Hi,
This kind of question would be more appropriate for the 'users' list.
adrian Greeman wrote:
I have learned to move my dictionaries between snapshot version of the Beta and
so on - I copy the files in share-wordbook-ENus and then copy them back to the
same file when the new version in installed.
Now - I have recently created a new dictionary in
Tools-options-language-writing aids - ticked it on the check box and it works and stores words of its own category (company names as it happens).
BUT it does not appear in the ENus file along with the others - and I cannot
find it to copy it for the next upgrade. It must be SOMEWHERE but where?
Can someone explain if it is not too esoteric? I have WinXP SP2.
A personal dictionary which you created using the office itself is
different from installable dictionaries. As it is personal, it is stored
as user-specific data. This data is stored in directory
$HOME/.openoffice.org.XXX on Linux/Unix systems and in
%APPDATA%\OpenOffice.orgXXX on Windows. Here %APPDATA% is a hidden
directory, which typically is at
"C:\Documents And Settings\<your username>\ApplicationData".
As the OpenOffice.orgXXX directory name contains the milestone number,
you get a new instance of this each time you install a new milestone
build. To carry personal data or settings forward, you can copy
individual files from the old to the new user data or simply try to copy
or rename the old folder to the new name before starting the new version
for the first time.
You can find the exact name of the directory in the
program\bootstrap.ini file within you installation. Look for the line
that says "UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/<directory-name>".
[And I would do the same with templates if I could find them as well].
Your personal templates should be in the user data directory as well.
Earlier in the development cycle incompatible changes in the user data
were reasonably frequent, so simply moving forward all user data between
milestone builds was not a good idea. But since Beta this ought to have
stabilized, so you can try to simply copy or rename your user data
folder as you install newer milestones.
HTH,
Ciao, Joerg
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