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.

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 install-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/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 install-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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