PuppyLinux: OpenOffice.org free office productivity suite

OpenOffice.org free office productivity suite

Getting Started with OpenOffice.org (433 pages PDF) 6MB

Tutorials For OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees. OpenOffice.org is released under the LGPL licence. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic, commercial, educational, public administration.

OpenOffice.org software package(s)

Absolutely no warranty given or implied; use entirely at your own risk

SFS packages

All personal settings/configuration/preferences are located inside the personal storage save file at: /root/.config/.ooo-dev/3/user

Always have two copies of this profile directory, made at regular intervals, kept on separate media
Squashfs 4.0 filesystem:

openoffice-3.3.0.9519_en-US.sfs English (US) SHA-1 checksum: dc66c32a72d71945b88c1c84639d62a24da21782

Squashfs 3.4 filesystem:

openoffice-3.3.0.9519_en-US_3.4.sfs

PET packages

Package installs to /mnt/home/openoffice which is outside any existing personal storage save file
All personal settings/configuration/preferences are located, by default, inside the openoffice directory which is outside any existing save file: /mnt/home/openoffice/openoffice.org3/user

Always have two copies of this profile directory, made at regular intervals, kept on separate media
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_bn.pet
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_ca.pet
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_da.pet Dansk SHA-1 checksum: 5380036073e990d2169aa428b2b4f2573eb86f1d
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_de.pet Deutsch SHA-1 checksum: 7d42a349183c1e6161cb82cb14985ca33c17db5e
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_el.pet Ελληνικά SHA-1 checksum: 6a06a0a1a707c100085dcd871660e275d9c5ca88
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_en-GB.pet English (British) SHA-1 checksum: 9915ffffd9f67c929a1672cd02035a728e15f7f9
openoffice-3.3.0.9519_en-US.pet English (US) SHA-1 checksum: feb31ef5d556cfef323717cd4519709232dd0ec5
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_en-US.pet English (US) SHA-1 checksum: ad19acd142647734ef4481daf2b88619ff1515d6
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_es.pet Español SHA-1 checksum: 06d48eebe75905cca1ca009aa84ccaebac9e73d9
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_fr.pet Français SHA-1 checksum: fd050bead07ed303ffb2ff188960c258e108d9c3
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_ja.pet Nihongo SHA-1 checksum: 7ee0087f95e747e76e628561bd8cfff908c80d5d
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_ko.pet Hangugeo SHA-1 checksum: fc596385d44f642661bd7dadf90054de63e8cb9a
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_nb.pet
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_nl.pet
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_pl.pet
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_ru.pet
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_sl.pet
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_pt.pet Português (Europeu) SHA-1 checksum: 35e635d2eddcf34a57e493d5b7f49d7b73585774
openoffice-3.2.1.9502_zh-CN.pet
broffice-3.2.1.9502.pet
broffice-3.2.0.9483.pet Português (Brasil)

To un-install, go to: Menu > Setup > Puppy Package Manager

For successful installation:

Use any partition and formatting type {except FAT32 for PET files}
Sufficient free R.A.M. is required
Using PET files with Puppy full installations sufficient free drive/partition space (>=370MB) is required
Using PET files with Puppy frugal installations, the following is required: sufficient free drive/partition space (>=370MB) outside the personal storage save file and sufficient free space (>=145MB for temporary files) inside an already existing personal storage save file is required (the save file may need to be resized larger). An installation is only retained after a save file has been created. In other words, an installation made before the existence of a save file will be lost when shutting down or re-booting. A save file is created during the procedure of re-booting or shutting down for the very first time following a new Puppy installation. If you do not have sufficient free space inside an already existing save file, and you do not wish to resize larger your save file, then the easiest way to proceed is to manually install the downloaded pet package using two commands, e.g.:

pet2tgz openoffice-3.2.1.9502_en-GB.pet

tar xfv openoffice-3.2.1.9502_en-GB.tar.gz

Download a pet package file (>140MB) from the list above
Verify the SHA-1 checksum (If the SHA-1 checksums do not match it means that the downloaded file is corrupt/incomplete so download it again)
Left-button-mouse-click on it once for automatic installation

For those on dial-up Internet connection see the Appendix below.

When installed available from: Menu > Document > OpenOffice.org

Starting OpenOffice.org

Either use the menu on the task bar: Menu > Document> OpenOffice.org
Or, open a terminal (console), type soffice and press the Enter key
Or, click on the start file located inside the openoffice"directory: /mnt/home/openoffice/start
Or, click on a desktop icon (which would need to be created manually if required)

Creating an OpenOffice.org Desktop Icon (optional)

Installing this package has automatically opened the openoffice directory
Drag the office file from that directory to the desktop
Right-button-mouse-click on this new desktop icon and select: File 'office' > Set Icon...
Drag the openoffice48.png file from the openoffice directory into the box that has opened

Modifying the behaviour of versions prior to 3.3.0
Make OpenOffice.org the default word processor (instead of AbiWord)
Make OpenOffice.org the default spreadsheet editor (instead of Gnumeric)
Make OpenOffice.org the default image editor (instead of InkscapeLite)

Extending OpenOffice.org functionality

Java

Why it might be needed: explained here
If desired install JavaRuntimeEnvironment

OpenOffice.org extensions [How to install them]

Font Configuration

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Fonts

References

Appendix

It is recommended to use the wget command, especially for those on dial-up. The file is downloaded to /mnt/home) and XX=language code, e.g.:

wget -t0 --retry-connrefused -c -N -S -T 16 --wait=2 --random-wait --no-dns-cache --prefer-family=IPv6 --directory-prefix=/mnt/home --no-cache --no-cookies http://www.smokey01.com/coolpup/openoffice-3.2.1.9498_XX.pet

The downloading process can be resumed, using the same command, if ever it is interrupted or stopped.