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

I save all my hidden "dot" folders, like .libreoffice and .mozilla, 
every month or so, and before I update LibreOffice to the next one.  
This is for Ubuntu, but can be done with Windows versions of these 
folders as well.

Actually you should do this for your Mozilla [Firefox and Thunderbird] 
user info folders so you can save all you browser 
setting/site-password/bookmarks/etc and your email account info, address 
book, and non-deleted emails.  This will/could save you a lot of trouble 
down the line.

Any time you do some "fixing" for LO or OOo, you need to save the 
current user info/account/etc. folders BEFORE you do the work.  This way 
if things go very wrong, you can go back to the original user info to 
try again.  Actually I find removing the .libreoffice for Ubuntu [by 
renaming] or equivalent in other OSs, and then opening LO, it views it 
as a first time use after a clean install.  This does "fix" a lot of 
pesky things that creep up from time to time, like printer issues.

.
On 01/20/2012 01:13 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Make sure you rename the current profile jic something weird goes wrong!!
> 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
> Cc: tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk
> Date: Friday, 20 January, 2012, 17:26
>
> 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.
>
> --------------------
> * 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.
> > > --
> > > /\/\aurice
> > >
> > >
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