OpenOfficeOrg Addin

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

Installation

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

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 on the Add-ons sub-menu of the Tools menu.

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

Development

• Browse code at http://cctools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cctools/ccooo/ or checkout from https://cctools.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cctools/ccooo/

Known Issues

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

Future Features

• 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)

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