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Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation proces
s.
Registration of OpenOffice as default application for Microsoft Office formats c
an be forced or suppressed by using the following command line switches with the
installer:
* /msoreg=1 will force registration of OpenOffice as default application for Mic
rosoft Office formats.
* /msoreg=0 will suppress registration of OpenOffice as default application for
Microsoft Office formats.
If you perform an administrative installation using setup /a, you need to make s
ure that the file msvcr100.dll is installed on the system. This file is required
for OpenOffice to start after an administrative installation. You can get the f
ile from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555
Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation proces
s.
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 o
ther programs before starting the installation.
---------------------------------------------------------------------Problems During Program Startup
---------------------------------------------------------------------Difficulties starting OpenOffice (e.g. applications hang) as well as problems wi
th the screen display are often caused by the graphics card driver. If these pro
blems occur, please update your graphics card driver or try using the graphics d
river delivered with your operating system. Difficulties displaying 3D objects c
an often be solved by deactivating the option "Use OpenGL" under 'Tools - Option
s - OpenOffice - View - 3D view'.
---------------------------------------------------------------------ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows
---------------------------------------------------------------------Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through OpenOffice documents wh
en you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad.
To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "C:\Program Files\S
ynaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini" configuration file, and restart your computer:
[OpenOffice]
FC = "SALFRAME"
SF = 0x10000000
SF |= 0x00004000
The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windo
ws.
---------------------------------------------------------------------Shortcut Keys
---------------------------------------------------------------------Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used by the operating system can be us
How to Start
---------------------------------------------------------------------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 you
rself with many of the topics covered since the OpenOffice source code was relea
sed back in October 2000. When you're comfortable, all you need to do is send an
email self-introduction and jump right in.
Subscribe
---------------------------------------------------------------------Here are a few of the OpenOffice mailing lists to which you can subscribe at htt
p://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
* News: announce@openoffice.apache.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic
)
* Main user forum: users@openoffice.apache.org *easy way to lurk on discussions*
(heavy traffic)
* General project development and discussion list: dev@openoffice.apache.org (he
avy traffic)
Joining the Project
---------------------------------------------------------------------You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if y
ou have limited software design or coding experience. Yes, you!
At http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html you will find a first overview
where you can start with, ranging from Localization, QA, user support to some r
eal core coding projects. If you are not a developer, you can help with Document
ation or Marketing, for example. The OpenOffice marketing is applying both guerr
illa and traditional commercial techniques to marketing open source software, an
d 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 marketing mailing list marketing@openoffice.apache.o
rg where you can provide point communication contact with press, media, governme
nt agencies, consultants, schools, Linux Users Groups and developers in your cou
ntry and local community.
We hope you enjoy working with the new OpenOffice 4.1.2 and will join us online.
The Apache OpenOffice Community
---------------------------------------------------------------------Used / Modified Source Code
---------------------------------------------------------------------For detailed information about used and/or modified source code, see the NOTICE
file which is part of the installation.