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24<helpdocument version="1.0">
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26<topic id="textsharedguidestart_parametersxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Starting the $[officename] Software With Parameters</title>
28<filename>/text/shared/guide/start_parameters.xhp</filename>
29</topic>
30</meta>
31<body>
32<section id="start_parameters">
33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156410"><bookmark_value>start parameters</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>command line parameters</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>parameters;command line</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>arguments in command line</bookmark_value>
37</bookmark>
38<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156410" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="52">Starting the $[officename] Software With Parameters</paragraph>
39<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147009" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="1">By starting the $[officename] software from the command line you can assign various parameters, with which you can influence the performance. The use of command line parameters is only recommended for experienced users.</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3147618" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">For normal handling, the use of command line parameters is not necessary. A few of the parameters require a deeper knowledge of the technical background of the $[officename] software technology.</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154898" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">Starting the $[officename] Software From the Command Line</paragraph>
42<list type="ordered">
43<listitem>
44<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156152" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Under Windows, select <emph>Run</emph> from the Windows Start menu, or open a Shell under UNIX® based platforms.</paragraph>
45</listitem>
46<listitem>
47<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152472" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Under Windows, type the following text in the <emph>Open </emph>text field and click <emph>OK</emph>. </paragraph>
48</listitem>
49<listitem>
50<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">Under UNIX based systems, type the following line of text, then press <emph>Return</emph>:</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">{install}\program\soffice.exe {parameter}
52</caseinline><caseinline select="UNIX">{install}/program/soffice {parameter}
53</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph>
54<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Replace <emph>{install}</emph> with the path to your installation of the $[officename] software (for example, <emph>C:\Program Files\Office</emph>, or <emph>~/office</emph>)</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3158407" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Where required, replace <emph>{parameter}</emph> with one or more of the following command line parameters.</paragraph>
56</listitem>
57</list>
58<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Valid Command Line Parameters</paragraph>
59<table id="tbl_id3125864">
60<tablerow>
61<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
62<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Parameter</paragraph>
63</tablecell>
64<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
65<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149167" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Meaning</paragraph>
66</tablecell>
67</tablerow>
68<tablerow>
69<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
70<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149983" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="73">-help / -h / -?</paragraph>
71</tablecell>
72<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
73<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="74">Lists the available command line parameters <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">in a dialog box
74</caseinline><defaultinline>to the console</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph>
75</tablecell>
76</tablerow>
77<tablerow>
78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
79<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">-writer</paragraph>
80</tablecell>
81<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
82<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Starts with an empty Writer document.</paragraph>
83</tablecell>
84</tablerow>
85<tablerow>
86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
87<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148616" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">-calc</paragraph>
88</tablecell>
89<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
90<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145261" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62">Starts with an empty Calc document.</paragraph>
91</tablecell>
92</tablerow>
93<tablerow>
94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
95<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="63">-draw</paragraph>
96</tablecell>
97<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
98<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64">Starts with an empty Draw document.</paragraph>
99</tablecell>
100</tablerow>
101<tablerow>
102<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
103<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">-impress</paragraph>
104</tablecell>
105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
106<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153222" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="66">Starts with an empty Impress document.</paragraph>
107</tablecell>
108</tablerow>
109<tablerow>
110<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
111<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155853" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="67">-math</paragraph>
112</tablecell>
113<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
114<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3146928" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="68">Starts with an empty Math document.</paragraph>
115</tablecell>
116</tablerow>
117<tablerow>
118<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
119<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="69">-global</paragraph>
120</tablecell>
121<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
122<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151075" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="70">Starts with an empty Writer master document.</paragraph>
123</tablecell>
124</tablerow>
125<tablerow>
126<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
127<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154510" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="71">-web</paragraph>
128</tablecell>
129<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
130<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148836" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="72">Starts with an empty HTML document.</paragraph>
131</tablecell>
132</tablerow>
133<tablerow>
134<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
135<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149403" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">-show {filename.odp}</paragraph>
136</tablecell>
137<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
138<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153838" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="80">Starts with the Impress file <emph>{filename.odp}</emph> and starts the presentation. Enters edit mode after the presentation.</paragraph>
139</tablecell>
140</tablerow>
141<tablerow>
142<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
143<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156276" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">-minimized</paragraph>
144</tablecell>
145<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
146<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3146080" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Starts minimized. The splash screen is not displayed.</paragraph>
147</tablecell>
148</tablerow>
149<tablerow>
150<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
151<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3641773" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">-maximized</paragraph>
152</tablecell>
153<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
154<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id8224433" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Starts maximized.<comment>see i72749</comment></paragraph>
155</tablecell>
156</tablerow>
157<tablerow>
158<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
159<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145641" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">-invisible</paragraph>
160</tablecell>
161<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
162<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154756" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Starts in invisible mode.</paragraph>
163<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148914" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Neither the start-up logo nor the initial program window will be visible. However, the $[officename] software can be controlled and documents and dialogs opened via the <link href="https://api.openoffice.org" name="API">API</link>. </paragraph>
164<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">When the $[officename] software has been started with this parameter, it can only be ended using the taskmanager (Windows) or the <emph>kill </emph>command (UNIX based systems).</paragraph>
165<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150388" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">It cannot be used in conjunction with <emph>-quickstart</emph>.</paragraph>
166<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145147" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">More information is found in the <emph>$[officename] Developer's Guide</emph>.</paragraph>
167</tablecell>
168</tablerow>
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170<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
171<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155334" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="77">-nocrashreport</paragraph>
172</tablecell>
173<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
174<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149259" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="78">Disables the error report tool.</paragraph>
175</tablecell>
176</tablerow>
177-->
178<tablerow>
179<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
180<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155903" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">-norestore</paragraph>
181</tablecell>
182<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
183<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156374" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Disables restart and file recovery after a system crash.</paragraph>
184</tablecell>
185</tablerow>
186<tablerow>
187<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
188<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id5215918" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">-nofirststartwizard</paragraph>
189</tablecell>
190<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
191<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id5665761" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Disables the Welcome Wizard.</paragraph>
192</tablecell>
193</tablerow>
194<tablerow>
195<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
196<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148477" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">-quickstart</paragraph>
197</tablecell>
198<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
199<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153919" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="26">Activates the Quickstarter.<comment>now on UNIX too</comment></paragraph>
200</tablecell>
201</tablerow>
202<tablerow>
203<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
204<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3152479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">-accept={UNO string}</paragraph>
205</tablecell>
206<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
207<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147130" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Notifies the $[officename] software that upon the creation of "UNO Acceptor Threads", a "UNO Accept String" will be used.</paragraph>
208<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148874" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">More information is found in the <emph>$[officename] Developer's Guide</emph>.</paragraph>
209</tablecell>
210</tablerow>
211<tablerow>
212<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
213<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149964" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="33">-env</paragraph>
214</tablecell>
215<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
216<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id2439039" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Sets another environment for the program start.<comment>UFI: just guessing. Cannot find any info</comment></paragraph>
217<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id2789086" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Use soffice -env:UserInstallation=$(URL) where $(URL) is the URL of a folder that contains the "user" folder.<comment>this is from http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@api.openoffice.org/msg04728.html</comment></paragraph>
218</tablecell>
219</tablerow>
220<tablerow>
221<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
222<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3159238" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">-p {filename1} {filename2} ...</paragraph>
223</tablecell>
224<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
225<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3163666" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Prints the files <emph>{filename1} {filename2} ...</emph> to the default printer and ends. The splash screen does not appear.</paragraph>
226<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150828" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="49">If the file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in quotation marks.</paragraph>
227</tablecell>
228</tablerow>
229<tablerow>
230<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
231<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150883" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">-pt {Printername} {filename1} {filename2} ...</paragraph>
232</tablecell>
233<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
234<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155081" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Prints the files <emph>{filename1} {filename2} ...</emph> to the printer <emph>{Printername}</emph> and ends. The splash screen does not appear.</paragraph>
235<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="51">If the file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in quotation marks.</paragraph>
236</tablecell>
237</tablerow>
238<tablerow>
239<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
240<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154372" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">-o {filename}</paragraph>
241</tablecell>
242<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
243<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150309" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Opens <emph>{filename}</emph> for editing, even if it is a template.</paragraph>
244</tablecell>
245</tablerow>
246<tablerow>
247<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
248<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151182" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">-view {filename}</paragraph>
249</tablecell>
250<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
251<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145268" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">Creates a temporary copy of <emph>{filename}</emph> and opens it read-only.</paragraph>
252</tablecell>
253</tablerow>
254<tablerow>
255<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
256<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3166421" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">-n {filename}</paragraph>
257</tablecell>
258<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
259<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154259" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Creates a new document using <emph>{filename}</emph> as a template.</paragraph>
260</tablecell>
261</tablerow>
262<tablerow>
263<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
264<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">-nologo</paragraph>
265</tablecell>
266<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
267<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151334" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">Disables the splash screen at program start.</paragraph>
268</tablecell>
269</tablerow>
270<tablerow>
271<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
272<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3159171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="75">-nodefault</paragraph>
273</tablecell>
274<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
275<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153306" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="76">Starts without displaying anything except the splash screen.</paragraph>
276</tablecell>
277</tablerow>
278<tablerow>
279<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
280<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id2211676" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">-nofirststartwizard</paragraph>
281</tablecell>
282<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
283<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1641895" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Add this parameter to the program start command to suppress the Welcome Wizard.<comment>see i72749</comment></paragraph>
284</tablecell>
285</tablerow>
286<tablerow>
287<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
288<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153915" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">-display {display}</paragraph>
289</tablecell>
290<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
291<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3146786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Sets the <emph>DISPLAY </emph>environment variable on UNIX based platforms to the value <emph>{display}</emph>. This parameter is only supported by the start script for the $[officename] software on UNIX based platforms.</paragraph>
292</tablecell>
293</tablerow>
294<tablerow>
295<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
296<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149595" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">-headless</paragraph>
297</tablecell>
298<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
299<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150530" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">Starts in "headless mode" which allows using the application without user interface.</paragraph>
300<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156353" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">This special mode can be used when the application is controlled by external clients via the <link href="https://api.openoffice.org" name="API">API</link>.</paragraph>
301</tablecell>
302</tablerow>
303</table>
304<comment>see i70904 for more parameters:
305-terminate_after_init
306-plugin
307-bean
308-clientdisplay
309-userid</comment>
310</section>
311</body>
312</helpdocument>
313