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"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 4cdf0e10cSrcweir <head> 5cdf0e10cSrcweir <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> 6cdf0e10cSrcweir 7cdf0e10cSrcweir <title id="title" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} Readme File</title> 8cdf0e10cSrcweir 9cdf0e10cSrcweir <style type="text/css"> 10cdf0e10cSrcweir #Copyright_Trademark * {font-size: .7em;} 11cdf0e10cSrcweir .note {border: 1px solid #993333; padding: 3px;} 12cdf0e10cSrcweir p { margin-top: .1em; margin-bottom: .1em;} 13cdf0e10cSrcweir .code {font-family: monospace;} 14cdf0e10cSrcweir </style> 15cdf0e10cSrcweir </head> 16cdf0e10cSrcweir 17cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 18cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="Intro"> 19cdf0e10cSrcweir <h1 id="Welcome" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} ${PRODUCTVERSION} ReadMe</h1> 20cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="LatestUpdates" xml:lang="en-US">For latest updates to this readme file, see <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/readme.html">http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/readme.html</a></p> 21cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="A6" xml:lang="en-US">This file contains important information about this program. Please read this information very carefully before starting work.</p> 22cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="A7" xml:lang="en-US">The OpenOffice.org 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} site with helpful user information at <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/introduction.html">http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/introduction.html</a></p> 23cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="A9" xml:lang="en-US">Also read the sections below about getting involved in the OpenOffice.org project.</p> 24cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="A10" xml:lang="en-US">Is ${PRODUCTNAME} really free for any user? </h3> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="A11" xml:lang="en-US">${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="http://www.openoffice.org/license.html">http://www.openoffice.org/license.html</a></p> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="A12" xml:lang="en-US">Why is ${PRODUCTNAME} free for any user?</h3> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir <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 ${PRODUCTNAME} what it is today - the world's leading open-source office software.</p> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="A13b" xml:lang="en-US">If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure OpenOffice.org continues into the future, please consider contributing to the project - see <a href="http://contributing.openoffice.org">http://contributing.openoffice.org</a> for details. Everyone has a contribution to make.</p> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir 31cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="Installation"> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="rr3fgf42r" xml:lang="en-US">Notes on Installation</h2> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="note" id="javaneeded" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} requires a recent version of JAVA for full functionality which is part of the ${PRODUCTNAME} installation package.</p> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="sdfsdfgf42r" xml:lang="en-US">System Requirements</h3> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="MAC" id="SystemRequirements_OSX"> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxiOSX" xml:lang="en-US">MacOSX 10.4 (Tiger) or higher</p> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir 41cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxicpu" xml:lang="en-US">Intel processor</p> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxiRAM" xml:lang="en-US">512 MB RAM</p> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir 49cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxHardDiksSpace" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space</p> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="macxivideo" xml:lang="en-US">1024 x 768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)</p> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="WIN" id="SystemRequirements_WIN"> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2s3sdf2" xml:lang="en-US">Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), XP, Vista, or Windows 7</p> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir 64cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="utzu6" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)</p> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir 68cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="ghuj67" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir 72cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="jzjtzu6" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space</p> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir 76cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="jtzu56" xml:lang="en-US">1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors</p> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="note" id="edssc3d" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="MSOReg2" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=1</tt> will force registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir 87cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="MSOReg3" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=0</tt> will suppress registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="DLLA1" xml:lang="en-US">If you perform an administrative installation using setup /a, you need to make sure that the file msvc90.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="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF</a></p> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="note" id="AdminNeeded" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="SOLSPARC" id="Sols2"> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2335" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (SPARC platform) or higher</p> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir 100cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s253" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir 104cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s23seg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir 108cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2s43gfe" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir 112cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="n4234rw" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 115cdf0e10cSrcweir 116cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 118cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 119cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 120cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 121cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="SOLX86" id="Solia2"> 122cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 123cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 124cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s23h" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (x86 platform) or higher</p> 125cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 126cdf0e10cSrcweir 127cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 128cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s24f" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 129cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 130cdf0e10cSrcweir 131cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 132cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="fgheg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 133cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 134cdf0e10cSrcweir 135cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 136cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="fghfgh" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 137cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 138cdf0e10cSrcweir 139cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 140cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="mgjfg" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 141cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 142cdf0e10cSrcweir 143cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 144cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 145cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 146cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 147cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 148cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="LINUX" id="Linuxi2"> 149cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 150cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 151cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2we35" xml:lang="en-US">Linux Kernel version 2.6.18 or higher</p> 152cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 153cdf0e10cSrcweir 154cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 155cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s253we" xml:lang="en-US">glibc2 version 2.5 or higher</p> 156cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 157cdf0e10cSrcweir 158cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 159cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s256we" xml:lang="en-US">gtk version 2.10.4 or higher</p> 160cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 161cdf0e10cSrcweir 162cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 163cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2etfseg" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)</p> 164cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 165cdf0e10cSrcweir 166cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 167cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="s2ssdfe" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 168cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 169cdf0e10cSrcweir 170cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 171cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="n42dfgf" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 172cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 173cdf0e10cSrcweir 174cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 175cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="ghjhhr" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 176cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 177cdf0e10cSrcweir 178cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 179cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="fhrtz5" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 180cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 181cdf0e10cSrcweir 182cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 183cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 184cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 185cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 186cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 187cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 188cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 189cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 190cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 191cdf0e10cSrcweir 192cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="BerkeleyDB"> 193cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="BDB11" xml:lang="en-US">Extension Database Incompatibility</h2> 194cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="BDB2a" xml:lang="en-US">The Berkeley database engine has been upgraded in this version of ${PRODUCTNAME}. The database engine upgrade introduces an incompatibility with user data for installed extensions for ${PRODUCTNAME} versions prior to 3.2 that may require your action if you downgrade your version of ${PRODUCTNAME}.</p> 195cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="BDB3a" xml:lang="en-US">This version of ${PRODUCTNAME} will convert your extension database to the new Berkeley database format when extensions are installed or removed. After this conversion, the database can no longer be read by earlier versions of ${PRODUCTNAME}. Downgrading to an earlier version may result in a dysfunctional installation.</p> 196cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="BDB4a" xml:lang="en-US">If you downgrade to an earlier version of ${PRODUCTNAME}, you must remove the user data directory <tt>{user data}/uno_packages</tt>, for example <tt>~/.openoffice.org/3/user/uno_packages</tt>, and reinstall all extensions.</p> 197cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 198cdf0e10cSrcweir 199cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="LINUX WIN" id="StartupProblems"> 200cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="naso01" xml:lang="en-US">Problems During Program Startup</h2> 201cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="LINUX" id="GnomeStartupProblems"> 202cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 203cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 204cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 205cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 206cdf0e10cSrcweir 207cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="WIN" id="Scroll"> 208cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="naso" xml:lang="en-US">ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows</h2> 209cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="naso2" xml:lang="en-US">Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through ${PRODUCTNAME} documents when you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad.</p> 210cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="naso6" xml:lang="en-US">To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "<tt>C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini</tt>" configuration file, and restart your computer:</p> 211cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="code" id="naso7">[${PRODUCTNAME}]</p> 212cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="code" id="naso3">FC = "SALFRAME"</p> 213cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="code" id="naso4">SF = 0x10000000</p> 214cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="code" id="naso5">SF |= 0x00004000</p> 215cdf0e10cSrcweir <p class="note" id="naso8" xml:lang="en-US">The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windows.</p> 216cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 217cdf0e10cSrcweir 218cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="NetscapeAdressBook"> 219cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="sdfsd32asrc" xml:lang="en-US">Mozilla Address Book Driver</h2> 220cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 221cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 222cdf0e10cSrcweir 223cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="Keyboard"> 224cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="awe1" xml:lang="en-US">Shortcut Keys</h2> 225cdf0e10cSrcweir <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 documention of your operating system.</p> 226cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="MAC" id="MACKeysBETA"> 227cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="mackeys1" xml:lang="en-US">The application help of ${PRODUCTNAME} may use shortcut combinations for PC keyboards only.</p> 228cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 229cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 230cdf0e10cSrcweir 231cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="LINUX MAC SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="FileLocking"> 232cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="gfh6w" xml:lang="en-US">File Locking</h2> 233cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 234cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 235cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 236cdf0e10cSrcweir 237cdf0e10cSrcweir <div class="WIN" id="Mapi"> 238cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="gfh6w1" xml:lang="en-US">Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From ${PRODUCTNAME}</h2> 239cdf0e10cSrcweir <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="http://www.microsoft.com">http://www.microsoft.com</a> to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for "mapi dll".</p> 240cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 241cdf0e10cSrcweir 242cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="A11y"> 243cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="aw22" xml:lang="en-US">Important Accessibility Notes</h2> 244cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="access7" xml:lang="en-US">For more information on the accessibility features in ${PRODUCTNAME}, see <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/access/">http://www.openoffice.org/access/</a></p> 245cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 246cdf0e10cSrcweir 247cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="UserSupport"> 248cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="support" xml:lang="en-US">User Support</h2> 249cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="support1" xml:lang="en-US">The main support page <a href="http://support.openoffice.org/">http://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="http://user.services.openoffice.org">http://user.services.openoffice.org</a> or search the archives of the 'users@openoffice.org' mailing list at <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html">http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html</a>. Alternatively, you can send in your questions to <a href="mailto:users@openoffice.org">users@openoffice.org</a>. How to subscribe to the list (to get an email response) is explained on this page: <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Content/help/mailinglists">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Content/help/mailinglists</a>.</p> 250cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="faq" url="ahead" xml:lang="en-US">Also check the FAQ section at <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ.</a></p> 251cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 252cdf0e10cSrcweir 253cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="ReportBugsIssues"> 254cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="reportbugs" xml:lang="en-US">Reporting Bugs & Issues</h2> 255cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="reportbugs1" xml:lang="en-US">The ${PRODUCTNAME} Web site hosts IssueZilla, 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> 256cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 257cdf0e10cSrcweir 258cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="GettingInvolved"> 259cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="gettinginvolved1" xml:lang="en-US">Getting Involved</h2> 260cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 261*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <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="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/get-involved.html">http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/get-involved.html</a></p> 262cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="howtostart" xml:lang="en-US">How to Start</h3> 263cdf0e10cSrcweir <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. If you are familiar with Open Source Projects, check out our To-Dos list and see if there is anything you would like to help with at <a href="http://development.openoffice.org/todo.html">http://development.openoffice.org/todo.html</a>.</p> 264cdf0e10cSrcweir <h3 id="subscribe" xml:lang="en-US">Subscribe</h3> 265*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <p id="subscribe1" xml:lang="en-US">Here are a few of the Project mailing lists to which you can subscribe at <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html">http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html</a></p> 266cdf0e10cSrcweir <ul> 267cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 268*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <p id="subscribelist1" xml:lang="en-US">News: ooo-announce@incubator.apache.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic)</p> 269cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 270cdf0e10cSrcweir 271cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 272*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <p id="subscribelist2" xml:lang="en-US">Main user forum: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic)</p> 273cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 274cdf0e10cSrcweir 275cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 276*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <p id="subscribelist3" xml:lang="en-US">Marketing project: ooo-marketing@incubator.apache.org *beyond development* (getting heavy)</p> 277cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 278cdf0e10cSrcweir 279cdf0e10cSrcweir <li> 280*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <p id="subscribelist4" xml:lang="en-US">General code contributor list: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org (moderate/heavy)</p> 281cdf0e10cSrcweir </li> 282cdf0e10cSrcweir </ul> 283*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <h3 xml:lang="en-US">Joining the Project</h3> 284cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 285*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <p id="joining1" url="ahead" xml:lang="en-US">At <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/get-involved.html">http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/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, try the Documentation or the Marketing Project. The OpenOffice.org Marketing Project is applying both guerilla 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> 286*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <p id="joining3" xml:lang="en-US">You can help by joining the marktig mailig list ooo-marketing@incubator.apache.org or visit the Marketing Communications & Information Network on <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org">http://marketing.openoffice.org</a> 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> 287cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 288cdf0e10cSrcweir 289cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="Credits"> 290cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="credits" xml:lang="en-US">We hope you enjoy working with the new ${PRODUCTNAME} ${PRODUCTVERSION} and will join us online.</p> 291cdf0e10cSrcweir <p id="credits2" xml:lang="en-US">The OpenOffice.org Community</p> 292cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 293cdf0e10cSrcweir 294cdf0e10cSrcweir <div id="ModifiedSourceCode"> 295cdf0e10cSrcweir <h2 id="sdffd23r3cefwefew" xml:lang="en-US">Used / Modified Source Code</h2> 296*3967aa46SJürgen Schmidt <p id="sdffd23red32efew">For detailed information about used and or modified source code see the NOTICE file whihc is part of the installation.</p> 297cdf0e10cSrcweir </div> 298cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 299cdf0e10cSrcweir</html> 300