Chapter 2 About the OpenOffice Add-On

The OpenOffice Add-On provides a convenient way for users to interact with the Web Space Server Document Library portlet. Specifically, the OpenOffice Add-On places Load From CMS and Store to CMS buttons on the OpenOffice toolbar, which enable users to respectively open from and save documents to a Web Space Server Document Library.

• Who Should Use the OpenOffice Add-On?

• How Does the OpenOffice Add-On Work?

Who Should Use the OpenOffice Add-On?

The OpenOffice Add-On is intended for Web Space Server end users who want to open and save documents stored in a Web Space Server Document Library directly from OpenOffice without first having logging in to a Web Space Server site with a Web browser.

How Does the OpenOffice Add-On Work?

The Web Space Server OpenOffice Add-On is implemented as an OpenOffice extension. Installation and configuration of the Add-On is managed through the OpenOffice Extension Manager, and can be installed by regular Web Space Server end users without administrative privileges.

Because the OpenOffice Add-On interacts with existing Web Space Server Community-based Document Libraries and authorizations, there are no administrative-level tasks required other than creating the appropriate user accounts, communities, and Document Libraries.

When a user installs the OpenOffice Add-On, an OpenOffice Web Space Document Library toolbar with two buttons is added to his or her OpenOffice environment.

• Load Document from CMS enables users to open an existing document in a Web Space Server Document Library and edit it in OpenOffice.

• Store Document to CMS enables users to save an OpenOffice document to an existing folder in a Web Space Server Document Library.

Note that the OpenOffice Add-On does not currently enable users to delete documents or create or delete folders in Web Space Server Document Libraries.