[tdf-discuss] Installing LibreOffice on Windows

The following conversation took place in the discuss@openoffice.org list. I
think the final comment from Dave Barton ("YMMV, but I doubt that any of the
above is what most users would want for the final release version.") is
important. I hope that the developers of LibreOffice pay heed to it.

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From: Harold Fuchs <hwfa.gmanenews@googlemail.com>
To: discuss@openoffice.org
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:55:58 +0100

> When you install LibreOffice
Under Windows:

> 1. Does it overwrite your OOo installation?
Yes. Even though it installs in it's own default "Program Files"
sub-directory it deletes almost all the existing OOo files.

> 2. Does it inherit your templates from OOo?
No.

> 3. Does it take over the file associations for the ODF file types?
Yes.

> 4. Does it inherit the User Data at Tools>Options>OpenOffice.org>User
Data?
No, but it doesn't destroy them. They are still there when you reinstall
OOo 3.2.1

> 5. Does it inherit (additional) language dictionaries from OOo?
No, but even as Win "Administrator" you cannot remove any of LO's
included extensions/dictionaries.

> 6. Do the OOo extensions work in LO?
All 7 that I tested, yes.

> 7. Does LO inherit the extensions you have installed in OOo?
Same as 4 above.
> Which, if any, of the above *should* LO do that it doesn't do today?
YMMV, but I doubt that any of the above is what most users would want
for the final release version.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England