Michele Zarri wrote:
On 6/16/07, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 06/16/2007 12:50 AM, Michele Zarri wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use OOo in three different configurations: - English GUI; Crystal
> large icons set; en-GB dictionary (default config) - Italian GUI;
> Crystal large icons set, it-IT dictionary and default language for
> docs - English GUI; default icons and default toolbars, US English
> dictionary Switching between the three is not complicated but it is a
> bit of a pain since it requires a re-start of the program. Given also
> that the hard disk space on my laptop is at premium (it is a 30GB
> dual boot WinXP - Linux (Ubuntu)) I cannot afford having three
> parallel installations of the program, besides I would like to share
> stuff like templates, custom colours and so on...
>
> So the question: is there anything similar to the user profiles that
> you have in Thunderbird or Firefox? Is there a less hard disk-hungry
> solution that requires for example a script that swaps some settings
> before the program is launched?
>
> I am not particularly desperate for a solution for WinXP while I
> would really love to have a solution for Linux.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michele
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Does this help? http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
My idea is that you install OpenOffice 3 times on a USB key (or
different keys, or once on your hard drive and twice on USB key[s]) but
point each one at a hard disk directory of templates etc..
Alternatively, if you can live without the Italian GUI, I *think* you
can set up different templates with different default styles for
spelling etch. I don't think that can handle dates (mm/dd in US, dd/mm
in Italy and GB) decimal points (dot versus comma) and thousand
separators so perhaps the first idea is better ...
Yes you have to restart the program but it does free up a lot of space
on your disk.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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