On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 09:23 -0500, Rob Poe wrote: > I am planning a method to roll out OOo to multiple Windows 2k/XP > machines. Wondering if there is a way to provide the following two > things: > > 1. Installation via batch file copy under a restricted user (i.e. > Windows USER or POWER USER), > > 2. Customization for an initial setting of end-user preferences. > > In other words, I don't want the end user seeing the registration > dialog, and (no matter how controversial this will be) I need to set > their default to MS Office 9x/2k/XP file format for them. The end users > are the "Click the What/What/What" to make what change, why?" type. > > I know that in Setup.XCU > > <prop oor:name="ooSetupInstCompleted" oor:type="xs:boolean"> > <value>true</value> > > and > > <prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryDefaultFilter" oor:type="xs:string"> > <value>MS Word 97</value> > > But when I copy the user profile to a new user (i.e. copy the setup.xcu > into C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application > Data\OpenOffice.org2\user\registry\data\org\openoffice ), and then start > OOo under that user name, it completely ignores the file, then starts > with the Setup Wizard, and defaults the file types to Open Document. > > Now, I realize that OpenDocument is MUCH better than DOC/XLS/PPT, > however to enable the first part of this rollout, I've GOT to default it > to the M$ standard. > > Ideas and input are more than welcome! >
I would suggest using Orca as outlined in the SETUP_GUIDE.pdf at http://documentation.openoffice.org/ That way you can customize the installation the way you want. However, why not simply install OOo on your fileserver so only workstation copies are created on each client? -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
