OpenOffice : Java Glossary

It does not work identically to Microsoft, but it is more stable.

OpenOffice saves in either Microsoft or Open format. Open format is more compact because it is automatically zipped.

Tips

• OpenOffice will install an obsolete 1.0.6_07 version of Java for its use that will show up in the Java control panel. Don’t remove it. Alternatively, in options, you can reconfigure Open Office to use a more up-to-date JRE. Then you can uninstall the old one.
• When adding autocorrects, make sure you add them to the locale of the documents you are creating. Otherwise, they will not be applied.
• If you add large numbers of autocorrects to the wrong locale, use a fix like this:
  CD C:\Users\userid\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice.org\3\user\autocorr
  rem copy desired autocorrects on top of locale without them.
  copy acor_en-CA.dat acor_en-US.dat
• Canadian spell check not work by default. Use the Tools ⇒ Options ⇒ Language ⇒ Writing Aids ⇒ Available Language Modules Edit ⇒ Get More dictionaries on-line ⇒ search to install the Canadian dictionary. Alternatively, use the American locale, and add Canadian spellings as an override, e.g. works like labour, honour, theatre, colour, metre, centre…
• If your autocorrects stop working, or some of your autocorrects stop working, chances are part of your document is marked as some other language than the one your autocorrects are set up for. Use Tools ⇒ Language ⇒ for all text to mark your entire document to the language of your autocorrects (unless of course parts of it are in a different language).

Gotchas

• If you capitalise an autocorrect, it expands to the same text had you typed it the autocorrect in lower case. You need two autocorrects, one upper case and one lower case.