Mathias Bauer wrote:
TerryJ wrote:
CarlP wrote:
OOo 2.1, WinXP
I'm trying to add the text-to-columns macro but when I open the
Extensions Manager, I can only add to "My" extensions, not the Open
Office extensions which are available to all users.
Anyone know why? Did I install OOo wrong (I don't recall being able to
choose installing just for my user or for all)? The Application Data
for the All Users documents and settings folder doesn't have an entry
for Open Office, while my own user folder does.
Finally, this maybe a WinXP question, but anyone know if it's possible
to change OOo to all users once it's been installed, or do I have to
remove and then re-install OOo?
Thanks,
Carl
I use Linux but I doubt that you did anything wrong. OOo seems to cater
primarily for single users. It may have caught up with multi-user
environments next century, by which time we'll all be using Google docs
anyway. OOoTech may have a way for Windows networks to install extensions
for all users but you may have to pay for the method:
http://openofficetechnology.com/
Sorry, but you are wrong here. Just *because* OOo knows how to deal with
multi user environments it doesn't allow you to install anything into
the program directory from inside OOo running for a single user. No sane
application will do it differently as most probably the user will not
have the necessary rights to do so anyway. You know "install as root -
run as user"?
To install an extension for all users one has to log in as admin and
start the extension manager outside of OOo by running "unopkg gui". If
the place of the extension is known installing can also be done without
the graphical extension manager by calling
"unopkg add --shared $EXTENSIONPATH".
It's understandable that you didn't know about unopkg but this doesn't
give you the right to flame about OOo. If you don't know something,
please don't talk about it or at least don't talk about it badly.
I hope Carl is still reading so he has a chance to get the right
information this time.
To the second question: you can change an OOo installation on Windows
for all users once installed by starting the OOo setup.exe with admin
rights. It will allow you to modify your installation. This is standard
Windows behavior.
Ciao,
Mathias
Thanks, Mathias,
I have only one user with all rights (I know, not smart, but I'm the
only one who uses it and I guess I'm just lazy...) so am always logged
in as an admin user (on the computer). Is there a different way to open
OOo to take advantage of the all users extensions manager? And do I
understand correctly that I need to open OOo in some other way than by
the OOo .exe files or by opening a document? If so, how on WinXP? I
don't yet see the "unopkg gui".
Carl
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