Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 70753
Need file save to default to MSOffice file types when deploying to many users
Last modified: 2008-05-17 23:11:49 UTC
When rolling out to a large number of users on XP, need the default file save options on Writer, Calc and Impress to be automatically set to Microsoft Office file types (.doc, .xls and ppt). Need this default to be activated for any users with existing profiles as well as new users.
I think you should ask at dev@openoffice.org or users@openoffice.org so you might get an answer how to deploy these settings to all your users.
This will never be part of an official OOo release. But you can achiev this by changing some configuration files in share/registry after installation so that every user automatically gets the necessary settings. You can also put these configuration settings into an OOo extension so that you can easily reinstall them each time you (re)install OOo. But as a real "feature": won't fix, even not as an option.
If you wanted to know how to change the configuration, please let me know, I can add the necessary settings as an attachment to this issue.
Mathias, I am not suggesting this as "default default" so to say. IMO, installer should _allow to choose_ default saving format for all users on machine (the same way .doc, .xls, .ppt _can be_ associated with OO during installation). Any chance? WBR, Kirill Palagin.
It looks strange if an application offers its users to use the formats of its biggest competitor as a default though its own format is an accepted ISO standard. And if I see how many problems users already have with the dialog to make OOo the default application for these formats I doubt that it would be a good idea to add another dialog to our setup. What is wrong with the idea to install the different behavior as an extension? This extension can be installed directly after the installation of OOo and it can be installed for all users or a single user - it's up to the admin to decide. If you are doing your own builds or packaging you can even incorporate the extension into the install set as starting with OOo2.2 we offer the necessary tools for this. IMHO overall there are enough means to achieve what you want. Besides that it would be a wrong choice. You will get more problems with users complaining about data or formatting loss than you might get in the beginning training your users to switch to ODF. But of course it's your decision.
*** Issue 43976 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
The Issue you raised has been marked as 'Resolved' and not updated within the last 1 year+. I am therefore setting this issue to 'Verified' as the first step towards Closing it. If you feel this is incorrect, please re-open the issue and add any comments. Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
As per previous posting: Verified -> Closed. A Closed Issue is a Happy Issue (TM). Regards, Andrew