Harold Fuchs wrote:
> I hope I'm not teaching my grandmother to suck eggs but ...
http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE_A4.pdf
Migration:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0600MG-MigrationGuide.pd
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Admin:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Administration_Guide
>
Listen, sonny.... ;>
Thanks, I was relying just on googling and the term "deployment guide," that's
why I didn't get there. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.) There's a lot
of good information there and especially for what I need, the Administration
Guide.
It looks like you set things up with the .xcu and xml files and everything you
want, on
the network. Here's the specific question that I get asked and am still fuzzy
on. What is the best way to get OOo customized AND get those customizations
installed for every user?
That's what I haven't been able to find yet in those three locations, at least
not explicitly enough for me to see.
Here's what I'm guessing, and what I still don't know.
1. You install OpenOffice.org normally, on a network location. (Correct? Or do
you copy/unpack files there instead?)
2. You customize the network installation: set things in Tools > Options, set
things in Tools >
AutoCorrect, using the normal interface. (Correct? Or do you customize files in
XML to set those configurations the way you want them?)
3. You customize files like the autotext files stored in /share/autotext/ at
this same
network location.
4. You do any customization to menu config files, and to keyboard shortcuts,
and any
other customizations.
5. You then somehow use that network installation to get the software and
configured files installed on each user's computer or in each user's profile.
But how do you do this, and does the process definitely suck in all the
customizations in steps
2-4, even the menu customizations?
- At Sun, we were given a location on the network to run our
installations. But at non-hightech companies that might not be appropriate.
- Are there instructions somewhere for what exactly to do to get
OpenOffice.org installed on users' computers or profiles the same way it is on
the network, without having to go to each workstation?
- Or is this process of running the installation from a customized
network installation, for each user so they don't have to do it, just something
all system administrators know how to do and it varies depending on your
network
and other factors? Are there a couple default ways to do it to recommend, at
least?
- I've seen instructions for running the install using an LDAP
server, is that recommended, is it the default?
- Is it something that Windows administrators need another tool
for? If so, do we recommend one?
- Is it significantly different for users who have a profile on the
network versus those who run it totally locally?
I'm not a sys admin so these could very well be "duh" questions. But I do get
lots of questions saying "It was so easy in Microsoft Office, we just did it in
the registry, how do you do it in OOo?" and so I like to be able to give
answers that are as explicit as possible.
Thanks,
Solveig
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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:31:20 +0000
From: Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [users] Deployment guide
On 02/03/2008 15:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've looked around but haven't seen anything yet. I'm looking for a system
administrator's OpenOffice.org deployment guide, for Windows and Linux.
>
> For instance, system administrators need to configure all the configurable
things, like paths for templates (set them to point to the network), other
items
under Tools > Options, change the AutoCorrect options, and set paths to clip
art. They need to be able to do this once, then get those settings to everyone
without repeating the steps at every client computer.
>
> They also need suggestions for what should be local and what should be on the
server, the best way to do the installation in the first place, and probably a
whole lot more I'm not thinking of.
>
> Is there a guide, some good blog entries, a documentation PDF I've
> overlooked,
or something else? The developer's guide seems to be mostly that, not
deployment.
>
> Thanks,
> Solveig
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I hope I'm not teaching my grandmother to suck eggs but ...
Setup:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE_A4.pdf
Migration:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0600MG-MigrationGuide.pd
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Admin:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Administration_Guide
All the above and more at http://documentation.openoffice.org/
I don't know if they cover all your issues but, if not, seems like you
might have found yourself a new job ;-)
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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