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How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings

Have you ever reinstalled OpenOffice (OO) or LibreOffice (LO) after moving to a different PC? If so, you know that you have to spend some good 15 minutes to customize and fit OO/LO to your needs, which is quite boring (and annoying). With...

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Method 1 of 2:

On Windows

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    Go to C:UsersAppDataRoaming3
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    Copy the "user" folder and back it up wherever it's comfortable for you.
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    Now you have a backup of all your settings, autocorrection rules, templates, extensions and more.
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    After the installation of OO/LO go to C:UsersAppDataRoaming3 and replace the user folder that you'll find with the one that you previously backed up.
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    That was your last step. Now open OO/LO and enjoy your old settings and all the other stuffs you were used to have.
Method 2 of 2:

On Linux

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    Go to:
    • /home//.openoffice/4/user OR
    • /home//.openoffice.org/3/user/home//.config/libreoffice/3/user for LibreOffice OR
    • /home//.config/libreoffice/4-suse/user/ for OpenSuse 13
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    Copy the contents of this file or the file itself to your backup location.
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    This file can then be placed into the same location for another Linux machine or new OO/LO installation.

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Update 05 March 2020

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