Adding AutoText Files to an Apache OpenOffice Network Installation

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• Deploy Apache OpenOffice using package managers

• Solaris Sparc/x86
• Linux
• Microsoft Windows
• Mac OS X

• Apache OpenOffice Basic Macros and Libraries
• Apache OpenOffice Extension Manager
• Adding Template Files to an Apache OpenOffice Installation
• Adding AutoText Files to an Apache OpenOffice Network Installation
• Deactivating the Apache OpenOffice Registration Wizard
• Accessing Email Clients
• Customizing the User Interface
• Restricting Functionality in Apache OpenOffice
• Accessing Apache OpenOffice User Profiles on an LDAP Server

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Apache OpenOffice saves AutoText entries to categories in files with a *.bau extension. You can make custom AutoText files available to all users or to individual users of a network installation of Apache OpenOffice.

For information on how to create AutoText entries, search for the keyword "AutoText" in the online help for Apache OpenOffice Writer

To Add AutoText Files For All Users of an Apache OpenOffice Network Installation

1. Become root.
2. Copy the AutoText *.bau files to the network-install-dir/share/autotext/ directory.

To Add AutoText Files to a Workstation Installation of Apache OpenOffice

1. Become root.
2. Copy the AutoText *.bau files to the install-dir/user/autotext/ directory on the workstation.

To Add an AutoText Directory to an Apache OpenOffice Installation

1. In any Apache OpenOffice program, choose Tools → Options → Apache OpenOffice → Paths.
2. In the list of default paths, select AutoText, and then click Edit.
3. In the Edit Paths dialog box, click Add.
4. Locate the directory that contains the AutoText *.bau files that you want to add and click the Select button.
5. In the Edit Paths dialog box, click OK.
6. In the Options - Apache OpenOffice - Paths dialog box, click OK.
7. Exit Apache OpenOffice.
   Apache OpenOffice saves the AutoText path to the ooo-user-dir/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu configuration file.
8. Copy the code below into the appropriate Common.xcu file.
   • To make the AutoText directory available to all users of the Apache OpenOffice network installation, copy the code into the install-dir/basis<version>/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu file.
   • To make the AutoText directory available to a single user of an Apache OpenOffice network installation, copy the code into the ooo-user-dir/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu file.

      <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>

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