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28cdf0e10cSrcweir		<title id="title" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} Readme File</title>
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39cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div id="Intro">
40cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h1 id="Welcome" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} ${PRODUCTVERSION} ReadMe</h1>
414e549649SMatthias Seidel			<p id="LatestUpdates" xml:lang="en-US">For latest updates to this readme file, see <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/welcome/readme.html">https://www.openoffice.org/welcome/readme.html</a></p>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir			<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>
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>
45*540c2166SMatthias 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>
8288fb6f13SMatthias Seidel						<p id="s2s3sdf2" xml:lang="en-US">Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10</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 class="note" id="edssc3d" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p>
102cdf0e10cSrcweir				<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>
103cdf0e10cSrcweir				<ul>
104cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
105cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="MSOReg2" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=1</tt> will force registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p>
106cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
107cdf0e10cSrcweir
108cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
109cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="MSOReg3" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=0</tt> will suppress registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p>
110cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
111cdf0e10cSrcweir				</ul>
1124e549649SMatthias 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>
113cdf0e10cSrcweir				<p class="note" id="AdminNeeded" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p>
114cdf0e10cSrcweir			</div>
115cdf0e10cSrcweir			<div class="SOLSPARC" id="Sols2">
116cdf0e10cSrcweir				<ul>
117cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
118cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s2335" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (SPARC platform) or higher</p>
119cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
120cdf0e10cSrcweir
121cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
122cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s253" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p>
123cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
124cdf0e10cSrcweir
125cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
126cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s23seg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p>
127cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
128cdf0e10cSrcweir
129cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
130cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s2s43gfe" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p>
131cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
132cdf0e10cSrcweir
133cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
134cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="n4234rw" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p>
135cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
136cdf0e10cSrcweir
137cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
138cdf0e10cSrcweir						<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>
139cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
140cdf0e10cSrcweir				</ul>
141cdf0e10cSrcweir			</div>
142cdf0e10cSrcweir			<div class="SOLX86" id="Solia2">
143cdf0e10cSrcweir				<ul>
144cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
145cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s23h" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (x86 platform) or higher</p>
146cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
147cdf0e10cSrcweir
148cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
149cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s24f" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p>
150cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
151cdf0e10cSrcweir
152cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
153cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="fgheg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p>
154cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
155cdf0e10cSrcweir
156cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
157cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="fghfgh" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p>
158cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
159cdf0e10cSrcweir
160cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
161cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="mgjfg" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p>
162cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
163cdf0e10cSrcweir
164cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
165cdf0e10cSrcweir						<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>
166cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
167cdf0e10cSrcweir				</ul>
168cdf0e10cSrcweir			</div>
169cdf0e10cSrcweir			<div class="LINUX" id="Linuxi2">
170cdf0e10cSrcweir				<ul>
171cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
172cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s2we35" xml:lang="en-US">Linux Kernel version 2.6.18 or higher</p>
173cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
174cdf0e10cSrcweir
175cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
176cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s253we" xml:lang="en-US">glibc2 version 2.5 or higher</p>
177cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
178cdf0e10cSrcweir
179cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
180cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s256we" xml:lang="en-US">gtk version 2.10.4 or higher</p>
181cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
182cdf0e10cSrcweir
183cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
184f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti						<p id="s2etfseg" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium III or later processor</p>
185cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
186cdf0e10cSrcweir
187cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
188cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="s2ssdfe" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p>
189cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
190cdf0e10cSrcweir
191cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
192cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="n42dfgf" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p>
193cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
194cdf0e10cSrcweir
195cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
196cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="ghjhhr" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p>
197cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
198cdf0e10cSrcweir
199cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
200cdf0e10cSrcweir						<p id="fhrtz5" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p>
201cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
202cdf0e10cSrcweir
203cdf0e10cSrcweir					<li>
204cdf0e10cSrcweir						<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>
205cdf0e10cSrcweir					</li>
206cdf0e10cSrcweir				</ul>
207cdf0e10cSrcweir				<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>
208cdf0e10cSrcweir				<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>
209cdf0e10cSrcweir			</div>
210cdf0e10cSrcweir			<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>
211cdf0e10cSrcweir		</div>
212cdf0e10cSrcweir
213cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div class="LINUX WIN" id="StartupProblems">
214cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="naso01" xml:lang="en-US">Problems During Program Startup</h2>
215cdf0e10cSrcweir			<div class="LINUX" id="GnomeStartupProblems">
216cdf0e10cSrcweir				<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>
217cdf0e10cSrcweir			</div>
218cdf0e10cSrcweir			<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>
219cdf0e10cSrcweir		</div>
220cdf0e10cSrcweir
221cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div class="WIN" id="Scroll">
222cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="naso" xml:lang="en-US">ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows</h2>
223cdf0e10cSrcweir			<p id="naso2" xml:lang="en-US">Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through ${PRODUCTNAME} documents when you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad.</p>
224cdf0e10cSrcweir			<p id="naso6" xml:lang="en-US">To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "<tt>C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini</tt>" configuration file, and restart your computer:</p>
225cdf0e10cSrcweir			<p class="code" id="naso7">[${PRODUCTNAME}]</p>
226cdf0e10cSrcweir			<p class="code" id="naso3">FC = "SALFRAME"</p>
227cdf0e10cSrcweir			<p class="code" id="naso4">SF = 0x10000000</p>
228cdf0e10cSrcweir			<p class="code" id="naso5">SF |= 0x00004000</p>
229cdf0e10cSrcweir			<p class="note" id="naso8" xml:lang="en-US">The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windows.</p>
230cdf0e10cSrcweir		</div>
231cdf0e10cSrcweir
232cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div class="SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="NetscapeAdressBook">
233cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="sdfsd32asrc" xml:lang="en-US">Mozilla Address Book Driver</h2>
234cdf0e10cSrcweir			<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>
235cdf0e10cSrcweir		</div>
236cdf0e10cSrcweir
237cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div id="Keyboard">
238cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="awe1" xml:lang="en-US">Shortcut Keys</h2>
23988fb6f13SMatthias 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>
240cdf0e10cSrcweir			<div class="MAC" id="MACKeysBETA">
241cdf0e10cSrcweir				<p id="mackeys1" xml:lang="en-US">The application help of ${PRODUCTNAME} may use shortcut combinations for PC keyboards only.</p>
242cdf0e10cSrcweir			</div>
243cdf0e10cSrcweir		</div>
244cdf0e10cSrcweir
245cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div class="LINUX MAC SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="FileLocking">
246cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="gfh6w" xml:lang="en-US">File Locking</h2>
247cdf0e10cSrcweir			<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>
248cdf0e10cSrcweir			<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>
249cdf0e10cSrcweir		</div>
250cdf0e10cSrcweir
251cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div class="WIN" id="Mapi">
252cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="gfh6w1" xml:lang="en-US">Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From ${PRODUCTNAME}</h2>
2534e549649SMatthias 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>
254cdf0e10cSrcweir		</div>
255cdf0e10cSrcweir
256cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div id="A11y">
257cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="aw22" xml:lang="en-US">Important Accessibility Notes</h2>
2584e549649SMatthias 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>
259cdf0e10cSrcweir		</div>
260cdf0e10cSrcweir
261cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div id="UserSupport">
262cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="support" xml:lang="en-US">User Support</h2>
2634e549649SMatthias 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>
2644e549649SMatthias 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>
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267cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div id="ReportBugsIssues">
268cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="reportbugs" xml:lang="en-US">Reporting Bugs &amp; Issues</h2>
2694e549649SMatthias 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>
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272cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div id="GettingInvolved">
273cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h2 id="gettinginvolved1" xml:lang="en-US">Getting Involved</h2>
274cdf0e10cSrcweir			<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>
2754e549649SMatthias 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>
276cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h3 id="howtostart" xml:lang="en-US">How to Start</h3>
277f6023b84SAndrea 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>
278cdf0e10cSrcweir			<h3 id="subscribe" xml:lang="en-US">Subscribe</h3>
2794e549649SMatthias 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>
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282f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti					<p id="subscribelist1" xml:lang="en-US">News: announce@openoffice.apache.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic)</p>
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286f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti					<p id="subscribelist2" xml:lang="en-US">Main user forum: users@openoffice.apache.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic)</p>
287cdf0e10cSrcweir				</li>
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290f6023b84SAndrea Pescetti					<p id="subscribelist4" xml:lang="en-US">General project development and discussion list: dev@openoffice.apache.org (heavy traffic)</p>
291cdf0e10cSrcweir				</li>
292cdf0e10cSrcweir			</ul>
2933967aa46SJürgen Schmidt			<h3 xml:lang="en-US">Joining the Project</h3>
294cdf0e10cSrcweir			<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>
2954e549649SMatthias 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>
296f6023b84SAndrea 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>
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299cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div id="Credits">
300cdf0e10cSrcweir			<p id="credits" xml:lang="en-US">We hope you enjoy working with the new ${PRODUCTNAME} ${PRODUCTVERSION} and will join us online.</p>
301ff3f4ebcSOliver-Rainer Wittmann			<p id="credits2" xml:lang="en-US">The Apache OpenOffice Community</p>
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304cdf0e10cSrcweir		<div id="ModifiedSourceCode">
3054afc73f8SAriel Constenla-Haile			<h2 id="ModifiedSourceCodeHeading" xml:lang="en-US">Used / Modified Source Code</h2>
3064e549649SMatthias 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>
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