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Start Center is starting | Status: Standard | - |
- start 'soffice' in a terminal - the Office is starting - no kind of document is displayed - the Start Center is displayed in the backing window - the header for OpenOffice.org is "Welcome to OpenOffice.org 3.x" - the header for StarOffice is "Welcome to StarOffice 9" - seven buttons for the Office are displayed 1. 'New Text Document' - three additional buttons 2. 'New Spreadsheet' 3. 'New Presentation' 4. 'New Drawing' 5. 'New Database' 6. 'Open an existing document' 7. 'New document from template' 1. Icon for extensions
2. Icon for Office registration 3. Icon for more information |
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Check the functionality of the buttons | Status: Standard | - |
- start 'soffice' in a terminal - the Start center will be shown - click on the button 'New Text Document' - a new text document will be opened - close the text document - the Start center will be shown - click on the button 'New Spreadsheet' - a new spreadsheet document will be opened - close the spreadsheet document - the Start center will be shown - click on the button 'New Presentation' - a new presentation wizard will be opened - cancel the presentation wizard - the Start center will be shown - click on the button 'New Drawing' - a new draw document will be opened - close the draw document - the Start center will be shown - click on the button 'New Database' - a new database wizard will be opened - cancel the database wizard - the Start center will be shown - click on the button 'Open an existing document' - a File Open dialog will be opened - cancel the File Open dialog - the Start center will be shown - click on the button 'New document from template' - the 'Templates and Samples' dialog will be opened - cancel the 'Templates and Samples' dialog - the Start center will be shown - hover over the Extensions Icon - the bubble help 'Add new features to <office_name>' will be displayed - clicking on the icon opens the OOo extension site in the default browser - hover over the Registration Icon - the bubble help 'Register your <office_name>' will be displayed - clicking on the icon opens the registration site in the default browser - hover over the Information Icon - the bubble help 'Get more information about <office_name>' will be displayed - clicking on the icon opens the OOo information site in the default browser |
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Disabled Start Center buttons | Status: Standard | - |
- deselect any of the Office application - start the Start Center - the deseleted Office application has a grayed out button - a grayed out button has no function |
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Link in created in System launch menu | Status: Standard | - |
By now only available on Windows: - open Start - Programs - OpenOffice.or 3.x or StarOffice9 - for OOo: hover over the Start menu link OpenOffice.org - the Icon Tip Help "The office productivity suite compatible to the open and standardized ODF document format. Supported by Sun Microsystems." will be displayed - Clicking on the OpenOffice.or 3.x / StarOffice9 link starts the StartCenter |
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Creating a desktop link | Status: Standard | - |
Windows only: - in the last Installation dialog a checkbox has been added - the checkbox is checked by default - the box is labeled "Create s start link on desktop" - the installation creates a link to the soffice.exe in '..\<office_dir>\program' - unchecking the checkbox doesn't allow to create a desktop link - hovering over the link on desktop shows the Icon Tip Help "The office productivity suite compatible to the open and standardized ODF document format. Supported by Sun Microsystems." - clicking the opens the StartCenter - uninstalling the Office removes the link on desktop |
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