CyberNet News has a nice coverage of StarOffice / OpenOffice.org / LibreOffice history.
- August 1999 – Sun Microsystems buys a company (StarDivision) and gets StarOffice.
- October 2000 – An open source version of StarOffice, called OpenOffice.org, was released.
- … almost 10 years goes by with several major and successful OpenOffice.org releases.
- January 2010 – Oracle buys Sun Microsystems.
- September 2010 – Some members that worked on OpenOffice.org started “The Document Foundation” due to concern over the future of OpenOffice.org now that Oracle owns it. The concerns were understood since Oracle took the OpenSolaris project, which had been around for nearly 20-years, and discontinued open development of it.
- January 2011 – OpenOffice.org 3.3 released.
- January 2011 – LibreOffice 3.3 was released (based on OpenOffice.org 3.3). This is the first stable version of the product.
- April 2011 – Oracle announces that it will no longer be supporting development of OpenOffice.org.
- June 2011 – Oracle announces that they will contribute OpenOffice.org (the trademark and the code) to the Apache Software Foundation.
- June 2011 – LibreOffice 3.4 released.
- February 2012 – LibreOffice 3.5 released.
- May 2012 – Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released. Note that it’s not called “OpenOffice.org” anymore, and is instead called “Apache OpenOffice”.
LibreOffice exports all settings
All the settings of LibreOffice, all in the LibreOffice folder.
C:\Users\a←When installing the operating system, the name entered.\AppData←File Manager ~ “Hidden project” to open, the AppData folder will be displayed.\Roaming\LibreOffice
Back up the LibreOffice folder, when reinstalling, put the LibreOffice folder in its original place.
Note:
1. If the installation is preview edition, because the name of preview edition is LibreOfficeDev, so the LibreOfficeDev folder will be displayed.
2. Formal edition can be installed together with preview edition, if both formal edition and preview edition are installed, LibreOffice folder and LibreOfficeDev folder will be displayed.
3. To clear all settings, just delete the LibreOffice folder, then open the program, a new LibreOffice folder will be created.
LibreOffice exports a single toolbar I made
Common path
C:\Users\a←When installing the operating system, the name entered.\AppData←File Manager ~ “Hidden project” to open, the AppData folder will be displayed.\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\config\soffice.cfg\modules\Please connect the branch path of the individual software below.
Branch path
\modules\StartModule\toolbar\The “Start” toolbar I made is placed here.
\modules\swriter\toolbar\The “writer” toolbar I made is placed here.
\modules\scalc\toolbar\The “calc” toolbar I made is placed here.
\modules\simpress\toolbar\The “impress” toolbar I made is placed here.
\modules\sdraw\toolbar\The “draw” toolbar I made is placed here.
\modules\smath\toolbar\The “math” toolbar I made is placed here.
\modules\dbapp\toolbar\The “base” toolbar I made is placed here.
Backup file, when reinstalling, put the file in the original place.
Note:
1. Because of the toolbar that I made myself, default file name, will automatically use Numbering, so to open the file, can know the name of the toolbar.
2. The front file name “custom_toolbar_” cannot be changed, change will cause error, behind’s file name can be changed.
For example: custom_toolbar_c01611ed.xml→custom_toolbar_AAA.xml.
3. Do well of toolbar, can be copied to other places to use.
For example: In the “writer” Do well of toolbar, can be copied to “calc” places to use.
LibreOffice self-made symbol toolbar
Step 1 Start “Recording Macros function”
Tools\Options\Advanced\Enable macro recording（Tick）, in the “Tools\Macros”, the “Record Macro” option will appear.
Step 2 Recording Macros
Tools\Macros\Record Macro→Recording action (click “Ω” to enter symbol→select symbol→Insert)→Stop Recording→The name Macros stored in “Module1” is Main→Modify Main name→Save.
Step 3 Add item new toolbar
Tools\Customize\Toolbar→Add→Enter a name (example: symbol)→OK, the new toolbar will appear in the top left.
Step 4 Will Macros Add item new toolbar
Tools\Customize\Toolbar\Category\Macros\My Macros\Standard\Module1\Main→Click “Main”→Add item→Modify→Rename (can be named with symbol)→OK→OK.