Difference between revisions of "OpenOfficeOrg Addin"

Revision as of 23:48, 13 November 2007

The Creative Commons Add-in for OpenOffice.org allows license information to be embedded in OpenOffice.org Writer, Impress and Calc documents.

The latest version of the plugin is 0.5.1, available for download here: ccooo.oxt.

To install:

Download the plugin
Open OpenOffice.org
Go to the Tools menu and select Extension Manager. Click Add and select the file you downloaded.
After the installation process completes, restart OpenOffice.org. The Creative Commons menu options will be located on the Add-ons sub-menu of the Tools menu.

A short screencast of installing and using the plugin is available (ogg theora, YouTube).

The first time a license is selected, the add-in reads the RDF database of licenses from the disk resulting in a noticeable pause.

Internationalization
Display license information when opening CC licensed documents [This was part of Cassio's original codebase; disabled for the initial release until it's adapted to the new package layout; shouldn't be difficult -- Nathan]]
Educational component (wizard) assists people in selecting appropriate license types for their desires
Support for Draw
Support for ODF 1.2 metadata (not yet supported by OOo)

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 # Go to the '''Tools''' menu and select '''Extension Manager'''.  Click '''Add''' and select the file you downloaded.
 # After the installation process completes, restart OpenOffice.org.  The Creative Commons menu options will be located on the '''Add-ons''' sub-menu of the '''Tools''' menu.
+A short screencast of installing and using the plugin is available ([http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/ccooo/screencasts/ccooo.ogg ogg theora], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHW3-6kz_HI YouTube]).
 == Development ==