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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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.
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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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