Name
openoffice - OpenOffice.org office suite
SYNOPSIS
openoffice
[--version] [--widgets-set widgetsset]
[-accept\=accept-string] [-base] [-calc]
[-display display] [-draw] [-global] [-headless]
[-help|-h|-?] [-impress] [-invisible]
[-math] [-minimized] [-n filename] [-nodefault]
[-nolockcheck] [-nologo] [-norestore]
[-o filename] [-p filename...]
[-pt printername filename...]
[-show presentation] [-unaccept=accept-string]
[-terminate_after_init] [-view filename] [-web]
[-writer] [filename...]
ooffice
oobase
oocalc
oodraw
oohtml
ooimpress
oomath
oowriter
DESCRIPTION
OpenOffice.org is a fully featured office suite for the daily use with all
features you would normally expect in a office suite.
This script runs OpenOffice with the arguments <args> given on the command line.
There are also some wrapper scripts in /usr/bin which are calling the "normal"
openoffice script and run the wanted OpenOffice.org module.
OPTIONS
These arguments are processed by the wrapper itself.
--version
This option displays the version of this OpenOffice.org build.
--widgets-set widgetsset
This option allows to start the application with an other widgets set.
These arguments are passed directly to the real start binary by the wrapper.
filename...
Files to operate on. Opening them is the default behavior, which can be
influenced by command line arguments. -p will print the files instead.
-accept=accept-string
Notifies the OpenOffice.org software that upon the creation of "UNO Acceptor
Threads", a "UNO Accept String" will be used.
-base
Starts with the database wizard.
-calc
Starts with an empty Calc document.
-display display
This option specifies the X server to contact; see X(7)
-draw
Starts with an empty Draw document.
-global
Starts with an empty Global document.
-headless
Starts in "headless mode", which allows using the application without user
interface.
This special mode can be used when the application is controlled by external
clients via the API.
-help|-h|-?
Lists the available OOo-native command line parameters to the console.
-impress
Starts with an empty Impress document.
-invisible
Starts in invisible mode.
Neither the start-up logo nor the initial program window will be visible.
However, the OpenOffice.org software can be controlled and documents and
dialogs opened via the API.
When the OpenOffice.org software has been started with this parameter, it can
only be ended using the taskmanager (Windows) or the kill command
(UNIX based systems).
It cannot be used in conjunction with -quickstart.
-math
Starts with an empty Math document.
-minimized
Keep the splash screen minimized.
-n filename
Creates a new document using filename as a template.
-nodefault
Starts the application without any window opened for the first time.
A window appears if you start the office next time.
It is used together with the option -nologo by quickstarters. Note that
the option -quickstart has not been longer supported since
OpenOffice.org 2.0.0.
-nolockcheck
Disables the check for remote instances using the installation.
-nologo
Disables the splash screen at program start.
-norestore
Disables restart and file recovery after a system crash. It is possible OOo
will try to restore a file it keeps crashing on, if that happens -norestore
is the only way to start OOo.
-o filename
Opens filename for editing, even if it is a template.
-p filename...
Prints the given files to the default printer and ends. The splash screen
does not appear.
If the file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in quotation marks.
-pt printername filename...
Prints the given files to the printer printername and ends. The splash
screen does not appear.
If the file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in quotation marks.
-show presentation
Starts with the given Impress file and starts the presentation. Enters edit
mode after the presentation.
-unaccept=accept-string
Closes an acceptor that was created with -accept option.
Use -unaccept=all to close all open acceptors.
-terminate_after_init
The office terminates after it registers some UNO services. The office
doesn't show the intro bitmap during startup.
-view filename
Creates a temporary copy of the given file and opens it read-only.
-web
Starts with an empty HTML document.
-writer
Starts with an empty Writer document.
TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS
If OOo crashes, you should get a GUI bug reporting tool, please use
that to file a helpful bug report, or see http://go-ooo.org/hackers-guide.html
for more information on debugging OOo.
SEE ALSO
R http://go-ooo.org/
AUTHOR
This manual page was created by Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org> for
the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution, because the original package does not have
one. It was updated by Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>.