Default file formats

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#1

We have been using OpenOffice 3.2.1 on Windows 2008 application servers, and I am testing LibreOffice in a sandbox before replacing OpenOffice. I like what I see so far, but I have not been able to find a way to set the default file format for all users to Microsoft 97/2000/XP. I am able to make that change, through Options, for an individual user, but not for all users.

There were some scripts available for OpenOffice which could be run from the command line to default to the MS formats for all users (setup-writer.xcu for example). Are there scripts available to make these changes, or would the modifications to the OpenOffice files be easy enough for a person with limited scripting talent?

Thank you.

#2

If you do a custom install the option to set that appears at that time.

#3

Can I ask what is the point of using OO/LO and then setting the default document type to MS Office?

#4

It save license costs......?

#5

Can I ask what is the point of using OO/LO and then setting the default

document type to MS Office?

The biggest reason is our users do not remember to save in MS format when sending files to customers and vendors. I am not sure a single customer of ours could open an .odt file, for example, so we have to use formats our customers and vendors can open.

Our IT departmnet prefers OO/LO not only due to licensing costs, but also because the OO/LO interface is more familiar to most people. MS Office 2007 and 2010, with the ribbon interface, does not look much like MS Office 2003.

#6

When sending to customers, they better send it in PDF-format then in
.doc or .docx
But that just my opinion :wink:

#7

If you do a custom install the option to set that appears at that time.

My apologies, I did not phrase my question clearly. I was able to do the installation so LO was the default
application to open all MS Office files, but I need to set LO so, by default, all files are saved in MS Office
format. If I go to Tools - Options - Load/Save - General, I can set the document types to Always save as
Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP, but that only works for one user.

We have LO installed on an application server, so I have 50 or more users that need to be set to always save in
the MS format. There are some scripts for OO which can be run from command line using the command
"unopkg add --shared Setup-writer.xcu" for example, but I do not know if the naming conventions for LO and OO
are so close that the same scripts will work.

#8

That's the joy of OO/LO - you don't have to!
Do File-Send-Document as Microsoft Word. Then you can standardise on ODF while still sending to others in .doc if you need to...

#9

please take me off your list!!!!

Phil Woodruff - philandaw@comcast.net

#10

Please take me off your list!!!

Phil Woodruff - philandaw@comcast.net

#11

Is this on Terminal Server?

#12

Please take me off your lists.

Phil Woodruff - philandaw@comcast.net

#13

Please take me off your list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phil Woodruff - philandaw@comcast.net

#14

You need to do the unsubscribe instructions on the bottom of each email...

#15

I have a better idea... why don't YOU stop SPAMMING THE LIST with your
stupidity?

#16

We have LO installed on an application server,

Is this on Terminal Server?

Yes, LO is installed on Windows Server 2008, and our users connect via RDP from their desktops(primarily Windows XP) or thin clients (Igels running Linux).

#17

My apologies, I did not phrase my question clearly. I was able to do the
installation so LO was the default
application to open all MS Office files, but I need to set LO so, by default,
all files are saved in MS Office

format. If I go to Tools - Options - Load/Save - General, I can set the
document types to Always save as

Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP, but that only works for one user.

We have LO installed on an application server, so I have 50 or more users that
need to be set to always save in

the MS format. There are some scripts for OO which can be run from command line
using the command

"unopkg add --shared Setup-writer.xcu" for example, but I do not know if the
naming conventions for LO and OO

are so close that the same scripts will work.
  
Hi :slight_smile:

Ok, i am almost completely sure that the script will work but before running it
you need to set-up a way of testing it. So, how about setting your own user
account to default to odt format, run the script and then see what format your
account defaults to?

LO and OOo are opened by the same command on a command-line and while running
they both still show up in any list of running processes as "soffice" which
stands for "Star Office". Star Office became OpenOffice about a decade ago but
renaming stuff like that is not simply a quick find&replace!

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#18

You need to ask the person who put you on this list to take you off.

(Hint: It wasn't us.)

#19

You put yourself on the list. YOU need to unsubscribe

Please take me off your list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phil Woodruff - philandaw@comcast.net

#20

HI :slight_smile:

The person is asking for help and is obviously desperate and having problems
with instructions. The trick is to try to help in a helpful way rather than
copy the anger that other people are expressing and to find out why the person
might be having trouble. The instructions appear to say that sending an email
to

unsubscribe@libreoffice.org

will do the trick. The bit at the front "users+" does not get coloured in and
if the person right-clicks on the colourful part and chooses "Copy email
address" then the "users+" part at the start gets missed off.

Please can we show compassion rather than hostility and anger when people are
having trouble?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: