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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by Laura Fister <la...@gmail.com> on 2014/04/11 05:29:57 UTC
Question about downloading Apache Open Office
Hello,
I currently have Open Office 3.0 on my computer. Do I need to first remove
it from my computer and then download Apache Open Office, or do I leave my
the 3.0 version on my computer and just download Apache?
Thank you,
Laura F
Re: Question about downloading Apache Open Office
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:57 -0500, Laura Fister <la...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I currently have Open Office 3.0 on my computer. Do I need to first
> remove
> it from my computer and then download Apache Open Office, or do I leave
> my
> the 3.0 version on my computer and just download Apache?
>
> Thank you,
> Laura F
You should be safe by leaving it, Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 will create a
new folder for it, but also migrate your personal configuration safely.
--
Alexandro Colorado
Apache OpenOffice Committer
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Re: Question about downloading Apache Open Office
Posted by johnny smith <ka...@krovatka.su>.
On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:29:57 -0000, Laura Fister <la...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I currently have Open Office 3.0 on my computer. Do I need to first remove
> it from my computer and then download Apache Open Office, or do I leave my
> the 3.0 version on my computer and just download Apache?
upgrading may be preferred over deleting and clean installation if you have a highly customised product, e.g. with fine-tuned shortcuts, autocorrect lists, spellcheck dictionaries, bibliography databases etc.
however, 3.0 is a rather old, oracle's rather than apache's, version. for this reason, such a major upgrade can cause issues, so you should weigh pros and contras. it may be of use to make a backup of your user profile (see release notes for 3.4.1, section 'known issues', at http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.1.html for more details; notes for 4.0.0 and 4.0.1 may also be of use, they can be found at http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/index.html).
clean installation may be a good choice if you have used only standard settings with the previous version - in this case you have nothing to lose.
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