOffice Spreadsheet Application
 libreoffice-draw.x86_64	LibreOffice Drawing Application
 libreoffice-impress.x86_64	LibreOffice Presentation Application
 libreoffice-writer.x86_64	LibreOffice Word Processor Application

P.S.
I could not find a separate oosplash package nor soffice.

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Installing any of the LibreOffice packages does in fact install what I’m looking for, the problem being there’s no icon/shortcut I can use to open it directly.

I tried soffice and libreoffice in terminal and it does give the screen I’m looking for. So forgive my ignorance, but is there a way to create a shortcut for that in either gnome or KDE?

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desktop-file-install \
    --dir=${HOME}/.local/share/applications \
    --remove-key=NoDisplay \
    /usr/share/applications/libreoffice-startcenter.desktop
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Wonderful! That’s exactly what I needed! Thank you.