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OpenOffice.org 3.4 ReadMe

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For latest updates to this readme file, see

http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/readme.html

This file contains important information about this program. Please read this
information very carefully before starting work.

The OpenOffice.org Community, responsible for the development of this product,

would like to invite you to participate as a community member. As a new user, you
can check out the OpenOffice.org site with helpful user information at
http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/introduction.html

Also read the sections below about getting involved in the OpenOffice.org project.

Is OpenOffice.org really free for any user?

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OpenOffice.org is free for use by everybody. You may take this copy of
OpenOffice.org and install it on as many computers as you like, and use it for any
purpose you like (including commercial, government, public administration and
educational use). For further details see the license text delivered together with
OpenOffice.org or http://www.openoffice.org/license.html

Why is OpenOffice.org free for any user?

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You can use this copy of OpenOffice.org today free of charge because individual
contributors and corporate sponsors have designed, developed, tested, translated,
documented, supported, marketed, and helped in many other ways to make
OpenOffice.org what it is today - the world's leading open-source office software.

If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure OpenOffice.org continues
into the future, please consider contributing to the project - see
http://contributing.openoffice.org for details. Everyone has a contribution to
make.

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Notes on Installation
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OpenOffice.org requires a recent version of JAVA for full functionality which is

part of the OpenOffice.org installation package.

System Requirements
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* Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), XP, Vista, or Windows 7

* Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)
* 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
* Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space
* 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors

Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.
Registration of OpenOffice.org as default application for Microsoft Office formats
can be forced or suppressed by using the following command line switches with the
installer:

* /msoreg=1 will force registration of OpenOffice.org as default application for

Microsoft Office formats.
* /msoreg=0 will suppress registration of OpenOffice.org as default application for
Microsoft Office formats.

If you perform an administrative installation using setup /a, you need to make sure
that the file msvc90.dll is installed on the system. This file is required for
OpenOffice.org to start after an administrative installation. You can get the file
from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-
8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF

Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.

Please make sure you have enough free memory in the temporary directory on your
system and that read, write and run access rights have been granted. Close all
other programs before starting the installation.

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Extension Database Incompatibility
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The Berkeley database engine has been upgraded in this version of OpenOffice.org.
The database engine upgrade introduces an incompatibility with user data for
installed extensions for OpenOffice.org versions prior to 3.2 that may require your
action if you downgrade your version of OpenOffice.org.

This version of OpenOffice.org will convert your extension database to the new
Berkeley database format when extensions are installed or removed. After this
conversion, the database can no longer be read by earlier versions of
OpenOffice.org. Downgrading to an earlier version may result in a dysfunctional
installation.

If you downgrade to an earlier version of OpenOffice.org, you must remove the user
data directory {user data}/uno_packages, for example
~/.openoffice.org/3/user/uno_packages, and reinstall all extensions.

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Problems During Program Startup
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Difficulties starting OpenOffice.org (e.g. applications hang) as well as problems

with the screen display are often caused by the graphics card driver. If these
problems occur, please update your graphics card driver or try using the graphics
driver delivered with your operating system. Difficulties displaying 3D objects can
often be solved by deactivating the option "Use OpenGL" under 'Tools - Options -
OpenOffice.org - View - 3D view'.

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ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows
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Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through OpenOffice.org documents
when you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad.

To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "C:\Program

Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini" configuration file, and restart your computer:

[OpenOffice.org]

FC = "SALFRAME"

SF = 0x10000000

SF |= 0x00004000

The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windows.

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Shortcut Keys
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Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used by the operating system can be used
in OpenOffice.org. If a key combination in OpenOffice.org does not work as
described in the OpenOffice.org Help, check if that shortcut is already used by the
operating system. To rectify such conflicts, you can change the keys assigned by
your operating system. Alternatively, you can change almost any key assignment in
OpenOffice.org. For more information on this topic, refer to the OpenOffice.org
Help or the Help documention of your operating system.

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Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From OpenOffice.org
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When sending a document via 'File - Send - Document as E-mail' or 'Document as PDF
Attachment' problems might occur (program crashes or hangs). This is due to the
Windows system file "Mapi" (Messaging Application Programming Interface) which
causes problems in some file versions. Unfortunately, the problem cannot be
narrowed down to a certain version number. For more information visit
http://www.microsoft.com to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for "mapi dll".

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Important Accessibility Notes
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For more information on the accessibility features in OpenOffice.org, see

http://www.openoffice.org/access/

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User Support
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The main support page http://support.openoffice.org/ offers various possibilities

for help with OpenOffice.org. Your question may have already been answered - check
the Community Forum at http://user.services.openoffice.org or search the archives
of the 'users@openoffice.org' mailing list at
http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html. Alternatively, you can send in your
questions to users@openoffice.org. How to subscribe to the list (to get an email
response) is explained on this page:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Content/help/mailinglists.

Also check the FAQ section at

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ.

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Reporting Bugs & Issues
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The OpenOffice.org Web site hosts IssueZilla, our mechanism for reporting, tracking
and solving bugs and issues. We encourage all users to feel entitled and welcome to
report issues that may arise on your particular platform. Energetic reporting of
issues is one of the most important contributions that the user community can make
to the ongoing development and improvement of the suite.

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Getting Involved
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The OpenOffice.org Community would very much benefit from your active participation
in the development of this important open source project.

As a user, you are already a valuable part of the suite's development process and
we would like to encourage you to take an even more active role with a view to
being a long-term contributor to the community. Please join and check out the user
page at http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/get-involved.html

How to Start
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The best way to start contributing is to subscribe to one or more of the mailing
lists, lurk for a while, and gradually use the mail archives to familiarize
yourself with many of the topics covered since the OpenOffice.org source code was
released back in October 2000. When you're comfortable, all you need to do is send
an email self-introduction and jump right in. If you are familiar with Open Source
Projects, check out our To-Dos list and see if there is anything you would like to
help with at http://development.openoffice.org/todo.html.

Subscribe
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Here are a few of the Project mailing lists to which you can subscribe at
http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html

* News: ooo-announce@incubator.apache.org *recommended to all users* (light

traffic)
* Main user forum: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org *easy way to lurk on discussions*
(heavy traffic)
* Marketing project: ooo-marketing@incubator.apache.org *beyond development*
(getting heavy)
* General code contributor list: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org (moderate/heavy)

Joining the Project

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You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if you
have limited software design or coding experience. Yes, you!

At http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/get-involved.html you will find a

first overview where you can start with, ranging from Localization, QA, user
support to some real core coding projects. If you are not a developer, try the
Documentation or the Marketing Project. The OpenOffice.org Marketing Project is
applying both guerilla and traditional commercial techniques to marketing open
source software, and we are doing it across language and cultural barriers, so you
can help just by spreading the word and telling a friend about this office suite.
You can help by joining the marktig mailig list ooo-marketing@incubator.apache.org
or visit the Marketing Communications & Information Network on
http://marketing.openoffice.org where you can provide point communication contact
with press, media, government agencies, consultants, schools, Linux Users Groups
and developers in your country and local community.

We hope you enjoy working with the new OpenOffice.org 3.4 and will join us online.

The OpenOffice.org Community

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Used / Modified Source Code
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For detailed information about used and or modified source code see the NOTICE file
whihc is part of the installation.