[openoffice - 3] Setting default file formats in OO3.1

[Jake]

Howdy all ,

 

Been trying to find an easy way to set the default save formats in OO3.1 as MSOffice filetypes for all users. Found several ways of doing it on earlier versions of OO but cant seem to find anyone who has a solution for OO3.1. Anyone know of a way? Want to rollout OO3.1 this summer to run alongside MSO, but hesitant to do so without setting the default save formats.

[CyberNerd]

Opendocument format is the better format, stick with it.

MSOffice2007 (SP2) opens them by default, and older versions of MSoffice will open ODF with a plugin. .doc is legacy.

[scgf]

What we do is subscribe to OpenOffice Enterprise - it costs us around £200 a year but slots into AD and allows easy upgrading, configuration etc. through AD policies. Well worth it. Have a look at Open Office Technology | Group Policy and registry-based management for OpenOffice

[Jake]

Opendocument format is the better format, stick with it.

MSOffice2007 (SP2) opens them by default, and older versions of MSoffice will open ODF with a plugin. .doc is legacy.

 

The problem comes when a member of staff makes an ODF here and takes it home to their PC and cant open it at home because they dont have the plugin. Dont really want to try and ensure that 480 members of staff have a plugin on their home machines. Would simply be easier to ensure that OO saves by default in a format which all can open regardless of any extras.

[Jake]

What we do is subscribe to OpenOffice Enterprise - it costs us around £200 a year but slots into AD and allows easy upgrading, configuration etc. through AD policies. Well worth it. Have a look at Open Office Technology | Group Policy and registry-based management for OpenOffice

 

Thanks, I'll pass it on

[ChrisP]

What we do is subscribe to OpenOffice Enterprise - it costs us around £200 a year but slots into AD and allows easy upgrading, configuration etc. through AD policies. Well worth it. Have a look at Open Office Technology | Group Policy and registry-based management for OpenOffice

 

 

 

Pricing is $400 per year for 100 users, and $2 per year for each additional user.

 

 

OUCH!

[CyberNerd]

Dont really want to try and ensure that 480 members of staff have a plugin on their home machines. Would simply be easier to ensure that OO saves by default in a format which all can open regardless of any extras.

 

You should make all 480 members of staff aware of where they can get OpenOffice for free

 

As for default formats, you could set the defaults on one user (yours) then copy the profile to your uses, either as a mandatory profile or direct to their user areas. it lives somewhere in c:\doc+settings\user\application data IIRC.

[CyberNerd]

Pricing is $400 per year for 100 users, and $2 per year for each additional user.

 

 

OUCH!

 

not so bad. Our MSoffice cost £30 per user. BigOUCH