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svn commit: r1495877 - /openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/welcome/readme.html
Author: kschenk
Date: Sun Jun 23 19:40:21 2013
New Revision: 1495877
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1495877
Log:
Many many changes due to outdated information. Hopefully, more in line with product readme file(s) now.
Modified:
openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/welcome/readme.html
Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/welcome/readme.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/welcome/readme.html?rev=1495877&r1=1495876&r2=1495877&view=diff
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-<h2>OpenOffice.org 3.0 ReadMe</h2>
+<h2>Apache OpenOffice ReadMe</h2>
+<!-- Most of this information generic. Change date on update. -->
+<h5>Last Update: 2013-06-23</h5>
-<p>For latest updates to this readme file, see <a href="readme.html">//welcome/readme.html</a></p>
<p>Dear User</p>
<p>This file contains important information about this program. Please read this information very carefully before starting work.</p>
-<p>The OpenOffice.org Community, responsible for the development of this product, would like to invite you to participate as a community member.
-As a new user, you can check out the <a href="//about_us/introduction.html">OpenOffice.org Introduction site</a> with helpful user
-information. Also read the sections below about getting involved in the OpenOffice.org project.</p>
-
-<h3>Is OpenOffice.org really free for any user?</h3>
-
-<p>OpenOffice.org is free for use by everybody. You may take this copy of OpenOffice.org and install it on as many computers as you like, and use it for
-any purpose you like (including commercial, government, public administration and educational use). For further details see the license text delivered
-together with OpenOffice.org or <a href="//license.html">//license.html</a></p>
-
-<h3>Why is OpenOffice.org free for any user?</h3>
-
-<p>You can use this copy of OpenOffice.org today free of charge because individual contributors and corporate sponsors have designed, developed, tested,
-translated, documented, supported, marketed, and helped in many other ways to make OpenOffice.org what it is today - the world's leading open-source
-office software.If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure OpenOffice.org continues into the future, please consider contributing to the
-project - see <a href="/contributing">/contributing</a> for details. Everyone has a contribution to make.</p>
+<p>The Apache OpenOffice Community, responsible for the development of this product, would like to invite you to participate as a community member.
+As a new user, you can check out the Apache OpenOffice project site at <a href=http://openoffice.apache.org""> openoffice.apache.org</a>.
+Please also read the sections below about getting involved in the Apache OpenOffice project.</p>
-<h2>Notes on Installation</h2>
+<h3>Is OpenOffice really free for any user?</h3>
-<p>System Requirements:</p>
+<p>OpenOffice is free for use by everybody. You may take this copy of OpenOffice and install it on as many computers as you like,
+and use it for any purpose you like (including commercial, government, public administration and educational use).
+For further details see the license text delivered together with OpenOffice or <a href="">http://www.openoffice.org/license.html</a></p>
-<ul type="circle">
- <li>Linux Kernel version 2.4 or higher</li>
- <li>glibc2 version 2.3.2 or higher</li>
- <li>gtk version 2.2.0 or higher</li>
- <li>Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)</li>
- <li>256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</li>
- <li>440 MB available hard disk space</li>
- <li>Chinese, Japanese and Korean versions: 440 MB available hard disk space</li>
- <li>X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</li>
- <li>Window Manager</li>
- <li>Gnome 2.6 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)</li>
-</ul>
-<p>There is a wide variety of Linux distributions, and even within the same distribution there may be different installation options (KDE vs Gnome, etc.).
-Some distributions ship with their own 'native' version of OpenOffice.org, which may have different features from this Community OpenOffice.org.
-Sometimes you can install the Community OpenOffice.org alongside the 'native' version. However, itâs usually safer to remove the 'native' version before
-installing this Community version. Consult the documentation for your distribution for details of how to do this.</p>
+<h3>Why is OpenOffice free for any user?</h3>
-<p>It is recommended that you always backup your system before you remove or install software.</p>
+<p>You can use this copy of OpenOffice today free of charge because individual contributors and corporate sponsors have designed, developed, tested,
+translated, documented, supported, marketed, and helped in many other ways to make OpenOffice what it is today - the world's leading open-source
+office software.</p>
-<h3>Problems During Program Startup</h3>
+<p>If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure Apache OpenOffice continues into the future,
+please consider contributing to the project - see <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html</a> for details on contributing time,
+ and <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html">http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html</a> for details on donations. Everyone has a contribution to make.</p>
-<p>If you experience OpenOffice.org startup problems (most notably while using Gnome) please 'unset' the SESSION_MANAGER environment variable inside the
-shell you use to start OpenOffice.org. This can be done by adding the line "unset SESSION_MANAGER" to the beginning of the soffice shell script found in
-the "[office folder]/program" directory.</p>
-
-<p>Difficulties starting OpenOffice.org (e.g. applications hang) as well as problems with the screen display are often caused by the graphics card driver.
-If these problems occur, please update your graphics card driver or try using the graphics driver delivered with your operating system.
-Difficulties displaying 3D objects can often be solved by deactivating the option "Use OpenGL" under "Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - View - 3D view".</p>
-<p>Please note that copy and paste via clipboard between OpenOffice.org 1.x and OpenOffice.org 3.0 might not work in OpenOffice.org format. If that
-happens, choose 'Edit - Paste Special' and choose a format other than OpenOffice.org, or open the document in OpenOffice.org 3.0 directly.</p>
+<h2>Notes on Installation</h2>
+
+<h3><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs.html">General System Requirements</a></h3>
+
+
+<h3>Problems During Program Startup</h3>
+
+<p>If you encounter any startup problems not covered in your system specific README file, please
+subscribe to our <a href="mailto:users-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org">users mailing list</a>, or <a href="http://forum.openoffice.org/">Community Forums</a>
+for further assistance.</p>
-<p>Please make sure you have enough free memory in the temporary directory on your system and that read, write and run access rights have been granted.
-Close all other programs before starting the installation.</p>
<h3>Shortcut Keys</h3>
-<p>Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used by the operating system can be used in OpenOffice.org. If a key combination in OpenOffice.org does not
-work as described in the OpenOffice.org Help, check if that shortcut is already used by the operating system. To rectify such conflicts, you can change the
-keys assigned by your operating system. Alternatively, you can change almost any key assignment in OpenOffice.org. For more information on this topic,
-refer to the OpenOffice.org Help or the Help documentation of your operating system.</p>
+<p>Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used your installed operating system can be used in OpenOffice. If a key combination in OpenOffice does not
+work as described in the OpenOffice Help, check if that shortcut is already used by the operating system. To resolve such conflicts, you can change the
+keys assigned by your operating system. Alternatively, you can change almost any key assignment in OpenOffice. For more information on this topic,
+refer to the OpenOffice Help or the Help documentation of your operating system.</p>
-<p>Due to a conflict with input method switching on multiple platforms, the following shortcut keys required to be changed at last minute:</p>
+<p>Due to a conflict with input method switching on multiple platforms, the following shortcut keys have been changed:</p>
<ul type="circle">
<li>[Ctrl]-[Space] is now [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Space]</li>
<li>[Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Space] is now [Ctrl]-[M]</li>
</ul>
-<h3>File Locking</h3>
+<h3>File Locking -- Linux, Mac, Solaris</h3>
-<p>In the default setting, file locking is turned on in OpenOffice.org. To deactivate it, you have to set the appropriate environment variables
+<p>In the default setting, file locking is turned on in OpenOffice. To deactivate it, you have to set the appropriate environment variables
SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=0 and export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING. These entries are already in enabled form in the soffice script file.</p>
<p>Warning: The activated file locking feature can cause problems with Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.7 used in conjunction with Linux NFS 2.0. If your system
@@ -100,86 +78,76 @@ open a file from a NFS mounted directory
<h2>Important Accessibility Notes</h2>
-<p>For information on the accessibility features in OpenOffice.org, see <a href="//access/">//access/</a>.</p>
-
-<h2>Registration</h2>
-
-<p>Please take a little time to complete the minimal Product Registration process when you install the software. While registration is optional, we
-encourage you to register, since the information enables the community to make an even better software suite and address user needs directly. Through its
-Privacy Policy, the OpenOffice.org Community takes every precaution to safeguard your personal data. If you missed the registration at installation, you
-can return and register at any time at by choosing "Help - Registration" from the main menu.</p>
-
-<h2>User Survey</h2>
+<p>For information on the accessibility features in OpenOffice, see <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/ui/accessibility/quickstart.html">Accessibility Quick Start</a>.</p>
-<p>There is also a User Survey located online which we encourage you to fill out. The User Survey results will help OpenOffice.org move more rapidly in
-setting new standards for the creation of the next-generation office suite. Through its Privacy Policy, the OpenOffice.org Community takes every
-precaution to safeguard your personal data.</p>
<h2>User Support</h2>
-<p>The main support page <a href="/support">/support/</a> offers various possibilities for help with
-OpenOffice.org. Your question may have already been answered - check the Community Forum
-<a href="http://user.services.openoffice.org">http://user.services.openoffice.org</a> or search the archives of the 'users@openoffice.apache.org' mailing list at
-<a href="//mail_list.html">//mail_list.html</a>. Alternatively, you can send in your questions to
-<a href="users@openoffice.apache.org">users@openoffice.apache.org</a>. How to subscribe to the list (to get an email response) is explained on this page:
-<a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Content/help/mailinglists">
-http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Content/help/mailinglists</a>.</p>
+<p>
+The main support page <a href="http://support.openoffice.org/">http://support.openoffice.org/</a> offers various possibilities for help with OpenOffice.
+Your question may have already been answered - check the Community Forum at <a href="http://forum.openoffice.org">http://forum.openoffice.org</a> or
+search the archives of the 'users@openoffice.apache.org' mailing list from <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html</a>.
+Alternatively, you can send in your questions to <a href="mailto:users@openoffice.apache.org">users@openoffice.apache.org</a>.
+How to subscribe to the list (to get an email response) is explained on
+the <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">mailing list page</a>.
-<p>Also check the FAQ section at
-<a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ</a>.</p>
<h2>Report Bugs & Issues</h2>
-<p>The OpenOffice.org Web site hosts IssueZilla, our mechanism for reporting, tracking and solving bugs and issues. We encourage all users to feel
+<p>OpenOffice uses <a href="https://issues.apache.org/ooo/">BugZilla</a>, our mechanism for reporting, tracking and solving bugs and issues. We encourage all users to feel
entitled and welcome to report issues that may arise on your particular platform. Energetic reporting of issues is one of the most important contributions
that the user community can make to the ongoing development and improvement of the suite.</p>
<h2>Getting Involved</h2>
-<p>The OpenOffice.org Community would very much benefit from your active participation in the development of this important open source project.</p>
+<p>The OpenOffice Community would very much benefit from your active participation in the development of this important open source project.</p>
<p>As a user, you are already a valuable part of the suite's development process and we would like to encourage you to take an even more active role with
-a view to being a long-term contributor to the community. Please join and check out the user page at:
-<a href="/">/</a></p>
+a view to being a long-term contributor to the community. Please join and check out the user page at
+<a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html</a>
<h3>Way to Start</h3>
<p>The best way to start contributing is to subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists, lurk for a while, and gradually use the mail archives to
-familiarize yourself with many of the topics covered since the OpenOffice.org source code was released back in October 2000. When you are comfortable, all
-you need to do is send an email self-introduction and jump right in. If you are familiar with Open Source Projects, check out our To-Dos list and see if
-there is anything you would like to help with at <a href="http://development.openoffice.org/todo.html">http://development.openoffice.org/todo.html</a>.</p>
+familiarize yourself with many of the topics covered since the OpenOffice source code was released back in October 2000. When you're comfortable, all you need to do is send an email self-introduction
+to one of our mailing lists and jump right in.</p>
<h3>Subscribe</h3>
-<p>We have a few of the <a href= "//mail_list.html">Project mailing lists</a> to which you can subscribe to.</p>
-<ul type="circle">
- <li>News: announce@openoffice.org <b>recommended to all users</b> (light traffic)</li>
- <li>Main user forum: user@openoffice.org <b>easy way to lurk on discussions</b> (heavy traffic)</li>
- <li>Marketing project: marketing@openoffice.apache.org <b>beyond development</b> (getting heavy traffic)</li>
- <li>General code contributor list: dev@openoffice.apache.org (moderate/heavy traffic)</li>
+<p>Here are a few of the OpenOffice mailing lists to which you can subscribe at http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
+<ul>
+ <li>News: announce@openoffice.apache.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic)</li>
+
+ <li>Main user forum: users@openoffice.apache.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic)</li>
+
+ <li>General project development and discussion list: dev@openoffice.apache.org (heavy traffic)</li>
</ul>
-<h3>Join one or more Projects</h3>
+<h3>Joining the Project</h3>
+
+<p>
-<p>You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if you have limited software design or coding experience. Yes, you!</p>
+You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if you have limited software design
+or coding experience. Yes, you!</p>
-<p>At <a href="/projects/index.html">/projects/index.html</a> you will find projects ranging from Localization,
-Porting and Groupware to some real core coding projects. If you are not a developer, try the Documentation or the Marketing Project. The OpenOffice.org
-Marketing Project is applying both guerrilla and traditional commercial techniques to marketing open source software, and we are doing it across language
-and cultural barriers, so you can help just by spreading the word and telling a friend about this office suite.</p>
+<p>At <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">Get Involved</a> you will find a first overview where you can start,
+ ranging from Localization, QA, and user support to some real core coding projects.
+ If you are not a developer, you can help with Documentation or Marketing, for example.
+ The OpenOffice marketing is applying both guerrilla and traditional commercial techniques to marketing open source software,
+ and we are doing it across language and cultural barriers, so you can help just by
+ spreading the word and telling a friend about this office suite. You can help by joining the marketing
+ mailing list <em>marketing@openoffice.apache.org</em> where you can provide point communication contact with press, media,
+ government agencies, consultants, schools, Linux Users Groups and developers in your country and local community.</p>
-<p>You can help by joining the Marketing Communications & Information Network here:
-<a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html"> http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html</a> where you can provide point communication
-contact with press, media, government agencies, consultants, schools, Linux Users Groups and developers in your country and local community.</p>
+<p>We hope you enjoy working with the new OpenOffice 4.0.0 and will join us online.</p>
-<p>We hope you enjoy working with the new OpenOffice.org 3.0 and will join us online.</p>
+<p>The Apache OpenOffice Community </p>
-<p>The OpenOffice.org Community</p>
<h2>Used / Modified Source Code</h2>
-<p>Portions Copyright 1998, 1999 James Clark. Portions Copyright 1996, 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
+<p>For detailed information about used and/or modified source code, see the NOTICE file which is part of the installation.</p>
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