[K12OSN] OOo not defaulting to MS formats in version 6

[Petre Scheie]

Eric Harrison wrote:
> Petre Scheie wrote:
>> I just noticed that OOo is not defaulting to MS formats--.doc, .xls,
>> .ppt--when saving documents.  I see the
>> /opt/ltsp/templates/k12linux/openoffice-ms-format-defaults.sh file, and
>> I ran it as root, but it didn't change anything for existing users
>> (didn't try creating a new user afterward).  Didn't there use to be an
>> icon on root's desktop for running this?  Or was it run by default
>> during installation?  Should the script still work?
>>
>> Petre
>>
> 
> 
> Running /opt/ltsp/templates/k12linux/openoffice-ms-format-defaults.sh
> should reset the defaults back to the MS formats.
> 
> If a user changes their personal settings, it will over-ride the
> defaults. You might try nuking a user's ~/.openoffice* directory so that
> they pick back up the default settings.
> 
Removing the users ~/.openoffice* does fix it.  Did the 
openoffice-ms-format-defaults.sh previously run automatically or have I 
just forgotten that I ran it manually in the past?

Thanks Eric.

Petre