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duggum

Member

Registered: 2007-11-15

Posts: 5

OpenOffice Help doesn't work

Hi all.

I've looked everywhere and can't find a reference to this problem in Arch.

OpenOffice 2.4 is up and running perfectly except I can't access the help topics.

The help directory (/opt/openoffice/help/en) is fully populated with the english help files, but pressing F1 or accessing help through the menus results in an error: "The help file for this topic is not installed."

It shouldn't make a difference, but I am using xmonad as my window manager.

thanks,

d

Last edited by duggum (2008-07-25 17:30:09)

vlengler

Member

From: Oklahoma

Registered: 2008-06-08

Posts: 3

Re: OpenOffice Help doesn't work

I am having the same problem.  I have looked everywhere for a config file that may poing to the wrong place but have found nothing yet.  I will post if I find something.

AndyRTR

Developer

From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: OpenOffice Help doesn't work

make sure your system is up to date (pacman -Syu) and you have a java-runtime installed.

Last edited by AndyRTR (2008-07-27 10:02:59)

duggum

Member

Registered: 2007-11-15

Posts: 5

Re: OpenOffice Help doesn't work

make sure your system is up to date (pacman -Syu) and you have a java-runtime installed.

Check, and check. Update is run daily and the full JRE/JDK suite is installed.

When I get a few minutes I'll try a full wipe and reinstall of OOo and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks for the replies.

d

olive

Member

From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-06-22

Posts: 1,490

Re: OpenOffice Help doesn't work

I have exactly the same problem. I thought it was due due to this (stupid) policy of arch to remove docs (although the devs say it will shortly be changed) but apparently the help files are there. I have found no solution (other to install openoffice and to download the official one from www.openoffice.org; which I hesitate to do) -:(

Olive