Tips to Add to the Wiki

LemonAid · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject:

Resources to Add.

I found the complete listing of Bruce ByField's articles about OOo. http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ooo.html
Many I have recommented before,

Configuring OpenOffice.org Writer
What New Users Need to Know About OpenOffice.org
11 Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org

and this list includes a few new ones like

Back to School with Bibliographies

and MUCH MORE.

I had not seen the articles about Bibliographies before - interesting reading.

Philip ( and articles by Jean, and .... what's her name too! Wink

)

LemonAid · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject:

Reference Sources / sites

Bruce Byfield / http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ooo.html

http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ooo.html

http://www.linuxjournal.com/blog/800902

http://documentation.openoffice.org/articles/index.html

OpenOffice.org Off the Wall

Solveig Haugland / http://openoffice.blogs.com/

OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas

http://www.getopenoffice.org/

http://openoffice.blogs.com/

Jean Hollis Weber / http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/

Resources for intermediate and advanced users of OpenOffice.org.

Here are some of my tips for setting up and using OpenOffice.org.
- Setting up OOo to suit the way I work
My list of features I turn off or on when I install OOo on a new machine, and other setup tricks.
- How to create an AutoCorrect replacement table
Does your preferred version of English (or any other language) not have an AutoCorrect replacement table? Here's how to create one.

If you have not read ANY articles by these authors - you are not really using all the POWER of OOo / Neo!

http://documentation.openoffice.org/ -
And the Documentation page at OOo has been cleaned-up / updated.

Philip ( Loves ... Name dropping?!? Rolling Eyes

)

Lorinda · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:56 am Post subject:

Inserting a updatable OLE chart in Writer

here's hoping somebody finds a better way, but at least it's a start.

LemonAid · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject:

Duplicate FONTs causing problems

Philippe ( I found it!! Cool

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LemonAid · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject:

NEW Neo Resources catagory - NEO extensions and such:

- Iconic.....
- Other Icons the Valter listed ?
- NOMu
- New Neo Users Book, and User Guide!

Looks like there is a growing number of ... addons for our little Neo! (I'm so ... proud Cool

)

Yes, I know - Neo Developers can't provide ANY support for items they do not release.
Your Mileage May Vary, Don't run with sharp objects, items for your own personal use only, etc Rolling Eyes

Philip ( Our little Neo is ... growing up! Wink

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RoyFocker · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject:

...y los wiki elves están exhaustos...
heeeeelp!

translation: and the "wiki elves" are exhausted!

LemonAid · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject:

jgd · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:49 am Post subject:

I added the paths to the user's pref folders (autotext, templates, autocorrection, databases, etc) in the French article [url=http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/Fr:Récupérer_les_Configurations_Personnelles_dans_un_Dossier_de_Préférences_Endommagé]Récupérer les
Configurations Personnelles dans un Dossier de Préférences Endommagé[/url]
and the same paths are translated in comments in the English page.

(Philip's request…)

Jacqueline

Lorinda · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:29 am Post subject:

Thanks, Jacqueline!!!

I added one more path (for uno packages created when downloading extensions from OxygenOffice Professional), and a section on importing 2.0 preferences to 2.1.

jgd · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:

Two remarks:

1) The path for keyboard shortcuts is the French one.
There is a "fr" folder between "accelerator" and "current.xml".
Thus you have to update that in the En version.

2) I'm not sure that saving the folder "uno_packages" that you indicate is sufficient. I think that the whole folder "cache" should be saved.

Jacqueline

sardisson · Town Crier Joined: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 4588

Given that extensions are installed by some process, it's possible that you don't want to copy them across at all (because some parts get installed/configured/etc. in files elsewhere in the preferences hierarchy, and won't work if all the disparate parts are not copied over) but to reinstall them.

I haven't tried with any of the new-style .oxt extensions, but I did run into this problem in the past with at least one UNO package....

Smokey

jgd · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:23 pm Post subject:

I agree with you Smokey, it's better to save the .zip or .oxt files and to reinstall them using the Extensions manager. I tried to move and replace the "cache" folder and only one of the four extensions I've added seems to be working without a reinstallation.

Jacqueline

Lorinda · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the input. My only experience with extensions has been the OxygenOffice templates, etc., and I've been able to muck around in those folders a fair amount to rearrange the templates into more meaningful categories. But that all happened after I installed 2.1

I have corrected the "fr" folder issue, added a note about finding keyboard shortcuts for other modules, and (hopefully) written a more accurate paragraph about handling extensions.

LemonAid · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject:

WOW,

Thanks Lorinda, Jacqueline, Smokey,

The new additions are ... AMAZING.
I was looking for just a few hints and I see lots of details, AND some warnings! Rolling Eyes

Having this information "should" be a GREAT help in the future. I have not seen this much information for most other Office Suites.

For those users who are ... Adventurous, these details will allow them to fine tune their Preferences. Use at your own risk - YMMV Philip ( Is in ... AWE at the Mystic Wiki Elves! Wink

)

Lorinda · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject:

Philip:

Did you have a particular page in mind to which we should add the references/sites you listed above?

Were you thinking of the Support page, or somewhere else?

Lorinda