Hi Dave, Many thanks for your help and reassuring advice. As you say, I will backup everything, then uninstall v1 then install V2.3.
Thank you Peter -------Original Message------- From: Dave Barton Date: 17/09/2007 14:18:03 To: [email protected] Cc: Peter Houghton Subject: Re: [users] Upgrading from OpenOffice 1.0 to 2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- From: Peter Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon 17 Sep 2007 04:09:27 EST > Hi folks, > > I am not very technical but have been a happy OpenOffice use for a > number of years. I thought I should look to see if there is a later > version that I should be using and there is. But before I upgrade I > would like to know if my settings can be preserved and my data saved and > continue to be used, mainly documents and spreadsheets? I looked at the > OpenOffice web site and tried the self help, I could only find an entry > that said settings can be saved when upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1 and > nothing about data. > > I run Microsoft XP Professional Edition with SP 2 and OpenOffice 1.0. > > If anyone can help I would be really grateful. > > Thank you > > Peter The latest OOo (OpenOffice.org) version 2.3.0 (released in last 24hrs.) will install along side of version 1.0 not upgrade it. You are free to decide if you want to have both versions installed at the same time or to uninstall the old version first. It doesn't matter which you choose, but it may get a little confusing if you keep both. Your saved data (eg. documents, spreadsheets, etc.) will not be lost or affected by installing the latest version. However, it is always good policy to backup all saved data, regardless of any changes or upgrades. OOo version 2.x.x uses a different file format from the format used by version 1.x.x, but this will not be a problem, because you will still be able to open (and if required, save) data files in the old format. You can expect to lose some of your OOo specific settings, but it should not be too difficult to reconfigure these to your liking. You will also have to reinstall any special dictionaries or language options you need. I think you will find the upgrade worthwhile, but if you encounter any problems please post back to this list and we can help point you in the right direction. Hope this helps. Dave - -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only. You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG7n6G7asJm/pW/p8RAqP0AKCLZ7hBNBpNc2rPPjIZEcgX+Z6LQQCfWJ7p drZJ+2G9E4XeOeuzFFi39T0= =b+8O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
