Re: [PLUG] OpenOffice customization

[LeRoy Cressy <ldc@lrcressy.com>]

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Hi Art,

I have found that the Debian versio of OO 1.1 has really improved upon 
1.0.  The help documentation is a lot better along with measurments 
defaulting to inches along with letter paper.  This was a tremendous 
improvement.

Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> I'm on a quest to customize OOo so that I can start using it as my 
> primary ¨serious¨ word processor.  I've found that the OOo hosted mail 
> lists are so crowded as to be impractical.
>
> First hurdle -- conquering the document object model (DOM).  In my 
> experience, the only way to really understand a word processor is to 
> understand the DOM.  (For example, Word docs contain sections; sections 
> contain paragraphs; and paragraphs contain characters.  Margins, 
> columns, page numbering are stored in the following section marks; 
> paragraph formatting and styles are contained in the following paragraph 
> mark.  Macros, styles and auto text are stored first in the document 
> template, and once the document has been created styles are stored in 
> the document independent of the template.  Macros can be stored in 
> documents, but auto text cannot. If a macro of the same name is stored 
> in both the document template and also in the global template layer, the 
> one in the document template will execute by default.)
>
> I need to learn this kind of stuff about OOo to really work with it.  I 
> haven't been able to find it in the help file or [easily] on the web 
> site. Any recommendations of a good resource (in English, not German).
>
> Second hurdle -- OO Basic.  I tried to build a dialog using the built in 
> basic editor.  Forget it.  I can't convert my Word customizations if I 
> can't build dialogs.

under help look for "basic IDE"

There is a section in the help section on building dialogs.  Now I do 
not think that you can effective import a M$ version of the basic into 
OO.  It seems that OO is using the Sun Star Office version of basic and 
not the M$ version.

Now there are aseveral basic libraries included in OO and OO provided 
the ability to add a library.  Possibly you can add a M$ basic library. 
 It seems that OO basic looks more like C than the basic I used in the 
early 70's.

> My frustration comes from my belief that OOo is up to the task -- now, 
> already.  It's just that this stuff is not documented.
>
> Has anyone had any success at really customizing OOo and can recommend 
> resources?

Since OO is using Soffice Basic would it be wise to purchase a copy of 
Soffice with all of the documentation?

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