How to migrate OpenOfficec Writer settings into LinbreOffice Writer

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#1

Is there a way to import such things as templates and general
settings from OpenOffice Writer to LO Writer?
           (E.g. copying certain files over)
   Would be nice to avoid having to construct them all over again.

#2

You should be able to import the templates using the
File->Templates->Organize, then right click on the folder into which
you want to import and select Import.

#3

Using Tools> Options> Paths find out where the files are stored for both programs. Using the means of your operating system copy the folders you want to use to the other set of folders.

HTH

#4

Thanks, Andy! That worked (after I had done 'Templates/Organise'
and fingered the default template).

#5

The problem with that is that Import does not show 'hidden'
directories (i.e. those whose name is prefixed with a "."), and
OpenOffice's ".ooo3" directory is one of those.

   Perhaps LO should be a little more helpful in this respect.

#6

Maurice Batey wrote (19-01-12 20:12)

   The problem with that is that Import does not show 'hidden'
directories (i.e. those whose name is prefixed with a "."), and
OpenOffice's ".ooo3" directory is one of those.

You can type the dot in the field.

#7

Hi :slight_smile:
How about just copy&pasting the UserProfile form OOo to LO?
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#8

LO is. Tools|Options|General|- untick Open/Save 'Use LO dialogs. Then
OK. Now when you are in the primary directory, just right click the
directory window and select 'Show Hidden Files'.

#9

You can copy ~/./openoffice/3 to ~/./libreoffice/3.

First move the existing settings to a backup file:
$ mv ~/.libreoffice/3/ ~/.libreoffice/3.back

Then copy the OOo settings to LO:
$ cp -R ~/.openoffice.org/3/ ~/.libreoffice/3/

If you run into any issues, you can always move ~/.libreoffice/3.back to
~/.libreoffice/3.

#10

Using LO 3.4.5, when I select Tools/Options/General, I do not see
anything like that - just:

HELP: Tips, Help Agent, Extended Tips, Reset help Agent
DOCUMENT STATUS: Printing set...., Allow to save doc even if not mod...,
YEAR: Interpret as years between...
ENABLE EXPERIMENTAL...

- i.e. no sign of "/Open/Save 'Use LO dialog".

Was I looking in the wrong place?

#11

Maurice Batey wrote (20-01-12 13:59)

    "Perhaps LO should be a little more helpful in this respect."

The first time you install LibreOffice with an OOo user profile, that
will be (mostly) imported.

#12

Hi :slight_smile:
I think

Tools - Options - LibreOffice - General

is the right place.  It's a bit weird that the first section in the left-hand panel in that pop-up is "LibreOffice".  It kinda makes sense after you have played around with the different options but at first it seems weird.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#13

Well, when I said:

   "when I select Tools/Options/General, I do not see
     anything like that..."

- it did of course map out - as you say - to "Tools - Options -
LibreOffice - General", which showed the same bunch of options I described
- none of which bore any resemblance to NoOp's "untick Open/Save 'Use LO
dialogs"! (Can't find that anywhere...)

Are we all using the same version of LO (mine's 3.4.5)?!

#14

Yesterday, I installed LO 3.4.5 on another PC here (to replace Open
Office).

What option in the install mechanism would have caused it to have
been installed "with an OOo user profile", Cor?

It certainly didn't pick up the user's OO templates.

#15

That would be nice. I wonder if there's a settings file hidden somewhere in
OO that we could simply locate and copy across to LO (appropriate folder)
and voila, it's done! Of course, BEFORE one uninstalls OpenOffice.

#16

None of that in my LO 3.4.5!

But I've just looked at OpenOffice 3.2.1 and all that *is* there..
   (To show hidden files, need to click on the Option button top right.)

#17

Hi :slight_smile:
Just copy&paste or rename the OOo UserProfile from
... openoffice.org/ ...
to
... libreoffice/ ...

You can even copy the user profile to different machines running different operating systems.
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfiles
All your settings and Extensions and galleries and stuff is stored inside your user-profile.  Note that if you have other OpenSOurce programs then their settings are stored in the same folder so you will see things like
... firefox/ ...
... libreoffice/ ...
... thunderbird/ ...
Well, after switching your file-browser to show hidden files&folders you will see them.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#18

Always thus set, but LO's 'Import templates' goes into a
minimal ad hoc display window, with no such option obtainable (unless
I've missed something...).

#19

That shows "No text on this page".
Need to take the 's' off the end of 'Userprofiles' above.

#20

I disagree. The correct path has always been
Tools>Options>OpenOffice.org|General. (General is part of a sublist
within OpenOffice.org.)
     When following the path I just gave, there is a section centered
vertically on the right side of that page labeled: Open/Save dialogs. In
OOo, the check box is labeled: Use OpenOffice.org dialogs; in LO, the
check box is labeled" Use LibreOffice dialogs.
     But can someone tell me what this does. Help in neither LO nor OOo
explains what happens when this is checked.
     Location of the templates in OOo: use Tools|LibreOffice|Paths
to locate where the templates are in the LO folder. replace the word
LibreOffice with OpenOffice.org.
     (In Linux, both of these will have a period before them and the
rest of this will be just about LO in a Linux OS.) In LO, File|
Templates>Organize opens the Template Management dialog. Click the
Command button and select Import Templates from the context menu opening
the Open dialog. Browse to your home directory. At the bottom of the
list of folders, right click and select Show Hidden Files. (All the
files beginning with a period [hidden folders] will appear. Path to the
the OOo templates requires double clicking in this sequence:
.openoffice.org|3|user|template. You should now see all your OOo
templates.
     Now here is a secret to importing all of the templates at one time:
Select all of the templates. (For example, you can click the top
template and then hold down the shift key while clicking the bottom
template.) Click the open button, and all of the templates you selected
are copied to the LO template folder.
     Another method for someone who can use the command line in Linux:
cp .openoffice.org/3/user/template/*.ot? .libreoffice/3/user/template
(This copies all the OOo templates to LO.

--Dan