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OpenOffice 4.1.5 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 Apache OpenOffice 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
community site with helpful information at http://openoffice.apache.org

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

Is OpenOffice really free for any user?

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OpenOffice is free for use by everybody. You may take this copy of OpenOffice 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 or http://www.openoffice.org/license.html

Why is OpenOffice free for any user?

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You can use this copy of OpenOffice 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 what it is today - the world's leading open-source office
software.

If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure Apache OpenOffice continues into the future,
please consider contributing to the project - see http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html for
details on contributing time and http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html for details on
donations. Everyone has a contribution to make.

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Notes on Installation
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OpenOffice requires a recent version of JAVA for full functionality; JAVA can be downloaded from
http://java.com.

System Requirements
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* Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

* Pentium III or later processor
* 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 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 as default application for Microsoft 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 sure 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 file from http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

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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Problems During Program Startup
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Difficulties starting OpenOffice (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 - 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 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]

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. If
a key combination in OpenOffice does not work as described in the OpenOffice 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. For more information on this topic, refer to the OpenOffice Help or the Help documention
of your operating system.

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Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From OpenOffice
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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, 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. Your question may have already been answered - check the Community Forum at
http://forum.openoffice.org or search the archives of the 'users@openoffice.apache.org' mailing list at
http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html. Alternatively, you can send in your questions to
users@openoffice.apache.org. How to subscribe to the list (to get an email response) is explained on
this page: http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html.

Also check the FAQ section at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ.

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Reporting Bugs & Issues
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The OpenOffice Web site hosts BugZilla, 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 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://openoffice.apache.org/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 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.

Subscribe
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Here are a few of the OpenOffice mailing lists to which you can subscribe at
http://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 (heavy traffic)

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://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 real core coding projects. If you are not a
developer, you can help with Documentation or Marketing, for example. The OpenOffice marketing is
applying both guerrilla 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 marketing mailing list marketing@openoffice.apache.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 4.1.5 and will join us online.

The Apache OpenOffice 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 which is part of
the installation.