Open Office Technology

Release Notes

8-March-2010

This release of the OpenOffice-Enterprise client is a minor update that (a) adds a setting to prevent OpenOffice from using Java; (b) fixes compatibility with Windows 2000; and (c) improves the application event log messages under Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008.

For upgrade instructions, see "Upgrading..." in the OpenOffice-Enterprise Users Manual.

For the changes from prior versions, see Release History.

Version Identifiers

This version is distributed as ooewin-630.msi. It identifies itself as "OpenOffice-Enterprise v3.2.1" and has the .msi Product Version 3.2.630. It is also identified as Build 630.

Compatibility

This release is compatible with all v2.x and v3.x versions of the OpenOffice.org office suite: v2.0, v2.0.1, v2.0.2, v2.0.3, v2.0.4, v2.1, v2.2, v2.2.1, v2.3, v2.3.1, v2.4, v2.4.1, v2.4.2, v2.4.3, v3.0, v3.0.1, v3.1, v3.1.1 and v3.2 releases. It is also compatible with the Novell release of OpenOffice v3.0. With some modifications, it could be used to manage Sun's StarOffice as well as OpenOffice. If you are interested in using OpenOffice-Enterprise to manage StarOffice, please contact us.

On the desktop, OpenOffice-Enterprise is compatible with all versions of Microsoft Windows that can be administered using Group Policy, including Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 7 Ultimate. All operating systems are supported in both their 32-bit and 64-bit versions. It is also compatible with desktops running under Terminal Server on any version of Windows Server. In certain configurations, it can also be used with Windows XP Home, Windows Vista Home and Windows 7 Home.

Administratively, OpenOffice-Enterprise can be used to manage settings using Group Policy, Local Policy, the registry, or NTConfig.POL on a Window 2000 or Linux/Samba domain.

Installation

For testing, OpenOffice-Enterprise can be installed on a client computer by simply double-clicking on the .msi file. This version replaces all prior versions, and the installer should automatically uninstall any prior version if installed. The client software can be cleanly uninstalled by running the .msi a second time.

For network installation using Group Policy, see the OpenOffice-Enterprise Users' Manual. To upgrade from a prior version using Group Policy, see Upgrading OpenOffice-Enterprise.

Under Terminal Server, simply install on each server by double-clicking on the .msi file. Alternately, the client software can be administratively installed on the Terminal Server machines using Group Policy, as described above.

Operation

Installing OpenOffice-Enterprise automatically applies a baseline enterprise configuration to OpenOffice. If these settings are sufficient, no further action is needed by the system administrator. Alternately, all of the settings in OpenOffice, including the base configuration applied by OpenOffice-Enterprise, can be overridden administratively. The baseline settings are further described below at Baseline Configuration.

To control OpenOffice settings using Group Policy, follow the instructions at http://OpenOfficeTechnology.com/OpenOffice-Enterprise/Server_Installation.

To control OpenOffice settings using Local Policy, run gpedit.msc and load the OpenOffice-Enterprise .adm files as described at http://OpenOfficeTechnology.com/node/38 and http://OpenOfficeTechnology.com/node/46.

To control OpenOffice settings using the Windows registry or NTConfig.POL, please contact us.

Baseline Configuration

The following OpenOffice configuration settings are automatically applied by this release:

• OpenOffice's registration wizard is disabled.
• Auto Update checking is disabled. More info...
• The "OpenOffice.org Improvement Program" usage tracking feature is disabled
• The application window title is set to OpenOffice-Enterprise. More info...
• The Auto Save time interval is changed from 15 minutes to 5 minutes. More info...
• The Help Agent (OpenOffice's equivalent of Microsoft Clippit) is disabled

The disabling of the Registration Wizard, Auto Update and Improvement Program are set to Final to ensure they cannot be overridden by the user's individual settings. The other baseline settings can be overridden using Group Policy, or if allowed by the OpenOffice application, customized by individual users.

Known Bugs

None.

Release History

Build 630 - v3.2.1 -- 8-March-2010
Added a setting to prevent OpenOffice from using Java. For usage instructions, see Disable Java.

Build 628 - v3.2 -- 3-March-2010
Fixes compatibility with Windows 2000. Improves the application event log messages under Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

Build 624 - v3.1 -- 6-Jun-2009
Update for compatibility with the OpenOffice.org suite v3.1 release.

Build 616 - v3.0a -- 8-Jan-2009
Added compatibility for 64-bit operating systems, and fixed two minor bugs: (1) a bug that under rare conditions could cause OpenOffice v3.0 to repeatedly display "User setup is complete" when starting up; (2) a bug that prevented installation of shared extensions.

Build 614 - v3.0 -- 4-Dec-2008
Minor update to install under some international distributions of OpenOffice.org that are packaged slightly different.

Build 612 - v3.0 -- 21-Nov-2008
Update for compatibility with the OpenOffice.org suite v3.0 release.

Build 514 - v2.4.1 -- 9-July-2008
Update for compatibility with the OpenOffice.org suite v2.4.1 release.

Build 512 - v2.3 -- 28-Sept-2007
Update for compatibility with the OpenOffice.org suite v2.3 release.

Build 510 - v2.2.2 -- 3-Apr-2007
Minor changes to message text; no functional changes.

Build 508 - v2.2.1 -- 21-Feb-2007
Minor change to the baseline configuration to set Auto Update disable to Final.

Build 506 - v2.2 -- 3-Feb-2007
First release to automatically apply a baseline enterprise configuration to OpenOffice.

Build 450 - v2.1 -- 19-Dec-2006
Update for compatibility with OpenOffice v2.1. To maintain future compatibility, the client software is now installed into all versions of OpenOffice v2.x it can find, including OOo-Dev builds.

Build 442 - v2.0 -- 10-April-2006
First release for OpenOffice v2.0

Build 420 - v2.0 Beta -- 28-Feb-2006
First beta release for OpenOffice v2.0