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{{DISPLAYTITLE: Adding AutoText Files to an {{AOo}} Network Installation}}

{{AOo}} saves AutoText entries to categories in files with a <tt>*.bau</tt> extension. You can make custom AutoText files available to all users or to individual users of a network installation of {{AOo}}.

{{Note|For information on how to create AutoText entries, search for the keyword "AutoText" in the online help for {{AOo}} Writer}}

===To Add AutoText Files For All Users of an {{AOo}} Network Installation===

# Become root.
# Copy the AutoText <tt>*.bau</tt> files to the <tt>''network-install-dir''/share/autotext/</tt> directory.

===To Add AutoText Files to a Workstation Installation of {{AOo}}===

# Become root.
# Copy the AutoText <tt>*.bau</tt> files to the <tt>''install-dir''/user/autotext/</tt> directory on the workstation.

===To Add an AutoText Directory to an {{AOo}} Installation===
<ol>
  <li>In any {{AOo}} program, choose {{menu|Tools|Options|OpenOffice|Paths}}.</li>
  <li>In the list of default paths, select AutoText, and then click {{button|Edit}}.</li>
  <li>In the '''Edit Paths''' dialog box, click {{button|Add}}.</li>
  <li>Locate the directory that contains the AutoText <tt>*.bau</tt> files that you want to add and click the {{button|Select}} button.</li>
  <li>In the '''Edit Paths''' dialog box, click {{button|OK}}.</li>
  <li>In the {{menu|Options|OpenOffice|Paths}} dialog box, click {{button|OK}}.</li>
  <li>Exit {{AOo}}.<br> {{AOo}} saves the AutoText path to the <tt>''ooo-user-dir''/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu</tt> configuration file.</li>
  <li>Copy the code below into the appropriate <tt>Common.xcu</tt> file.
    <ul>
      <li>To make the AutoText directory available to all users of the {{AOo}} network installation, copy the code into the <tt>''install-dir''/basis<version>/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu</tt> file.</li>
     <li>To make the AutoText directory available to a single user of an {{AOo}} network installation, copy the code into the <tt>''ooo-user-dir''/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu</tt> file.

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
 <node oor:name="Path">
  <node oor:name="Current">
   <prop oor:name="AutoText" oor:type="oor:string-list">
    <value>$(inst)/share/autotext/$(vlang)
     $(user)/autotext new_autotext_directory
    </value>
   </prop>
  </node>
 </node>
</syntaxhighlight></li></ul></li>
</ol>
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