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title="UNCONFIRMED - improve instructions for installing Offline Help in LO Help Not Installed dialog box"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134345">134345</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>improve instructions for installing Offline Help in LO Help Not Installed dialog box
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.4.4.2 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Windows (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>count_ludwig@yahoo.com
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<pre>Created <span class=""><a href="http://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=162459" name="attach_162459" title="Help menu > LibreOffice Help dialog box">attachment 162459</a> <a href="http://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=162459&action=edit" title="Help menu > LibreOffice Help dialog box">[details]</a></span>
Help menu > LibreOffice Help dialog box
MS Windows 10, in any LibreOffice app the Help menu > LibreOffice Help dialog
box "LibreOffice Help Not Installed" gives the following suggestions about
Offline Help:
"You may either install it from our website or your system’s repositories, or
read an online version."
The feature request is to include a link to more explicit instructions on how
to install Offline Help:
"You may either download and install it from *here* or your system’s
repositories, or read an online version."
Where *here* contains a link to the download for this LO version, e.g.
<a href="http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/6.4.4/win/x86_64/LibreOffice_6.4.4_Win_x64_helppack_en-US.msi">http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/6.4.4/win/x86_64/LibreOffice_6.4.4_Win_x64_helppack_en-US.msi</a>
Alternative suggestions:
1) Add a button to install it directly
2) Include Offline Help in the default installation, or add a checkbox.
Rationale:
The current instructions are of limited help, and lead to such questions as:
Example instructions:
<a href="https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/164853/how-do-i-install-built-in-local-help/">https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/164853/how-do-i-install-built-in-local-help/</a></pre>
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