User manual OPENOFFICE 1.1

[. . . ] OpenOffice. org 1. 1 Setup Guide June 2003, Revision A Public Documentation License Notice The contents of this Documentation are subject to the Public Documentation License Version 1. 0 (the "License"); you may only use this Documentation if you comply with the terms of this License. A copy of the License is available at http://www. openoffice. org/licenses/PDL. html. The Initial Writer of the Original Documentation is Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Initial Writer contact(s): dedr@openoffice. org). [. . . ] If the directory does not exist, you are prompted to create it. Click Next to continue with the installation. Reviewing the Installation Options After you set your installation options, a dialog appears that allows you review the settings. 54 OpenOffice. org 1. 1 Setup Guide Click Install to continue with the installation, or click Back to alter the settings made. Chapter 4 Multi-User and Network Installation 55 Assigning File Types Use this dialog to associate OpenOffice. org with Microsoft file types, and with HTML documents. This information is registered in your operating system. Select the File types that you want OpenOffice. org to open. Unless you intend to use OpenOffice. org as your regular daily Office suite, make sure you leave the boxes unchecked. (If you forget, or miss this screen, don"t panic, as your files are still there, and are still in the original format. They may still be opened from within Word or Excel by using the "Open File. . . " but ton. They can also be reassociated with Microsoft Office, by rightclicking on a file (Shiftrightclick in Windows 9x/Me) and selecting "Open With. . . ", then choosing the Microsoft program and checking the "Always open with this pro gram" box. ). Whether you check these boxes or not, you may still open all your Microsoft Office files with OpenOffice. org. To make OpenOffice. org Writer the default editor for HTML files, select the check box in the Default HTML Editor check box. Click OK. 56 OpenOffice. org 1. 1 Setup Guide You can set the file type assignments of an existing installation by running the setup application and selecting the Modify option (see Modify on page 71). JavaTM Runtime Environment If the JavaTM Runtime Environment (JRE) was not installed during the Server Installation, you are prompted to install the JRE. To install the JRE, follow the instructions on page 29. Copying the Files During the installation, the progress is indicated as a percentage and the remain ing time is estimated. Chapter 4 Multi-User and Network Installation 57 Concluding the Installation When the installation is complete, a final dialog is displayed. Click Complete to finish the installation. Depending on the window manager that you use, you may need to log off and restart your window manager. Starting OpenOffice. org Change to the {installpath}/program directory, or to the local OpenOffice. org directory in your home directory, and type: . /soffice You can also add the {installpath}/program directory to the program path, and then type "soffice" in any directory to start OpenOffice. org. To set up the default printer for OpenOffice. org, call the spadmin Printer Administration Utility, as is described in the Appendix. After completing the installation process under the Solaris OE, log out and log in again to update the CDE integration. 58 OpenOffice. org 1. 1 Setup Guide The icons for starting the OpenOffice. org applications are added to the Win dows Start menu in the programs/OpenOffice. org 1. 1 folder. During the installation process, a link to the OpenOffice. org Quickstarter is added to the Autostart folder in the Windows Start menu. The Quickstarter is added to the system tray when you start Windows. Rightclick the Quickstarter icon in the system tray, and choose the OpenOf fice. org application that you want to start. For more information on the Quickstarter, see the online help. Information about starting OpenOffice. org with command line parameters is found in the Appendix. Chapter 4 Multi-User and Network Installation 59 CHAPTER 5 5 Appendix The Appendix contains instructions for installing the JavaTM Runtime Environ ment (JRE), and information about the printer administration program under the SolarisTM Operating Environment and under Linux. It also contains information about modifying, repairing, and deinstalling the OpenOffice. org software. Installing the JavaTM Runtime Environment Under Windows During the OpenOffice. org installation, you are prompted to install the Java Run time Environment (JRE). These files are only required to run JAVA based applets and some OpenOffice. org components, such as the Report AutoPilot. To install the JRE later, run the jvmsetup located in the program directory of the OpenOffice. org installation. To use the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) under Linux, refer to the readme file for the most uptodate information. Setting up Printer, Fax and Fonts Under UNIX® Based Platforms Under UNIX® based platforms, the printer administration program spadmin is provided to help you set up printers, faxes and fonts for use with the OpenOf fice. org software. [. . . ] To permanently deactivate the registration menu com mand, set ShowMenuItem under Registration to false: <Registration> <RequestDialog cfg:type="int">0</RequestDialog> <ShowMenuItem cfg:type="boolean">false</ShowMenuItem> </Registration> 76 OpenOffice. org 1. 1 Setup Guide Extending the OpenOffice. org Software The OpenOffice. org software can be extended using the tools in the OpenOf fice. org Software Development Kit (SDK). Typically, these extensions include shared libraries, Java class files, OpenOffice. org Basic scripts, or new interface type descriptions. For more information on creating extensions for the OpenOffice. org software, refer to the OpenOffice. org Developer' s Guide. The special package manager pkgchk is installed and registered by the OpenOf fice. org setup application. [. . . ]