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Sun Jan 30 13:13:51 PST 2011

For Debian/Ubuntu-based systems: sudo dpkg -i *.deb

For Fedora-based systems: su -c 'yum install *.rpm'

For Mandriva-based systems: sudo urpmi *.rpm

For other RPM-using systems (Suse, etc.): rpm -Uvh *.rpm

Now start one of the LibreOffice applications - Writer, for instance. Go to the Tools menu and choose Options. In the Options dialog box, click on "Language Settings" and then click on "Languages". Dropdown the "User interface" list and select the language you just installed. If you want, do the same thing for the "Locale setting", the "Default currency", and the "Default languages for documents".

After adjusting those settings, click on OK. The dialog box will close, and you will see an information message telling you that your changes will only be activated after you exit LibreOffice and start it again (remember to also exit the QuickStarter if it is started).

The next time you start LibreOffice, it will start in the language you just installed.

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Problems During Program Startup
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Difficulties starting LibreOffice (e.g. applications hang) as well as problems with the screen display are often caused by the graphics card driver. If these problems occur, please update your graphics card driver or try using the graphics driver delivered with your operating system. Difficulties displaying 3D objects can often be solved by deactivating the option "Use OpenGL" under 'Tools - Options - LibreOffice - View - 3D view'.

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Shortcut Keys
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Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used by the operating system can be used in LibreOffice. If a key combination in LibreOffice does not work as described in the LibreOffice Help, check if that shortcut is already used by the operating system. To rectify such conflicts, you can change the keys assigned by your operating system. Alternatively, you can change almost any key assignment in LibreOffice. For more information on this topic, refer to the LibreOffice Help or the Help documention of your operating system.

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File Locking
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File locking is enabled by default in LibreOffice. On a network that uses the Network File System protocol (NFS), the locking daemon for NFS clients must be active. To disable file locking, edit the soffice script and change the line "export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING" to "# export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING". If you disable file locking, the write access of a document is not restricted to the user who first opens the document.

Warning: The activated file locking feature can cause problems with Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.7 used in conjunction with Linux NFS 2.0. If your system environment has these parameters, we strongly recommend that you avoid using the file locking feature. Otherwise, LibreOffice will hang when you try to open a file from a NFS mounted directory from a Linux computer.

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Graphic Performance
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By default, LibreOffice favours nice-looking graphics over speed. If you experience slow graphics, switching off 'Tools - Options - LibreOffice - View - Use Anti-Aliasing' may help.

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Important Accessibility Notes
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For more information on the accessibility features in LibreOffice, see http://www.libreoffice.org/accessibility/

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User Support
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The main support page http://www.libreoffice.org/support/ offers various possibilities for help with LibreOffice. Your question may have already been answered - check the Community Forum at http://www.documentfoundation.org/nabble/ or search the archives of the 'users at libreoffice.org' mailing list at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/users/. Alternatively, you can send in your questions to users at libreoffice.org. If you like to subscribe to the list (to get email responses), send an empty mail to: users+subscribe at libreoffice.org.

Also check the FAQ section at http://www.libreoffice.org/faq/.

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Reporting Bugs & Issues
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Our system for reporting, tracking and solving bugs is currently BugZilla, kindly hosted at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/. We encourage all users to feel entitled and welcome to report bugs that may arise on your particular platform. Energetic reporting of bugs is one of the most important contributions that the user community can make to the ongoing development and improvement of LibreOffice.

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Getting Involved
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The LibreOffice Community would very much benefit from your active participation in the development of this important open source project.

As a user, you are already a valuable part of the suite's development process and we would like to encourage you to take an even more active role with a view to being a long-term contributor to the community. Please join and check out the contributing page at http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/

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The best way to start contributing is to subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists, lurk for a while, and gradually use the mail archives to familiarize yourself with many of the topics covered since the LibreOffice source code was released back in October 2000. When you're comfortable, all you need to do is send an email self-introduction and jump right in. If you are familiar with Open Source Projects, check out our To-Dos list and see if there is anything you would like to help with at http://www.libreoffice.org/develop/.

Subscribe
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Here are a few of the mailing lists to which you can subscribe at http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/

* News: announce at documentfoundation.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic)
* Main user list: users at libreoffice.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic)
* Marketing project: marketing at libreoffice.org *beyond development* (getting heavy)
* General developer list: libreoffice at lists.freedesktop.org (heavy traffic)

Joining one or more Projects
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You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if you have limited software design or coding experience. Yes, you!

We hope you enjoy working with the new LibreOffice 3.3 and will join us online.

The LibreOffice Community

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Used / Modified Source Code
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Portions Copyright 1998, 1999 James Clark. Portions Copyright 1996, 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation.
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