On Saturday 20 August 2005 14:26, Michele Zarri wrote:
> CPHennessy wrote:
> >On Thursday 18 August 2005 21:51, Michele Zarri wrote:
> >>Hello there,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Hopefully you can help:
> >>
> >>I created a number of customised settings in OOo 2 build 1.9.118 under
> >> Win XP.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>The ones I remember are the following
> >>
> >>- UK thesaurus
> >>
> >>- Custom colours
> >>
> >>- Custom graphics
> >>
> >>- Custom memory settings
> >>
> >>- Custom display settings for impress
> >>
> >>- Some autocorrect entries
> >>
> >>- Several Writer macros
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Now I would like to use the latest possible beta, but at the same time
> >>re-creating all the customisations is rather time consuming. Besides, I
> >>also use OOo on the laptop which means that I have to do the
> >> customisations twice.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Is there a way to migrate to a new beta release a bit less painfully?
> >
> >I'm not sure that the code for this is available in OOo yet. The best way
> > to see is to install the next developer snapshot to test.
>
> Not sure I got your answer right :)
>
> I looked around and found that there seem to be two possible places
> where user settings are stored:
> in the installation directory (under windows XP "some disk\program
> files\ etc...)
> in the profile settings area (some disk:\Documents and Settings\[some
> login]\Application Data\OpenOffice.org2\user
>
> Now the brute force would require that I save these directories, install
> the latest snapshot and overwrite the newly created directories with the
> ones I saved. This may work but I knew what files have been modified I
> would avoid some potentially dangerous overwriting. For example, I know
> exactly where the dictionaries are (thanks to 8daysaweek)
Hi Michele,
Try backing up the files you mention above, but I would hope that the
development series can also do an upgrade of your current installation.
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