StarOffice 5.2
Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation editor
on the Suns!!!!
What is StarOffice?
The computers in the Newton Lab do NOT have Microsoft
software. (The exceptions are the PC and the Macintosh
computer in the corner.)
But no problem;
the software package "StarOffice" runs on the Sun workstations
-- clients of babbage, littlewood and sobolev -- serving as the
non-Microsoft equivalent of Office98.
StarOffice allows you to view or create word-processing documents,
in either StarOffice or Word format. In addition, StarOffice has
the equivalents of Excel, PowerPoint, as well as drawing and
web page editing capabilities.
Documents you create can be saved in StarOffice format, or
in Microsoft Word format, or plain text, or HTML.
Thus it is unnecessary to transfer documents to/from PCs or Macs
with Microsoft Office98.
The new version of StarOffice is 5.2. If you have previously
used version 5.1, you must run the command
soffice.setup
before using the new version.
(The command "soffice51" will run the old version.)
Before using: Set Up
Before your first use of StarOffice version 5.2, run the
command ``soffice.setup''.
(Afterwards you will just use the command
soffice.setup.)
For new users
the steps will look like the following.
(For those who have used version 5.1, the steps
will be different, but the previous setup will be
used to make your upgrade fairly intuitive.)
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Click on ``Next''.
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Click on ``Next''.
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Click on ``Accept''.
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It may be useful to give your real Name & Email address,
in case you ever want those inserted automatically
in documents you create. You can leave the other fields
blank, however. When you've entered any data you feel
like giving, click on ``Next''.
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The top choice, ``Standard Workstation Installation'',
is the correct one.
Click on ``Next''.
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It's a good idea to let StarOffice create subdirectory
``office52'' in your home directory, which is the
default choice.
Click on ``Next''.
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Yes, let it create the office52 folder in
your home directory.
NOTE:
When you try to save new documents,
it is this folder (subdirectory) where they
are saved unless you specify otherwise.
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Click on ``Complete''.
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Click on ``OK'' --
use the latest Java version already installed
on the system.
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Click on ``OK'' --
forget about Adabas for now.
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Using StarOffice
After you have run soffice.setup, you are ready to use
the software. The command to use is soffice.
If you want to view an existing file, whether it is a plain
text file or a document produced by StarOffice or Microsoft Word
or Excel or PowerPoint, you can give the filename as part of
the command, e.g.,
simpson> soffice MYREPORT.DOC
simpson> soffice mydoc.sdw
simpson> soffice mysprsheet.sdc