====================================================================== Office Suite X 3.3 ReadMe ====================================================================== For latest updates to this readme file, see http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/re adme.

html This file contains important information about this program. Please read this in formation very carefully before starting work. The OpenOffice.org Community, responsible for the development of this product, w ould like to invite you to participate as a community member. As a new user, you can check out the Office Suite X site with helpful user information at http://w ww.openoffice.org/about_us/introduction.html Also read the sections below about getting involved in the OpenOffice.org projec t. Is Office Suite X really free for any user? ---------------------------------------------------------------------Office Suite X is free for use by everybody. You may take this copy of Office Su ite X and install it on as many computers as you like, and use it for any purpos e you like (including commercial, government, public administration and educatio nal use). For further details see the license text delivered together with Offic e Suite X or http://www.openoffice.org/license.html Why is Office Suite X free for any user? ---------------------------------------------------------------------You can use this copy of Office Suite X 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 Office Suite X what it is today - the world's leading open-source office software. If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure OpenOffice.org continu es into the future, please consider contributing to the project - see http://con tributing.openoffice.org for details. Everyone has a contribution to make. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Notes on Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------System Requirements ---------------------------------------------------------------------* * * * * Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), XP, Vista, or Windows 7 Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended) 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended) Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors

Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation proces s. Registration of Office Suite X as default application for Microsoft Office forma ts can be forced or suppressed by using the following command line switches with the installer:

* /msoreg=1 will force registration of Office Suite X as default application for Microsoft Office formats. * /msoreg=0 will suppress registration of Office Suite X as default application for Microsoft Office formats. If you perform an administrative installation using setup /a, you need to make s ure that the file msvc90.dll is installed on the system. This file is required f or Office Suite X to start after an administrative installation. You can get the file from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E0 3-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation proces s. 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 o ther programs before starting the installation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Extension Database Incompatibility ---------------------------------------------------------------------The Berkeley database engine has been upgraded in this version of Office Suite X . The database engine upgrade introduces an incompatibility with user data for i nstalled extensions for Office Suite X versions prior to 3.2 that may require yo ur action if you downgrade your version of Office Suite X. This version of Office Suite erkeley database format when version, the database can no X. Downgrading to an earlier X will convert your extension database to the new B extensions are installed or removed. After this con longer be read by earlier versions of Office Suite version may result in a dysfunctional installation.

If you downgrade to an earlier version of Office Suite X, you must remove the us er data directory {user data}/uno_packages, for example ~/.openoffice.org/3/user /uno_packages, and reinstall all extensions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Problems During Program Startup ---------------------------------------------------------------------Difficulties starting Office Suite X (e.g. applications hang) as well as problem s 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 graphi cs driver delivered with your operating system. Difficulties displaying 3D objec ts can often be solved by deactivating the option "Use OpenGL" under 'Tools - Op tions - Office Suite X - View - 3D view'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows ---------------------------------------------------------------------Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through Office Suite X document s when you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad. To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "C:\Program Files\S ynaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini" configuration file, and restart your computer: [Office Suite X]

FC = "SALFRAME" SF = 0x10000000 SF |= 0x00004000 The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windo ws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Shortcut Keys ---------------------------------------------------------------------Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used by the operating system can be us ed in Office Suite X. If a key combination in Office Suite X does not work as de scribed in the Office Suite X Help, check if that shortcut is already used by th e operating system. To rectify such conflicts, you can change the keys assigned by your operating system. Alternatively, you can change almost any key assignmen t in Office Suite X. For more information on this topic, refer to the Office Sui te X Help or the Help documention of your operating system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From Office Suite X ---------------------------------------------------------------------When sending a document via 'File - Send - Document as E-mail' or 'Document as P DF Attachment' problems might occur (program crashes or hangs). This is due to t he Windows system file "Mapi" (Messaging Application Programming Interface) whic h causes problems in some file versions. Unfortunately, the problem cannot be na rrowed down to a certain version number. For more information visit http://www.m icrosoft.com to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for "mapi dll". ---------------------------------------------------------------------Important Accessibility Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------For more information on the accessibility features in Office Suite X, see http:/ /www.openoffice.org/access/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------Registration ---------------------------------------------------------------------Please take a little time to complete the minimal Product Registration process w hen you install the software. While registration is optional, we encourage you t o register, since the information enables the community to make an even better s oftware suite and address user needs directly. Through its Privacy Policy, the O ffice Suite X Community takes every precaution to safeguard your personal data. If you missed the registration at installation, you can return and register at a ny time at by choosing "Help - Registration" from the main menu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------User Survey ---------------------------------------------------------------------There is also a User Survey located online which we encourage you to fill out. T he User Survey results will help Office Suite X move more rapidly in setting new standards for the creation of the next-generation office suite. Through its Pri vacy Policy, the Office Suite X Community takes every precaution to safeguard yo ur personal data.

---------------------------------------------------------------------User Support ---------------------------------------------------------------------The main support page http://support.openoffice.org/ offers various possibilitie s for help with Office Suite X. Your question may have already been answered - c heck the Community Forum at http://user.services.openoffice.org or search the ar chives of the 'users@openoffice.org' mailing list at http://www.openoffice.org/m ail_list.html. Alternatively, you can send in your questions to users@openoffice .org. How to subscribe to the list (to get an email response) is explained on th is page: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Content/help/mailingli sts. Also check the FAQ section at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documenta tion/FAQ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Reporting Bugs & Issues ---------------------------------------------------------------------The Office Suite X Web site hosts IssueZilla, our mechanism for reporting, track ing and solving bugs and issues. We encourage all users to feel entitled and wel come to report issues that may arise on your particular platform. Energetic repo rting of issues is one of the most important contributions that the user communi ty can make to the ongoing development and improvement of the suite. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Getting Involved ---------------------------------------------------------------------The Office Suite X Community would very much benefit from your active participat ion in the development of this important open source project. As a user, you are already a valuable part of the suite's development process an d 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 u ser page at http://www.openoffice.org How to Start ---------------------------------------------------------------------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 you rself with many of the topics covered since the Office Suite X source code was r eleased back in October 2000. When you're comfortable, all you need to do is sen d an email self-introduction and jump right in. If you are familiar with Open So urce Projects, check out our To-Dos list and see if there is anything you would like to help with at http://development.openoffice.org/todo.html. Subscribe ---------------------------------------------------------------------Here are a few of the Project mailing lists to which you can subscribe at http:/ /www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html * News: announce@openoffice.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic) * Main user forum: user@openoffice.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic) * Marketing project: dev@marketing.openoffice.org *beyond development* (getting

heavy) * General code contributor list: dev@openoffice.org (moderate/heavy) Joining one or more Projects ---------------------------------------------------------------------You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if y ou have limited software design or coding experience. Yes, you! At http://projects.openoffice.org/index.html you will find projects ranging from Localization, Porting and Groupware to some real core coding projects. If you a re not a developer, try the Documentation or the Marketing Project. The OpenOffi ce.org Marketing Project is applying both guerilla and traditional commercial te chniques 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 Communications & Information Network on ht tp://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html where you can provide point communic ation contact with press, media, government agencies, consultants, schools, Linu x Users Groups and developers in your country and local community. We hope you enjoy working with the new Office Suite X 3.3 and will join us onlin e. The OpenOffice.org Community ---------------------------------------------------------------------Used / Modified Source Code ---------------------------------------------------------------------Portions Copyright 1998, 1999 James Clark. Portions Copyright 1996, 1998 Netscap e Communications Corporation.