On 07/30/2010 07:49 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> On 30/07/10 14:40, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 14:24 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>>   
>>> Running Open Office 3.2.0 (with Base installed) on Ubuntu 10.04 with
>>> TBird 3.0.6 as default email client.
>>> I can't set up Thunderbird as an Addressbook source in
>>> File-Wizards-Addressbook source. There's no option to do so.
>>> How can I do this or am I forced to use Evolution?
>>>
>>>     
>> Seems it won't connect to the Evolution addressbook either - is there
>> something I need to do?

>>   
> I installed OO 3.2.1 as per instructions here
> (http://www.muktware.com/news/08/2010/164) and hey presto! All the
> addressbooks available are now shown in the Wizard.
> It's obviously a restriction in the Ubuntu Open Office....

Welcome to my bug:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/93546>
[[upstream] Openoffice.org Address data sources missing]

However, you shouldn't have followed the
http://www.muktware.com/news/08/2010/164 instructions. Instead you
should have left (U)OOo in place an installed Standard (S)OOo in
parallel. That way you'll be able to: 1) use the gstreamer plugins &
added import filters in (U)OOo, and 2: use (S)OOo for comparison &
addressbooks etc.

I recommend that you re-install (U)OOo ($ sudo apt-get install
openoffice.org) and then install the (S)OOo debs ($ sudo dpkg -i *.deb).
Before you run (S)OOo (/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice -no-remote)
modify the bootstraprc file to create a separate profile for (S)OOo:

$ gksu gedit /opt/openoffice.org3/program/bootstraprc

Change:
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org/3
to:
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org3/3

save. Start (S)OOo:
$ /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice -no-remote
Once satisfied, create a menu item for (S)OOo. You can then run _both_
(S)OOo and (U)OOo at the same time.



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