Difference between revisions of "OpenOfficeOrg Addin"

• Set Sharing & Reuse Permissions
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  Creative Commons Menu

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  Creative Commons Tab

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  CC0 Tab

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  Public Domain Tab

• Insert Image
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  Insert Image Menu

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  Insert Image Dialog

Installation

The latest version of the plugin is 0.7.0, available for download from the OpenOffice.org Extension site.

To install:

1. Download the plugin
2. Open OpenOffice.org
3. Go to the Tools menu and select Extension Manager. Click Add and select the file you downloaded.
4. After the installation process completes, restart OpenOffice.org. The Creative Commons menu options will be located at the bottom of the Insert menu.

Debian/Ubuntu (& other variants) users:

1. Debian/Ubuntu (& other variants) users may have problems if the plugin installed using the Extension Manager.
2. They may need to install the plugin using the terminal.
3. To install use /usr/lib/openoffice/program/unopkg gui -f ccooo.oxt

To upgrade:

1. Open OpenOffice.org
2. Go to the Tools menu and select Extension Manager. Select ccooo.oxt and click the Updates... button. OpenOffice.org will check for updates and prompt you to download the new version, if available.

Development

• Browse code at http://code.creativecommons.org/viewsvn/ccooo/ or checkout from http://code.creativecommons.org/svnroot/ccooo/
• Changes

Known Issues

• This plugin may not work with Mac OS X
• In Ubuntu (& other variants) if the plugin is installed using the extension manager the menus will not show or they will be inactive
• Issues should be added to http://code.creativecommons.org/issues

Future Features

• Internationalization.
• Support for Mac OS X.

See also

• Microsoft Office Addin

External links

• Summer of Code Project: “OpenOffice.org Writer Add-in for Publishing CC Licensed Documents”
• OpenOffice.org
• thread on cc-devel from January 2006: Adding CC License to open office as part of Open Office menu options, [1]
• CreativeCommons OASIS Open Office Module
• thread on cc-metadata from February 2004: CC metadata in OpenOffice.org/OASIS documents, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
• thread on cc-metadata from March 2004: CC OASIS Open Office draft updated, [8]
• Issues on OO.o bug tracker: #29404, #66656