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||<style="color:red"> /!\ Since Wheezy, [[LibreOffice]] replaced !OpenOffice. ||


~+!OpenOffice.org+~ is a freely available cross-platform office suite similar to rival Microsoft(R) Office, with good support for .doc, .xml and other formats.

!OpenOffice.org is a complete office suite including a word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentation and drawing modules. It is capable of opening most Microsoft Office documents.

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= How to install OpenOffice.org =

!OpenOffice.org is part of the default Debian desktop system but if you need to you can install it manually using the following packages:

 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org]]
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-l10n-|openoffice.org-l10n-<your locale>]]
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-help-|openoffice.org-help-<your locale>]]
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-gnome]]
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-kde]]

To install !OpenOffice.org, do the following:
{{{
aptitude update
aptitude install openoffice.org
}}}

== Java Environment ==
Some components don't work fine with the default Java Environment provided by the Free Software Foundation. For example, inserting audio files into !OpenOffice.org/Impress doesn't work.

!OpenOffice.org ''(created by Sun Microsystems)'' recommends using [[Java/Sun|Sun Java Runtime]]. This package is provided by Debian/Etch, but !OpenOffice.org doesn't depend on it. So you must install and configure it manually:

 * ''[[Synaptic#repository|Activate "non-free" section on your repository configuration]]''
 * Install DebianPkg:sun-java5-jre
 * Open !OpenOffice.org and go to the menu: {{{Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Java}}}
 * Activate: "Enable Java Environment"
 * Switch from '''Free Software Foundation''' to '''Sun Microsystems''' JRE provider
 * Restart !OpenOffice.org.

== Extending functionalities ==
Extend !OpenOffice.org by installing these packages (information from the package web site):

 * DebianPkg:myspell-dictionary : Myspell dictionaries for use with !OpenOffice.org
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-help]] : User help
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-thesaurus]] : Thesauri for the use with !OpenOffice.org
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-hyphenation]] : Hyphenation patterns for !OpenOffice.org
 * DebianPkg:ooqstart-gnome/oooqs-kde : Quick start applet for Gnome/KDE desktops
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-gtk-gnome]] /[[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-kde|-kde]]: Gtk/KDE UI Plugin and Gtk/KDE File Picker
 * [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-mimelnk]]: !OpenOffice.org MIME bindings
 * DebianPkg:menu : Will add openoffice.org menu entries for every Debian window manager.
 * DebianPkg:unixodbc : ODBC database support
 * DebianPkg:cupsys-bsd : Allows !OpenOffice.org to detect your CUPS printer queues  automatically
 * DebianPkg:libsane : Use your sane-supported scanner with !OpenOffice.org
 * DebianPkg:libxrender1 : Speed up display by using Xrender library
 * DebianPkg:xlibmesa-gl / [[DebianPkg:libgl1|libgl1]]: OpenGL support
 * DebianPkg:openclipart : Open Clip Art Library
 * DebianPkg:msttcorefonts : Installs standard MS truetype fonts (contrib). From Debian Lenny and on: DebianPkg:ttf-liberation contains free versions of Arial, Courier and Times New Roman.

== Fixing Interoperability Problems ==

See [[SubstitutingCalibriAndCambriaFonts|Substituting Calibri and Cambria Fonts]].

= OpenOffice.org in Debian is maintained by a team =
Team maintenance is co-ordinated using
 * the debian-openoffice mailing list, [[http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice/|debian-openoffice]]
 * and #debian-oo on !FreeNode IRC.
 * [[http://openoffice.debian.net]] - The main page

= Launchers =
 * Writer: {{{/usr/bin/oowriter}}}
 * Web Writer: {{{/usr/bin/ooweb}}}
 * Calc: {{{/usr/bin/oocalc}}}
 * Draw: {{{/usr/bin/oodraw}}}
 * Impress: {{{/usr/bin/ooimpress}}}
 * Math: {{{/usr/bin/oomath}}}

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= Debug: Get a backtrace =
Debugging symbols are packaged in [[DebianPkg:openoffice.org-dbg]]. Please refer to [[HowToGetABacktrace]] for further information. To get going with ''gdb'' please run the following commands.
{{{
 $ gdb /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin
}}}
Read [[HowToGetABacktrace]] on how to proceed.

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= External links =
 * [[https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-openoffice/|Debian OpenOffice.org]]
 * http://www.openoffice.org - OpenOffice.org Homepage
 * http://www.gnome.org/projects/ooo - GNOME OOo project.
 * http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org
 * [[DebianBug:debian-openoffice@lists.debian.org|All open bugs in OpenOffice.org and related packages]]
 * [[http://cvs.debian.org/oo-debian-files/doc/README.Debian?rev=HEAD&cvsroot=debian-openoffice&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup|Latest README for Debian OpenOffice.org]]
 * Use MS-Access databases in OpenOffice:
   * The easiest way, see [[gmdb2]].
   * http://dba.openoffice.org - OpenOffice Database Access ''(Less evolutioned)'' ([[http://dba.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList|OpenOffice Database Mailing  List]])
 * http://www.ooowiki.de/Writer2MoinMoin - converts OpenOffice Writer documents into source code for MoinMoin Wikis (like the one you are using in this very moment ;-) )  ''(german)''

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