Difference between revisions of "Documentation/Administration Guide/Adding AutoText Files"

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Apache OpenOffice saves AutoText entries to categories in files with a *.bau extension. You can make custom AutoText files available to all users or to individual users of a network installation of Apache OpenOffice.

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To Add AutoText Files For All Users of an Apache OpenOffice Network Installation

1. Become root.
2. Copy the AutoText *.bau files to the network-install-dir/share/autotext/ directory.

To Add AutoText Files to a Workstation Installation of Apache OpenOffice

1. Become root.
2. Copy the AutoText *.bau files to the installation-dir/user/autotext/ directory on the workstation.

To Add an AutoText Directory to an Apache OpenOffice Installation

1. In any Apache OpenOffice program, choose Tools → Options → Apache OpenOffice → Paths.
2. In the list of default paths, select AutoText, and then click Edit.
3. In the Select Paths dialog box, click Add.
4. Locate the directory that contains the AutoText *.bau files that you want to add and click the OK button.
5. In the Select Paths dialog box, click OK.
6. In the Options → Apache OpenOffice → Paths dialog box, click OK.
7. Exit Apache OpenOffice.
   Apache OpenOffice saves the AutoText path to the install-dir/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu configuration file.
8. Copy the code below into the appropriate Common.xcu file.
   • To make the AutoText directory available to all users of the Apache OpenOffice network installation, copy the code into the install-dir/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu file.
   • To make the AutoText directory available to a single user of an Apache OpenOffice network installation, copy the code into the install-dir/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu file.

 <node oor:name="Path">
  <node oor:name="Current">
   <prop oor:name="AutoText" oor:type="oor:string-list">
    <value>$(inst)/share/autotext/$(vlang)
     $(user)/autotext new_autotext_directory
    </value>
   </prop>
  </node>
 </node>