Adding AutoText Files to an OpenOffice.org Network Installation

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• Deploy OpenOffice.org using package managers

• Solaris Sparc/x86
• Linux
• Microsoft Windows

• OpenOffice.org Basic Macros and Libraries
• OpenOffice.org Extension Manager
• Adding Template Files to an OpenOffice.org Installation
• Adding AutoText Files to an OpenOffice.org Network Installation
• Deactivating the OpenOffice.org Registration Wizard
• Accessing Email Clients
• Customizing the User Interface
• Restricting Functionality in OpenOffice.org
• Accessing OpenOffice.org User Profiles on an LDAP Server

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OpenOffice.org saves AutoText entries to categories in files with a *.bau extension. You can make custom AutoText files available to all users or to individual users of a network installation of OpenOffice.org.

For information on how to create AutoText entries, search for the keyword "AutoText" in the online help for OpenOffice.org Writer

To Add AutoText Files For All Users of an OpenOffice.org Network Installation

1. Become root.
2. Copy the AutoText *.bau files to the network-install-dir/share/autotext/ directory.

To Add AutoText Files to a Workstation Installation of OpenOffice.org

1. Become root.
2. Copy the AutoText *.bau files to the installation-dir/user/autotext/ directory on the workstation.

To Add an AutoText Directory to an OpenOffice.org Installation

1. In any OpenOffice.org program, choose Tools → Options → OpenOffice.org → Paths.
2. In the list of default paths, select AutoText, and then click Edit.
3. In the Edit Paths dialog box, click Add.
4. Locate the directory that contains the AutoText *.bau files that you want to add and click the Select button.
5. In the Edit Paths dialog box, click OK.
6. In the Options - OpenOffice.org - Paths dialog box, click OK.
7. Exit OpenOffice.org.
   OpenOffice.org saves the AutoText path to the install-dir/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu configuration file.
8. Copy the code below into the appropriate Common.xcu file.
   • To make the AutoText directory available to all users of the OpenOffice.org network installation, copy the code into the install-dir/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu file.
   • To make the AutoText directory available to a single user of an OpenOffice.org network installation, copy the code into the install-dir/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu file.

     <node oor:name="Path">
       <node oor:name="Current">
        <prop oor:name="AutoText" oor:type="oor:string-list">
         <value>$(inst)/share/autotext/$(vlang)
          $(user)/autotext new_autotext_directory
         </value>
        </prop>
       </node>
      </node>