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OpenOffice 4.1.2 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 4.1.2 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.