Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Re: How to migrate OpenOfficec Writer settings into LinbreOffice Writer

Brilliant suggestion, Tom. Many thanks for this advice. I will do this on
all 3 of my machines, all running different OS - XP-Home, Vista 64, Vista
32 Business.

I'm sure to report back once I have done this and tested the result.

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* Ian D. Samson <http://www.lp2cd.za.net/index.htm>*




On 20 January 2012 18:15, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi :)
> 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 :)
>
> --- On Fri, 20/1/12, Ian Samson <iansamson3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ian Samson <iansamson3@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Re: How to migrate OpenOfficec
> Writer settings into LinbreOffice Writer
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Friday, 20 January, 2012, 15:59
>
> 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.
>
>
> 2012/1/20 Maurice Batey <maurice@bcs.org.uk>
>
> > On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:09:16 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote:
> >
> > > The first time you install LibreOffice with an OOo user profile, that
> > > will be (mostly) imported.
> >
> >  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.
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