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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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On Windows

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    Go to C:UsersAppDataRoaming3
  2. How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 2How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 2
    Copy the "user" folder and back it up wherever it's comfortable for you.
  3. How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 3How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 3
    Now you have a backup of all your settings, autocorrection rules, templates, extensions and more.
  4. How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 4How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 4
    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.
  5. How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 5How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 5
    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:
    1. /home//.openoffice/4/user OR
    2. /home//.openoffice.org/3/user/home//.config/libreoffice/3/user for LibreOffice OR
    3. /home//.config/libreoffice/4-suse/user/ for OpenSuse 13
  2. How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 7How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 7
    Copy the contents of this file or the file itself to your backup location.
  3. How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 8How to Back Up and Transfer Your OpenOffice or LibreOffice Settings Picture 8
    This file can then be placed into the same location for another Linux machine or new OO/LO installation.
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