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StarOffice 5.1a
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Dear User:

This file contains important program information. Please read these tips through carefully, before beginning to work with StarOffice 5.1!

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Tips for Successful Installation
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It is possible to install StarOffice 5.1 in addition to an existing earlier version of StarOffice. But if you later deinstall one of these StarOffice versions, you must run the respective StarOffice setup program after the deinstallation and choose the Repair option. This is the appropriate way of correcting removed registry entries.

Make sure to dispose enough free disk space for your temp directory.

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Java/JavaScript
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Prior to using Java/Javascript in StarOffice you have to install the Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment 1.1.6 or newer (if not yet installed).

The instructions for the Java Runtime Environment installation can be found on this CD in the file \os2\misc\java\readme.txt. In case you have downloaded your copy of StarOffice you will find the instructions in the file misc\java\readme.txt located in the directory where you have unpacked the download archive.

After the (successful) Java Runtime Environment installation, you can enable the respective option from the Tools/Options/Browser/Scripting menu.

Should the Java Runtime Environment 1.1.6 or a newer version be installed on your computer at the time of the StarOffice 5.1 installation, all the nessecary settings will be made by the installation routine.

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TCP/IP settings
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When using the TCP/IP package (Version 4.0) included in the OS/2, activate the "Loopback-Interface" in the TCP/IP settings.

For this operation, open in the "System" folder the "System configuration", then select the "TCP/IP configuration". In the dialog now displayed, select "loopback interface" on the left. In the dialog on the right a check mark should be seen next to "activate interface". If this is not the case, click the checkbox once in order to display the check mark.

Now you can close the dialog and select "Save" in order to maintain the changes made.

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Java Configuration in StarOffice
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In StarOffice, you have the possibility to reset the applied Java Runtime Environment at any time. To do so, complete the following steps:

1. In the Bookmarks folder, open the 
   "StarOffice Bookmarks/Java/Java Setup" entry. A dialog will appear where 
   you can select a Java Environment.

2. Close StarOffice, otherwise it will overwrite the new entries.

3. Select the Java Environment that StarOffice should use. 

4. Close the dialog.

5. The new settings will be applied the next time you start StarOffice.

It is also possible to complete these steps manually:

1. Close StarOffice, otherwise it will overwrite the new entries.

2. Open the soffice.ini file (Win32 and OS/2) or sofficerc 
   (under UNIX) in a Text Editor Office directory.

3. Edit the Java section. In all entries, pay attention to all upper and 
   lower case spellings and platform dependencies.

  Example for a Java section for UNIX:

   [Java]
   Java=1
   RuntimeLib=/usr/local/jre1.1.7/lib/i386/native_threads/libjava.so
   SystemClasspath=/usr/local/jdk1.1.7/lib/classes.zip

   Definition:
  
   Java=             
   Switchs the Java Support on (1) or off (0). 

   RuntimeLib=       
   Labels the Java DLL to be applied (with path). This DLL must contain all 
   JNI functions necessary to initialize und start a Java Interpreter. 
                    
   SystemClasspath=  
   Determine the search path for all Java classes necessary to start the 
   Java Environment (for example: classes.zip, rt.jar or r18i.jar). Classes 
   that do not belong to the Runtime Environment should be listed in the
   UserClasspath.

4. Save the modified INI file

5. The new settings will be applied the next time you start StarOffice.


IMPORTANT : It is necessary to close StarOffice before saving all adjusted settings. If not, all changes will be lost.

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Personalizing StarOffice / Mail & News
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To use the mail and news functions in StarOffice, enter your name and e-mail address in the dialog under Tools/Options/General. To get the most out of the provided templates for letters, faxes, etc., complete the user data. This information is only for your personal use, and you can specify if the program should use it or not. The dialog for entering your personal data is displayed during the installation. 

IMPORTANT : Your name and e-mail address are automatically included in the header information of an e-mail. Remember that if no e-mail address is specified, you will not be able to send any mail.

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Address Book Conversion
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To transfer an address book from StarOffice 4.0, simply copy the address.dbf file from the StarOffice 4.0 DATABASE folder into the StarOffice 5.1 DATABASE folder. Then, select the menu command Edit - Address Book. The address book will be automatically converted. If an error message appears when activating the address book, the address.dbf file might still be open. Before the conversion, make sure that no dialogs relating to database functionality are open. In the case of an error message, restart StarOffice 5.1 and select Edit - Address Book again.

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Using Info-ZIP
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The installation program incorporates compression code from the Info-ZIP group. There are no extra charges or costs due to the use of this code, and the original compression sources are freely available on the Internet from 

http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ 
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ 

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StarOffice Help / User's Guide
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It may be possible that changes were made to parts of applications in the program after the User's Guide went to press. In any case, you can find the most up-to-date information in the StarOffice Help.

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Customer Support
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The recent acquisition of Star Division Corporation by Sun Microsystems, Inc. has brought some changes to the way support is being handled. At the time we printed this message, some of the details were still unknown. However, if you were formerly supported by Star Division GmbH, you can continue to contact them using the previously supplied information. If you were formerly supported by Star Division Corporation, you can call their number in the United States.

For our new customers, please examine the web pages at 

http://www.sun.com/staroffice

for updated information and new service offerings from Sun Microsystems.


We hope you enjoy working with your new StarOffice !
