1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> 330cfceefSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4540c2166SMatthias Seidel * 530cfceefSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 630cfceefSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 730cfceefSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 830cfceefSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 930cfceefSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1030cfceefSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1130cfceefSAndrew Rist * with the License. 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Please read this information very carefully before starting work.</p> 434e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="A7" xml:lang="en-US">The Apache OpenOffice Community, responsible for the development of this product, would like to invite you to participate as a community member. As a new user, you can check out the ${PRODUCTNAME} community site with helpful information at <a href="https://openoffice.apache.org">https://openoffice.apache.org</a></p> 44ff3f4ebcSOliver-Rainer Wittmann <p id="A9" xml:lang="en-US">Also read the sections below about getting involved in the Apache OpenOffice project.</p> 45540c2166SMatthias Seidel <h3 id="A10" xml:lang="en-US">Is ${PRODUCTNAME} really free for any user?</h3> 464e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="A11" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} is free for use by everybody. You may take this copy of ${PRODUCTNAME} and install it on as many computers as you like, and use it for any purpose you like (including commercial, government, public administration and educational use). For further details see the license text delivered together with ${PRODUCTNAME} or <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/license.html">https://www.openoffice.org/license.html</a></p> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="A12" xml:lang="en-US">Why is ${PRODUCTNAME} free for any user?</h3> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="A13" xml:lang="en-US">You can use this copy of ${PRODUCTNAME} today free of charge because individual contributors and corporate sponsors have designed, developed, tested, translated, documented, supported, marketed, and helped in many other ways to make ${PRODUCTNAME} what it is today - the world's leading open-source office software.</p> 494e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="A13b" xml:lang="en-US">If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure Apache OpenOffice continues into the future, please consider contributing to the project - see <a href="https://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">https://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html</a> for details on contributing time and <a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html">https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html</a> for details on donations. Everyone has a contribution to make.</p> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir 52cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="Installation"> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="rr3fgf42r" xml:lang="en-US">Notes on Installation</h2> 544e549649SMatthias Seidel <p class="note" id="javaneeded" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} requires a recent version of JAVA for full functionality; JAVA can be downloaded from <a href="https://java.com">https://java.com</a>.</p> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="sdfsdfgf42r" xml:lang="en-US">System Requirements</h3> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="MAC" id="SystemRequirements_OSX"> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 59985834ddSJürgen Schmidt <p id="macxiOSX" xml:lang="en-US">MacOSX 10.7 (Lion) or higher</p> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxicpu" xml:lang="en-US">Intel processor</p> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir 66cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxiRAM" xml:lang="en-US">512 MB RAM</p> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir 70cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxHardDiksSpace" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space</p> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir 74cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxivideo" xml:lang="en-US">1024 x 768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)</p> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="WIN" id="SystemRequirements_WIN"> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 82*6a2757e5Smseidel <p id="s2s3sdf2" xml:lang="en-US">Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 11</p> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir 85cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 86f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti <p id="utzu6" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium III or later processor</p> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir 89cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="ghuj67" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir 93cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="jzjtzu6" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space</p> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir 97cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="jtzu56" xml:lang="en-US">1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors</p> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="MSOReg1" xml:lang="en-US">Registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats can be forced or suppressed by using the following command line switches with the installer:</p> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="MSOReg2" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=1</tt> will force registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir 107cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="MSOReg3" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=0</tt> will suppress registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 1114e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="DLLA1" xml:lang="en-US">If you perform an administrative installation using setup /a, you need to make sure that the file msvcr100.dll is installed on the system. This file is required for ${PRODUCTNAME} to start after an administrative installation. You can get the file from <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=26999">https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=26999</a></p> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="note" id="AdminNeeded" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="SOLSPARC" id="Sols2"> 115cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2335" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (SPARC platform) or higher</p> 118cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 119cdf0e10cSrcweir 120cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 121cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s253" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 122cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 123cdf0e10cSrcweir 124cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 125cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s23seg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 126cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 127cdf0e10cSrcweir 128cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 129cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2s43gfe" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 130cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 131cdf0e10cSrcweir 132cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 133cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="n4234rw" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 134cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 135cdf0e10cSrcweir 136cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 137cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="wd2dff2" xml:lang="en-US">Gnome 2.6 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)</p> 138cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 139cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 140cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 141cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="SOLX86" id="Solia2"> 142cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 143cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 144cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s23h" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (x86 platform) or higher</p> 145cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 146cdf0e10cSrcweir 147cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 148cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s24f" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 149cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 150cdf0e10cSrcweir 151cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 152cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="fgheg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 153cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 154cdf0e10cSrcweir 155cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 156cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="fghfgh" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 157cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 158cdf0e10cSrcweir 159cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 160cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="mgjfg" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 161cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 162cdf0e10cSrcweir 163cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 164cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="wd2dff1" xml:lang="en-US">Gnome 2.6 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)</p> 165cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 166cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 167cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 168cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="LINUX" id="Linuxi2"> 169cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 170cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 171cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2we35" xml:lang="en-US">Linux Kernel version 2.6.18 or higher</p> 172cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 173cdf0e10cSrcweir 174cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 175cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s253we" xml:lang="en-US">glibc2 version 2.5 or higher</p> 176cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 177cdf0e10cSrcweir 178cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 179cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s256we" xml:lang="en-US">gtk version 2.10.4 or higher</p> 180cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 181cdf0e10cSrcweir 182cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 183f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti <p id="s2etfseg" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium III or later processor</p> 184cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 185cdf0e10cSrcweir 186cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 187cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2ssdfe" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 188cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 189cdf0e10cSrcweir 190cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 191cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="n42dfgf" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 192cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 193cdf0e10cSrcweir 194cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 195cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="ghjhhr" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 196cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 197cdf0e10cSrcweir 198cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 199cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="fhrtz5" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 200cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 201cdf0e10cSrcweir 202cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 203cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="wd2dff" xml:lang="en-US">Gnome 2.16 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)</p> 204cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 205cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 206cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="Linuxi3a" xml:lang="en-US">There is a wide variety of Linux distributions, and even within the same distribution there may be different installation options (KDE vs Gnome, etc.). Some distributions ship with their own ‘native’ version of ${PRODUCTNAME}, which may have different features from this Community ${PRODUCTNAME}. Sometimes you can install the Community ${PRODUCTNAME} alongside the ‘native’ version. However, it’s usually safer to remove the ‘native’ version before installing this Community version. Consult the documentation for your distribution for details of how to do this.</p> 207cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="note" id="Linuxi4a" xml:lang="en-US">It is recommended that you always backup your system before you remove or install software.</p> 208cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 209cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="Precautions" xml:lang="en-US">Please make sure you have enough free memory in the temporary directory on your system and that read, write and run access rights have been granted. Close all other programs before starting the installation.</p> 210cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 211cdf0e10cSrcweir 212cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="LINUX WIN" id="StartupProblems"> 213cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="naso01" xml:lang="en-US">Problems During Program Startup</h2> 214cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="LINUX" id="GnomeStartupProblems"> 215cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="naso02" xml:lang="en-US">If you experience ${PRODUCTNAME} startup problems (most notably while using Gnome) please 'unset' the <tt>SESSION_MANAGER</tt> environment variable inside the shell you use to start ${PRODUCTNAME}. This can be done by adding the line "<tt>unset SESSION_MANAGER</tt>" to the beginning of the soffice shell script found in the "<tt>[office folder]/program</tt>" directory.</p> 216cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 217cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="abcdef" xml:lang="en-US">Difficulties starting ${PRODUCTNAME} (e.g. applications hang) as well as problems with the screen display are often caused by the graphics card driver. If these problems occur, please update your graphics card driver or try using the graphics driver delivered with your operating system. Difficulties displaying 3D objects can often be solved by deactivating the option "Use OpenGL" under 'Tools - Options - ${PRODUCTNAME} - View - 3D view'.</p> 218cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 219cdf0e10cSrcweir 220cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="WIN" id="Scroll"> 221cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="naso" xml:lang="en-US">ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows</h2> 222cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="naso2" xml:lang="en-US">Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through ${PRODUCTNAME} documents when you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad.</p> 223cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="naso6" xml:lang="en-US">To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "<tt>C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini</tt>" configuration file, and restart your computer:</p> 224cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="code" id="naso7">[${PRODUCTNAME}]</p> 225cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="code" id="naso3">FC = "SALFRAME"</p> 226cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="code" id="naso4">SF = 0x10000000</p> 227cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="code" id="naso5">SF |= 0x00004000</p> 228cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="note" id="naso8" xml:lang="en-US">The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windows.</p> 229cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 230cdf0e10cSrcweir 231cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="NetscapeAdressBook"> 232cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="sdfsd32asrc" xml:lang="en-US">Mozilla Address Book Driver</h2> 233cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="sdcc32asrc" xml:lang="en-US">The Mozilla address book driver requires the <tt>SUNWzlib</tt> package. This package is not part of the minimum Solaris operating system installation. If you require access to the Mozilla address book, then add this package to your Solaris operating system using the command "<tt>pkgadd</tt>" from the installation CD.</p> 234cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 235cdf0e10cSrcweir 236cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="Keyboard"> 237cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="awe1" xml:lang="en-US">Shortcut Keys</h2> 23888fb6f13SMatthias Seidel <p id="w32e1" xml:lang="en-US">Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used by the operating system can be used in ${PRODUCTNAME}. If a key combination in ${PRODUCTNAME} does not work as described in the ${PRODUCTNAME} Help, check if that shortcut is already used by the operating system. To rectify such conflicts, you can change the keys assigned by your operating system. Alternatively, you can change almost any key assignment in ${PRODUCTNAME}. For more information on this topic, refer to the ${PRODUCTNAME} Help or the Help documentation of your operating system.</p> 239cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="MAC" id="MACKeysBETA"> 240cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="mackeys1" xml:lang="en-US">The application help of ${PRODUCTNAME} may use shortcut combinations for PC keyboards only.</p> 241cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 242cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 243cdf0e10cSrcweir 244cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="LINUX MAC SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="FileLocking"> 245cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="gfh6w" xml:lang="en-US">File Locking</h2> 246cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="pji76w" xml:lang="en-US">File locking is enabled by default in ${PRODUCTNAME}. On a network that uses the Network File System protocol (NFS), the locking daemon for NFS clients must be active. To disable file locking, edit the <tt>soffice</tt> script and change the line "<tt>export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING</tt>" to "<tt># export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING</tt>". If you disable file locking, the write access of a document is not restricted to the user who first opens the document.</p> 247cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="note" id="pji76wsdf" xml:lang="en-US">Warning: The activated file locking feature can cause problems with Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.7 used in conjunction with Linux NFS 2.0. If your system environment has these parameters, we strongly recommend that you avoid using the file locking feature. Otherwise, ${PRODUCTNAME} will hang when you try to open a file from a NFS mounted directory from a Linux computer.</p> 248cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 249cdf0e10cSrcweir 250cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="WIN" id="Mapi"> 251cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="gfh6w1" xml:lang="en-US">Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From ${PRODUCTNAME}</h2> 2524e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="pji76w1" xml:lang="en-US">When sending a document via 'File - Send - Document as E-mail' or 'Document as PDF Attachment' problems might occur (program crashes or hangs). This is due to the Windows system file "Mapi" (Messaging Application Programming Interface) which causes problems in some file versions. Unfortunately, the problem cannot be narrowed down to a certain version number. For more information visit <a href="https://www.microsoft.com">https://www.microsoft.com</a> to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for "mapi dll".</p> 253cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 254cdf0e10cSrcweir 255cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="A11y"> 256cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="aw22" xml:lang="en-US">Important Accessibility Notes</h2> 2574e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="access7" xml:lang="en-US">For more information on the accessibility features in ${PRODUCTNAME}, see <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/access/">https://www.openoffice.org/access/</a></p> 258cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 259cdf0e10cSrcweir 260cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="UserSupport"> 261cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="support" xml:lang="en-US">User Support</h2> 2624e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="support1" xml:lang="en-US">The main support page <a href="https://support.openoffice.org/">https://support.openoffice.org/</a> offers various possibilities for help with ${PRODUCTNAME}. Your question may have already been answered - check the Community Forum at <a href="https://forum.openoffice.org">https://forum.openoffice.org</a> or search the archives of the 'users@openoffice.apache.org' mailing list at <a href="https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html</a>. Alternatively, you can send in your questions to <a href="mailto:users@openoffice.apache.org">users@openoffice.apache.org</a>. How to subscribe to the list (to get an email response) is explained on this page: <a href="https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html</a>.</p> 2634e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="faq" url="ahead" xml:lang="en-US">Also check the FAQ section at <a href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ">https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ</a>.</p> 264cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 265cdf0e10cSrcweir 266cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="ReportBugsIssues"> 267cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="reportbugs" xml:lang="en-US">Reporting Bugs & Issues</h2> 2684e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="reportbugs1" xml:lang="en-US">The ${PRODUCTNAME} Web site hosts <a href="https://bz.apache.org/ooo/">BugZilla</a>, our mechanism for reporting, tracking and solving bugs and issues. We encourage all users to feel entitled and welcome to report issues that may arise on your particular platform. Energetic reporting of issues is one of the most important contributions that the user community can make to the ongoing development and improvement of the suite.</p> 269cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 270cdf0e10cSrcweir 271cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="GettingInvolved"> 272cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="gettinginvolved1" xml:lang="en-US">Getting Involved</h2> 273cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="gettinginvolved2" xml:lang="en-US">The ${PRODUCTNAME} Community would very much benefit from your active participation in the development of this important open source project.</p> 2744e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="gettingimvolved3" xml:lang="en-US">As a user, you are already a valuable part of the suite's development process and we would like to encourage you to take an even more active role with a view to being a long-term contributor to the community. Please join and check out the user page at <a href="https://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">https://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html</a></p> 275cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="howtostart" xml:lang="en-US">How to Start</h3> 276f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti <p id="howtostart1" xml:lang="en-US">The best way to start contributing is to subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists, lurk for a while, and gradually use the mail archives to familiarize yourself with many of the topics covered since the ${PRODUCTNAME} source code was released back in October 2000. When you're comfortable, all you need to do is send an email self-introduction and jump right in.</p> 277cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="subscribe" xml:lang="en-US">Subscribe</h3> 2784e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="subscribe1" xml:lang="en-US">Here are a few of the ${PRODUCTNAME} mailing lists to which you can subscribe at <a href="https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html</a></p> 279cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 280cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 281f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti <p id="subscribelist1" xml:lang="en-US">News: announce@openoffice.apache.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic)</p> 282cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 283cdf0e10cSrcweir 284cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 285f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti <p id="subscribelist2" xml:lang="en-US">Main user forum: users@openoffice.apache.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic)</p> 286cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 287cdf0e10cSrcweir 288cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 289f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti <p id="subscribelist4" xml:lang="en-US">General project development and discussion list: dev@openoffice.apache.org (heavy traffic)</p> 290cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 291cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 2923967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <h3 xml:lang="en-US">Joining the Project</h3> 293cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="joining" xml:lang="en-US">You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if you have limited software design or coding experience. Yes, you!</p> 2944e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="joining1" url="ahead" xml:lang="en-US">At <a href="https://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">https://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html</a> you will find a first overview where you can start with, ranging from Localization, QA, user support to some real core coding projects. If you are not a developer, you can help with Documentation or Marketing, for example. The ${PRODUCTNAME} marketing is applying both guerrilla and traditional commercial techniques to marketing open source software, and we are doing it across language and cultural barriers, so you can help just by spreading the word and telling a friend about this office suite.</p> 295f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti <p id="joining3" xml:lang="en-US">You can help by joining the marketing mailing list marketing@openoffice.apache.org where you can provide point communication contact with press, media, government agencies, consultants, schools, Linux Users Groups and developers in your country and local community.</p> 296cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 297cdf0e10cSrcweir 298cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="Credits"> 299cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="credits" xml:lang="en-US">We hope you enjoy working with the new ${PRODUCTNAME} ${PRODUCTVERSION} and will join us online.</p> 300ff3f4ebcSOliver-Rainer Wittmann <p id="credits2" xml:lang="en-US">The Apache OpenOffice Community</p> 301cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 302cdf0e10cSrcweir 303cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="ModifiedSourceCode"> 3044afc73f8SAriel Constenla-Haile <h2 id="ModifiedSourceCodeHeading" xml:lang="en-US">Used / Modified Source Code</h2> 3054e549649SMatthias Seidel <p id="ModifiedSourceCodePara" xml:lang="en-US">For detailed information about used and/or modified source code, see the NOTICE file which is part of the installation.</p> 306cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 307cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 308cdf0e10cSrcweir</html> 309