====================================================================== LibreOffice 3.5 ReadMe ====================================================================== For latest updates to this readme file, see http://www.libreoffice.org/welcome/r eadme.

html This file contains important information about the LibreOffice software. You are recommended to read this information very carefully before starting installatio n. The LibreOffice community is responsible for the development of this product, an d invites you to consider participating as a community member. If you are a new user, you can visit the LibreOffice site, where you will find lots of informatio n about the LibreOffice project and the communities that exist around it. Go to http://www.libreoffice.org/. Is LibreOffice Really Free for Any User? ---------------------------------------------------------------------LibreOffice is free for use by everybody. You may take this copy of LibreOffice 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 us e). For further details see the licence text packaged with this LibreOffice down load. Why is LibreOffice Free for Any User? ---------------------------------------------------------------------You can use this copy of LibreOffice free of charge because individual contribut ors and corporate sponsors have designed, developed, tested, translated, documen ted, supported, marketed, and helped in many other ways to make LibreOffice what it is today - the world's leading Open Source productivity software for home an d office. If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure that LibreOffice conti nues to be available far into the future, please consider contributing to the pr oject - see http://www.documentfoundation.org/contribution/ for details. Everyon e can make a contribution of some kind. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Notes on Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------LibreOffice requires a recent version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for full functionality. JRE is not part of the LibreOffice installation package, it shou ld be installed separately. System Requirements ---------------------------------------------------------------------* * * * * Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), XP, Vista, or Windows 7 Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended) 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended) Up to 1.5 GB available hard diskcspace 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colours

Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation proces

s. Registration of LibreOffice as default application for Microsoft Office formats can be forced or suppressed by using the following command line switches with th e installer: * REGISTER_ALL_MSO_TYPES=1 will force registration of LibreOffice as default app lication for Microsoft Office formats. * REGISTER_NO_MSO_TYPES=1 will suppress registration of LibreOffice as default a pplication for Microsoft Office formats. Please make sure you have enough free memory in the temporary directory on your system, and please ensure that read, write and run access rights have been grant ed. Close all other programs before starting the installation. Installation of LibreOffice on Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------If you have a previous version of LibreOffice already installed, then you will n eed to de-install it before proceeding further. For instructions on how to insta ll a language pack (after having installed the US English version of LibreOffice ), please read the section below entitled Installing a Language Pack. When you unpack the downloaded archive, you will see that the contents have been decompressed into a sub-directory. Open a file manager window, and change direc tory to the one starting with "LibO_", followed by the version number and some p latform information. This directory contains a subdirectory called "DEBS". Change directory to the "D EBS" directory. Right-click within the directory and choose "Open in Terminal". A terminal windo w will open. From the command line of the terminal window, enter the following c ommand (you will be prompted to enter your root user's password before the comma nd will execute): sudo dpkg -i *.deb The above dpkg command does the first part of the installation process. To compl ete the process, you also need to install the desktop integration packages. To d o this, change directory to the "desktop-integration" directory that is within t he "DEBS" directory, using the following command: cd desktop-integration Now run the dpkg command again: sudo dpkg -i *.deb The installation process is now completed, and you should have icons for all the LibreOffice applications in your desktop's Applications/Office menu. Installation of LibreOffice on Fedora, Suse, Mandriva and other Linux systems us ing RPM packages ---------------------------------------------------------------------If you have a previous version of LibreOffice already installed, then you will n eed to de-install it before proceeding further. For instructions on how to insta ll a language pack (after having installed the US English version of LibreOffice ), please read the section below entitled Installing a Language Pack.

When you unpack the downloaded archive, you will see that the contents have been decompressed into a sub-directory. Open a file manager window, and change direc tory to the one starting with "LibO_", followed by the version number and some p latform information. This directory contains a subdirectory called "RPMS". Change directory to the "R PMS" directory. Right-click within the directory and choose "Open in Terminal". A terminal windo w will open. From the command line of the terminal window, enter the following c ommand (you will be prompted to enter your root user's password before the comma nd will execute): For Fedora-based systems: su -c 'yum install *.rpm' For Mandriva-based systems: sudo urpmi *.rpm For other RPM-based systems (Suse, etc.): rpm -Uvh *.rpm The above command does the first part of the installation process. To complete t he process, you also need to install the desktop integration packages. To do thi s, change directory to the "desktop-integration" directory that is within the "R PMS" directory, using the following command: cd desktop-integration Now run the installation command again: For Fedora-based systems: su -c 'yum install *freedesktop*.rpm' For Mandriva-based systems: sudo urpmi *mandriva*.rpm For SUSE-based systems: rpm -Uvh *suse*.rpm For other RPM-based systems: rpm -Uvh *freedesktop*.rpm The installation process is now completed, and you should have icons for all the LibreOffice applications in your desktop's Applications/Office menu. Notes Concerning Desktop Integration for Linux Distributions Not Covered in the Above Installation Instructions ---------------------------------------------------------------------It should be easily possible to install LibreOffice on other Linux distributions not specifically covered in these installation instructions. The main aspect fo r which differences might be encountered is desktop integration. The desktop-integration directory also contains a package named libreoffice3.3-f reedesktop-menus-3.3.1.noarch.rpm (or similar). This is a package for all Linux distributions that support the Freedesktop.org specifications/recommendations (h ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedesktop.org), and is provided for installation o n other Linux distributions not covered in the aforementioned instructions. Installing a Language Pack ---------------------------------------------------------------------Download the language pack for your desired language and platform. They are avai lable from the same location as the main installation archive. From the Nautilus file manager, extract the downloaded archive into a directory (your desktop, fo

r instance). Ensure that you have exited all LibreOffice applications (including the QuickStarter, if it is started). Change directory to the directory in which you extracted your downloaded languag e pack. Now change directory to the directory that was created during the extraction pro cess. For instance, for the French language pack for a 32-bit Debian/Ubuntu-base d system, the directory is named LibO_, plus some version information, plus Linu x_x86_langpack-deb_fr. Now change directory to the directory that contains the packages to install. On Debian/Ubuntu-based systems, the directory will be DEBS. On Fedora, Suse or Mand riva systems, the directory will be RPMS. From the Nautilus file manager, right-click in the directory and choose the comm and "Open in terminal". In the terminal window you just opened, execute the comm and to install the language pack (with all of the commands below, you may be pro mpted to enter your root user's password): For Debian/Ubuntu-based systems: sudo dpkg -i *.deb For Fedora-based systems: su -c 'yum install *.rpm' For Mandriva-based systems: sudo urpmi *.rpm For other RPM-using systems (Suse, etc.): rpm -Uvh *.rpm Now start one of the LibreOffice applications - Writer, for instance. Go to the Tools menu and choose Options. In the Options dialogue box, click on "Language S ettings" and then click on "Languages". Dropdown the "User interface" list and s elect the language you just installed. If you want, do the same thing for the "L ocale setting", the "Default currency", and the "Default languages for documents ". After adjusting those settings, click on OK. The dialogue box will close, and yo u will see an information message telling you that your changes will only be act ivated after you exit LibreOffice and start it again (remember to also exit the QuickStarter if it is started). The next time you start LibreOffice, it will start in the language you just inst alled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Problems During Program Start-up ---------------------------------------------------------------------Difficulties starting LibreOffice (e.g. applications hang) as well as problems w ith the screen display are often caused by the graphics card driver. If these pr oblems 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 - Optio ns - LibreOffice - View - 3D view'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows ---------------------------------------------------------------------Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through LibreOffice documents w hen you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad.

To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "C:\Program Files\S ynaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini" configuration file, and restart your computer: [LibreOffice] FC = "SALFRAME" SF = 0x10000000 SF |= 0x00004000 The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windo ws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Shortcut Keys ---------------------------------------------------------------------Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used by the operating system can be us ed in LibreOffice. If a key combination in LibreOffice does not work as describe d in the LibreOffice Help, check if that shortcut is already used by the operati ng system. To rectify such conflicts, you can change the keys assigned by your o perating system. Alternatively, you can change almost any key assignment in Libr eOffice. For more information on this topic, refer to the LibreOffice Help or th e Help documention of your operating system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From LibreOffice ---------------------------------------------------------------------When sending a document via 'File - Send - Document as E-mail' or 'Document as P DF Attachment' problems might occur (program crashes or hangs). This is due to t he Windows system file "Mapi" (Messaging Application Programming Interface) whic h causes problems in some file versions. Unfortunately, the problem cannot be na rrowed down to a certain version number. For more information visit http://www.m icrosoft.com to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for "mapi dll". ---------------------------------------------------------------------Important Accessibility Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------For more information on the accessibility features in LibreOffice, see http://ww w.libreoffice.org/accessibility/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------User Support ---------------------------------------------------------------------The main support page http://www.libreoffice.org/support/ offers various possibi lities for help with LibreOffice. Your question may have already been answered check the Community Forum at http://www.documentfoundation.org/nabble/ or searc h the archives of the 'users@libreoffice.org' mailing list at http://www.libreof fice.org/lists/users/. Alternatively, you can send in your questions to users@li breoffice.org. If you like to subscribe to the list (to get email responses), se nd an empty mail to: users+subscribe@libreoffice.org. Also check the FAQ section at http://www.libreoffice.org/faq/. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Reporting Bugs & Issues ---------------------------------------------------------------------Our system for reporting, tracking and solving bugs is currently BugZilla, kindl y hosted at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/. We encourage all users to feel entitl ed and welcome to report bugs that may arise on your particular platform. Energe tic reporting of bugs is one of the most important contributions that the user c ommunity can make to the ongoing development and improvement of LibreOffice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Getting Involved ---------------------------------------------------------------------The LibreOffice Community would very much benefit from your active participation in the development of this important open source project. As a user, you are already a valuable part of the suite's development process an d 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 c ontributing page at http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/ How to Start ---------------------------------------------------------------------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 familiarise you rself with many of the topics covered since the LibreOffice source code was rele ased back in October 2000. When you're comfortable, all you need to do is send a n e-mail self-introduction and jump right in. If you are familiar with Open Sour ce Projects, check out our To-Dos list and see if there is anything you would li ke to help with at http://www.libreoffice.org/develop/. Subscribe ---------------------------------------------------------------------Here are a few of the mailing lists to which you can subscribe at http://www.lib reoffice.org/contribution/ * News: announce@documentfoundation.org *recommended to all users* (light traffi c) * Main user list: users@libreoffice.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic) * Marketing project: marketing@libreoffice.org *beyond development* (getting hea vy) * General developer list: libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org (heavy traffic) Joining one or more Projects ---------------------------------------------------------------------You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if y ou have limited software design or coding experience. Yes, you! We hope you enjoy working with the new LibreOffice 3.5 and will join us online. The LibreOffice Community ---------------------------------------------------------------------Used / Modified Source Code ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Portions Copyright 1998, 1999 James Clark. Portions Copyright 1996, 1998 Netscap e Communications Corporation.