I keep multiple versions running in order to provide QA and interoperability testing.
These are all on Windows, but I notice that I have OO.o 2.4.1, OOo-dev 3.4, and LibreOffice 3.4.3 all installed on the same Virtual PC running Windows XP. That is not where I do all of my work (I am still on LibreOffice 3.3.2 for a serious writing deliverable right now), so I may simply have not seen the problems. The one annoying limitation is that (1) I can only have one default application that launches when I double-click on a file, and it is the OO.o 2.4.1 that was installed first in the 3-install case (which is fine), and (2) I can't add the other versions to the context menu for alternate ways to open the files because the programs all have the same file name. So to use documents in the other two versions, I must open the version first, then open the documents from within the version I am running. (This is apparently a Windows limitation.) There may be other "conflicts" but, in my forensic work, this is what I notice most. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: planas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:05 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Dead End or Evolution? Owen, On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 05:39 -0700, owen wrote: > I'm behind on the issue of the demise of Open Office and the emergence > of Libreoffice. > Will the installation of Libreoffice recognize all my OpenOfffice files. > Will utalizing Libreoffice end up with both OpenOffice and > Libreoffice being installed on my computer. I don't want both systems so > should I uninstall or remove OpenOffice? > What will happen to the OpenOffice custom templates I how have? Also > the dictionary I have added many words too? > Will anyone continue to support the free version of OpenOffice? > LO will read all the OOo files and use the templates because both use the Open Document Format. LO is a fork of OOo and maintaining compatibility is one of the project goals. People have reported problems with having both installed so the recommendation for most users is uninstall OOo and install LO. Make sure you save all your templates, and dictionary, and extensions. LO is able to use all your templates and all the OOo extensions I have tried work in LO. OOo is still free and will remain free as one of the Apache foundation's projects. Please advise your OS so we can better advise you on the proper steps to "install" your templates and dictionary. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
