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LemonAid
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PostPosted: 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


    Setting Up Page Styles in OOo Writer
    Style Is Everything, Right?
and this list includes a few new ones like
    Back to School with Bibliographies
    ToCs, Indexes and Bibliographies in OOo Writer
    Sharing Files Between OpenOffice.org and MS Office
    Fielding Questions, Part 4 - Mail Merges
    That's Your Version: Version Control in OpenOffice.org
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 )
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LemonAid
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:56 pm    Post subject:

Reference Sources / sites

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

Solveig Haugland / http://openoffice.blogs.com/
    OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas
    "OpenOffice training, tutorials, and discussions. It's the free Microsoft Office compatible office suite."
    Author, OpenOffice.org and StarOffice instructor with a passion for showing how the software makes things easier. 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.
    Technical editor and writer with over 30 years of editing experience.
    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 )

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includes User Guides, eBooks, Blogs, additional resource links, and much more!
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Lorinda
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PostPosted: 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.
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LemonAid
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:13 pm    Post subject:

Duplicate FONTs causing problems

Philippe ( I found it!! Cool )
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LemonAid
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PostPosted: 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
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Joined: Sep 23, 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:30 pm    Post subject:

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

translation: and the "wiki elves" are exhausted!
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LemonAid
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:03 pm    Post subject:

RoyFocker wrote:
...y los wiki elves están exhaustos...
heeeeelp!

translation: and the "wiki elves" are exhausted!
exhausted? Shocked

I thought Mystic Wiki Elves worked Day, and Night, and never needed sleep, or rest?
They can do ALL things in a ... blink of a eye.
What's next? Someone telling me "I can't grow up to be Santa?" Crying or Very sad

The Wiki Elves should take all the rest they need.
Questions will still be here when they return to the Neo community.
Their efforts are much appreciated - around the world!

Philip ( I was excited that I even posted to the To Be Added Wiki list. Wink )

\. "A Man's Reach Should Exceed His Grasp" by Henry Winkler
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jgd
Agent Smith


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PostPosted: 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
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Lorinda
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PostPosted: 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.
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jgd
Agent Smith


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PostPosted: 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
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sardisson
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:36 am    Post subject:

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

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jgd
Agent Smith


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PostPosted: 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
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Lorinda
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PostPosted: 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.
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LemonAid
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:53 pm    Post subject:

WOW, Shocked
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 )
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Lorinda
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PostPosted: 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
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