1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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Please read this information very carefully before starting work.</p> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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="http://openoffice.apache.org">http://openoffice.apache.org</a></p> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="A9" xml:lang="en-US">Also read the sections below about getting involved in the Apache OpenOffice project.</p> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h3 id="A10" xml:lang="en-US">Is ${PRODUCTNAME} really free for any user? </h3> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="A11" xml:lang="en-US">${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> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h3 id="A12" xml:lang="en-US">Why is ${PRODUCTNAME} free for any user?</h3> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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 ${PRODUCTNAME} what it is today - the world's leading open-source office software.</p> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="A13b" xml:lang="en-US">If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure Apache OpenOffice continues into the future, please consider contributing to the project - see <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html</a> for details on contributing time and <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html">http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html</a> for details on donations. Everyone has a contribution to make.</p> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div id="Installation"> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="rr3fgf42r" xml:lang="en-US">Notes on Installation</h2> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p class="note" id="javaneeded" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} requires a recent version of JAVA for full functionality; JAVA can be downloaded from <a href="http://java.com">http://java.com</a>.</p> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h3 id="sdfsdfgf42r" xml:lang="en-US">System Requirements</h3> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="MAC" id="SystemRequirements_OSX"> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <ul> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="macxiOSX" xml:lang="en-US">MacOSX 10.7 (Lion) or higher</p> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="macxicpu" xml:lang="en-US">Intel processor</p> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="macxiRAM" xml:lang="en-US">512 MB RAM</p> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="macxHardDiksSpace" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space</p> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="macxivideo" xml:lang="en-US">1024 x 768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)</p> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </ul> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="WIN" id="SystemRequirements_WIN"> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <ul> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s2s3sdf2" xml:lang="en-US">Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8</p> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="utzu6" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium III or later processor</p> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="ghuj67" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="jzjtzu6" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space</p> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="jtzu56" xml:lang="en-US">1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors</p> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </ul> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p class="note" id="edssc3d" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <ul> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="MSOReg2" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=1</tt> will force registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p> 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="MSOReg3" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=0</tt> will suppress registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p> 109*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 110*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </ul> 111*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555</a></p> 112*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p class="note" id="AdminNeeded" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p> 113*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 114*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="SOLSPARC" id="Sols2"> 115*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <ul> 116*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 117*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s2335" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (SPARC platform) or higher</p> 118*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 119*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 120*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 121*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s253" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 122*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 123*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 124*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 125*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s23seg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 126*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 127*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 128*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 129*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s2s43gfe" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 130*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 131*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 132*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 133*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="n4234rw" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 134*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 135*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 136*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 137*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 138*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 139*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </ul> 140*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 141*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="SOLX86" id="Solia2"> 142*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <ul> 143*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 144*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s23h" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (x86 platform) or higher</p> 145*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 146*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 147*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 148*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s24f" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 149*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 150*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 151*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 152*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="fgheg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 153*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 154*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 155*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 156*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="fghfgh" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 157*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 158*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 159*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 160*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="mgjfg" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 161*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 162*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 163*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 164*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 165*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 166*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </ul> 167*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 168*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="LINUX" id="Linuxi2"> 169*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <ul> 170*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 171*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s2we35" xml:lang="en-US">Linux Kernel version 2.6.18 or higher</p> 172*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 173*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 174*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 175*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s253we" xml:lang="en-US">glibc2 version 2.5 or higher</p> 176*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 177*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 178*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 179*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s256we" xml:lang="en-US">gtk version 2.10.4 or higher</p> 180*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 181*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 182*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 183*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s2etfseg" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium III or later processor</p> 184*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 185*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 186*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 187*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="s2ssdfe" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> 188*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 189*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 190*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 191*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="n42dfgf" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> 192*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 193*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 194*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 195*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="ghjhhr" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> 196*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 197*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 198*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 199*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="fhrtz5" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> 200*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 201*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 202*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 203*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 204*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 205*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </ul> 206*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 207*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 208*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 209*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 210*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 211*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 212*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="LINUX WIN" id="StartupProblems"> 213*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="naso01" xml:lang="en-US">Problems During Program Startup</h2> 214*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="LINUX" id="GnomeStartupProblems"> 215*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 216*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 217*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 218*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 219*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 220*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="WIN" id="Scroll"> 221*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="naso" xml:lang="en-US">ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows</h2> 222*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="naso2" xml:lang="en-US">Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through ${PRODUCTNAME} documents when you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad.</p> 223*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="naso6" xml:lang="en-US">To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "<tt>C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini</tt>" configuration file, and restart your computer:</p> 224*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p class="code" id="naso7">[${PRODUCTNAME}]</p> 225*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p class="code" id="naso3">FC = "SALFRAME"</p> 226*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p class="code" id="naso4">SF = 0x10000000</p> 227*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p class="code" id="naso5">SF |= 0x00004000</p> 228*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p class="note" id="naso8" xml:lang="en-US">The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windows.</p> 229*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 230*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 231*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="NetscapeAdressBook"> 232*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="sdfsd32asrc" xml:lang="en-US">Mozilla Address Book Driver</h2> 233*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 234*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 235*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 236*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div id="Keyboard"> 237*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="awe1" xml:lang="en-US">Shortcut Keys</h2> 238*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 239*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="MAC" id="MACKeysBETA"> 240*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="mackeys1" xml:lang="en-US">The application help of ${PRODUCTNAME} may use shortcut combinations for PC keyboards only.</p> 241*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 242*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 243*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 244*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="LINUX MAC SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="FileLocking"> 245*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="gfh6w" xml:lang="en-US">File Locking</h2> 246*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 247*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 248*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 249*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 250*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div class="WIN" id="Mapi"> 251*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="gfh6w1" xml:lang="en-US">Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From ${PRODUCTNAME}</h2> 252*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 253*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 254*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 255*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div id="A11y"> 256*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="aw22" xml:lang="en-US">Important Accessibility Notes</h2> 257*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 258*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 259*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 260*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div id="UserSupport"> 261*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="support" xml:lang="en-US">User Support</h2> 262*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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://forum.openoffice.org">http://forum.openoffice.org</a> or search the archives of the 'users@openoffice.apache.org' mailing list at <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">http://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="http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html</a>.</p> 263*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="faq" url="ahead" xml:lang="en-US">Also check the FAQ section at <a href="http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ">http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ</a>.</p> 264*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 265*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 266*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div id="ReportBugsIssues"> 267*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="reportbugs" xml:lang="en-US">Reporting Bugs & Issues</h2> 268*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="reportbugs1" xml:lang="en-US">The ${PRODUCTNAME} Web site hosts <a href="https://issues.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> 269*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 270*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 271*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div id="GettingInvolved"> 272*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="gettinginvolved1" xml:lang="en-US">Getting Involved</h2> 273*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 274*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html</a></p> 275*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h3 id="howtostart" xml:lang="en-US">How to Start</h3> 276*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 277*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h3 id="subscribe" xml:lang="en-US">Subscribe</h3> 278*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="subscribe1" xml:lang="en-US">Here are a few of the ${PRODUCTNAME} mailing lists to which you can subscribe at <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html</a></p> 279*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <ul> 280*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 281*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="subscribelist1" xml:lang="en-US">News: announce@openoffice.apache.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic)</p> 282*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 283*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 284*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 285*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="subscribelist2" xml:lang="en-US">Main user forum: users@openoffice.apache.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic)</p> 286*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 287*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 288*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <li> 289*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="subscribelist4" xml:lang="en-US">General project development and discussion list: dev@openoffice.apache.org (heavy traffic)</p> 290*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </li> 291*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </ul> 292*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h3 xml:lang="en-US">Joining the Project</h3> 293*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 294*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="joining1" url="ahead" xml:lang="en-US">At <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">http://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> 295*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 296*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 297*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 298*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div id="Credits"> 299*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="credits" xml:lang="en-US">We hope you enjoy working with the new ${PRODUCTNAME} ${PRODUCTVERSION} and will join us online.</p> 300*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <p id="credits2" xml:lang="en-US">The Apache OpenOffice Community</p> 301*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 302*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 303*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <div id="ModifiedSourceCode"> 304*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <h2 id="ModifiedSourceCodeHeading" xml:lang="en-US">Used / Modified Source Code</h2> 305*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 306*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </div> 307*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 308*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</html> 309