How are Help packs installed and how are they used?

answered 2012-12-04 17:46:24 +0200

veltok
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The help pack installed must agree with the Language of user interface [Tools>Options window LanguageSettings>Languages>Language of User Interface (Note: If LUI is English(UK) then help installed must be ..helppack_en-GB...)] otherwise you get (Application not found) error when you try opening Help (by pressing F1 for e.g.).

answered 2012-02-21 13:27:41 +0200

Mark12547
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updated 2012-02-21 22:58:08 +0200

I accidentally solved this problem when fixing another problem! It now works, at least for me! :)

This will undo all of one's settings.

These steps are for Windows XP SP3.

1. I closed all LibreOffice windows and exited the QuickStart
2. I renamed the LibreOffice directory in the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data directory.
3. I started up LibreOffice (double-clicked on shortcut) and let it recreate the user's LibreOffice directory.
4. I went into Tools --> Options... and updated various settings in there (name, country, which dictionaries to use, which Java runtime to use).
5. I selected Text Document and opened an .ott (template) file. It went through its first-time template use, but there were no errors and the new document opened just fine. (Well, yes, I was working on the "Templates already exists" bug.)

Now the Help Pack is displaying the helps like it should!

Also, now opening a template to create a new document works just fine.

Also, now the Recent Documents list works just fine.

(That means renaming the user's LibreOffice directory fixed all three bugs I had hit in the past 12 hours!)

However, the words I added to my dictionary are gone, and the toolbars are now reverted back to the standard ones. Fortunately, I had made very few changes in toolbars and the words are easy to add back as I use them.