Thanks Nadav. I am using Ubuntu LTS 6.06 and LTSP 4.2, not K12LTSP. So I don't have those neat scripts to copy stuff to all users profiles. I think that they would be fairly easy to port to Ubuntu, but so far, I haven't been able to find sample of the k12ltsp scripts. I appreciate your help! John <div>On 11/17/06, Nadav Kavalerchik <<a href="mailto:nadavkav@gmail.com">nadavkav@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> here is what i do... i have user sandbox, in which i configure open office, kde, gnome, firefox, opera... and then i drag the /home/sandbox/.openoffice2 folder (for example) with all the configurations onto the icon which copies the content of this folder to all users (one of the script icons on the desktop, that comes with the default install) . and that's it. all the users get what ever i set for user sandbox. i also lock down the desktop with kde's kiosktool. so none of the students can change anything. works great :-) and very easy too.<div> <div> On 11/16/06, john <<a href="mailto:lists.john@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">lists.john@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi Nadav, Thanks, I should have said that I want to do this for ALL users automatically. Sorry to be unclear about my question and thanks for your response. John<div> <div>On 11/16/06, Nadav Kavalerchik <<a href="mailto:nadavkav@netvision.net.il" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">nadavkav@netvision.net.il</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> it's in the options-->load save-->General-->default file formats set each category ( example: writer saves document to .doc files ) On Wednesday 15 November 2006 21:44, john wrote: > Hi all, > > I thought this had come up before, but now I can't find it in the archives. > I want all of my ltsp users to save as .doc .xls .ppt by default. The > question I present to you is: how is this done? > > I am running Ubuntu LTS 6.06, LTSP 4.2 > > Thanks in advance for your ideas! > > John _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see < <a href="http://www.k12os.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div> </div> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote> </div> </div> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn" target="_blank"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.k12os.org" target="_blank">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote> </div>