On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:39:38 +0800 Michele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > The installation should offer you the possibility of porting your > > > customization to the new version. > > > Just in case you may want to backup your current user settings. > > > > At the moment I cannot get to the OOo home page. When I go to > > http://www.openoffice.org I get directly to a download page instead of > > the home page of OOo. And the download page lists a Linux version, but > > does not say if it is the 64-bit or 32-bit version. I think I should > > wait until things settle down.
> I found the 64-bit version here: > http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ny1.mirror.openoffice.org/stable/3.0.0/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz > (server in the UK). > A list of mirrors is available selecting the download tab on the > openoffice.org page, however I think the server is currently down. I finally got the file from a UK site that was very fast. That is, I think it is the right file - it is: OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz But when I untarred it I got deb files with a date of September 30. Furthermore, it untarred into 48 individual deb files. > > > In GNU/Linux the settings are (by default) in your home directory under > > > .openoffice.org2/user. > > > > > > In OOo version 3 the settings are stored in /openoffice.org/3/user/. > > > > I am aware of the fact that for my currrent 2.4.1 on Hardy x86_64 the > > configurations are in /.openoffice.org2. If version 3.0 will create a > > new folder for configurations I'll have to start all over again. > > Believe me, that is hours and hours of work. That is, unless OOo 3 does > > indeed offer me the option to port my configuration from 2.4.1. > > Actually, an even better option for me would be to install 3.0, porting > > configurations from 2.4.1 but leave 2.4.1 untouched. > You will be definitely be given the option to port your settings and (at > least in my experience, installing OOo3.0 does not delete the > .openoffice.org2 directory (I still have it on my system). > > The worst case scenario is that you will have to copy the user/ directory in > the OOo3 folder. I guess that most of the configurations are still applied. Assuming that I have the correct file, I'll still wait until I am sure that it will maintain my autocorrect and dictionary entries. Losing those would be far worse than forgoing the enhancements in 3.0. Other stuff could be redone without too much pain, although I also have a dozen macros that took me a long time to get working. Naturally, I have backups of my .openoffice.org2 folder, just in case. I don't mind if I have to copy a few files to the 3.0 preferences folder, but what if the format is changed and the old files won't work with 3.0? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
