Sun™ ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office

This file contains important information about the plugin. Please read this information very carefully before you begin.

This software offered by Sun Microsystems will enhance several versions of Microsoft Office (see System Requirements). The following features will be added:

You find more information about installation and usage of the plugin in the following paragraphs of this readme file.

The Plugin web site at http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin has some additional information.

For information about the OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF), see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

Notes on Installation

System Requirements

Installing

Installing Sun™ ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office has no known side effect on an installed version of StarOffice or OpenOffice.org.

  1. Close all other programs before starting the installation.

  2. Change to the folder with the installation files.

  3. Execute the Setup.exe file, or double-click the *.msi file.

  4. Follow the instructions in the Setup dialog.

Note for Excel users: If the plugin is not visible in your version of Excel, you can enable the converter manually as follows:

  1. In Excel, choose Tools - Add-Ins...

  2. Click the Browse button.

  3. Navigate to the installed file odfaddin.xla. This file resides in a folder like "c:\Program Files\Sun\Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office\converter"

  4. Click the odfaddin.xla file and click OK. (To stop using the plugin, uncheck the plugin in the Add-Ins dialog box.)

Uninstalling

Use the Control Panel to uninstall Sun™ ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office. Click "Start - Settings - Control Panel", then click "Add or Remove Software". Select "Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office" and click the button to remove the software.

Note: Your documents in ODF format are not affected by uninstalling the plugin. You can install a software like StarOffice or OpenOffice.org to load your ODF files and save them in other formats.

Using the Plugin

To open an OpenDocument file

To save or export an OpenDocument file

Note: "Saving" versus "exporting": In Word, you can save the current document directly in the OpenDocument format. In Excel and PowerPoint, you can only export to ODF. When you save to ODF, from that moment on you are working on the ODF document. When you export to ODF, a snapshot of the current document is written to an ODF file, but you still work on the same document that you once opened.

To always use the OpenDocument format in Word

If you want to save your text documents always in the OpenDocument format, unless you specify another format,

If you want to start Word when you double-click an *.odt file in Explorer, change the default file format as in the step above, or

Word converter warnings

Word shows a warning when using file formats that are foreign to Word. This warning unfortunately cannot be disabled and should be ignored.

Word XP and Word 2003 show an additional warning about security of 3rd party converters. This warning can be disabled in Word 2003 SP1 and Word XP by setting a registry key.

Registry entry for Word 2003 SP1:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options]
"DoNotConfirmConverterSecurity"=dword:00000001

See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837011/

Registry entry for Word XP:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options]
"DoNotConfirmConverterSecurity"=dword:00000001

See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840662/

Taskbar Icon

A new icon is visible in the notification area of the Windows taskbar. Right-click the icon for a context menu.

The context menu offers the following commands:

Support and Feedback

Product support for end users for the Sun™ ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office is limited to a feedback alias. Please email your comments or feedback about the product to ODF-Plugin-feedback@sun.com. We appreciate feedback or questions about the plugin but cannot guarantee a response to every email.

For organizations and businesses that require enterprise level support for the ODF Plugin, Sun offers backline support and indemnification to organizations that are deploying the Sun™ ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office in volume.

To contact a Sun sales representative please call :

1-800-555-9SUN (US)
1-650-960-1300 (International)

You can also go to http://www.sun.com/contact/index.jsp?tab=1 to get contact information for Sun sales.

We hope you enjoy using the new Sun™ ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office.

Legal Disclaimers

Copyright © 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054. USA. All rights reserved.

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Use is subject to license terms.

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