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<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-top: 0.42cm; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>
Proposal for a StarOffice / OpenOffice.org 6.0 Setup Feature List</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>Version 1, 02/16/2001,
<A HREF="mailto:Leyla.Schroeder@germany.sun.com">Leyla.Schroeder@germany.sun.com</A></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Priorities:</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt">1 &#150; Must</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt">2 &#150; Should</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt">3 - Can / Nice to
have</FONT></P>
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<THEAD>
<TR BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<TD COLSPAN=3 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<H1>Installation in General</H1>
</TD>
</TR>
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<TBODY>
<TR BGCOLOR="#23b8dc" VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><B>Area</B></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P><B>Description</B></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P><B>Priority</B></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>CD / AutoRun</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>AutoRun should be supported under Windows</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>CD / Introscreen</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>An introduction screen should offer installation of the
programs that are available on the CD:</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">StarOffice / OpenOffice.org
6.0</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Acrobat Reader</P>
<LI><P>Java Runtime Environment</P>
</UL>
<P>Furthermore, links to additional information should be
offered:</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Documentation</P>
<LI><P>Patches (for Solaris)</P>
</UL>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>3</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Download / Customization</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Download packages should be generated during online-connection
to include only those components, the user selects in his
session. Therefore we need a tool to create a binary installable
file which includes only the required modules.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>3</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Installation package</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The different installation packages should only show those
files to the user, that are important to him:</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">setup.exe</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">readme.txt</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">lincense.txt</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">jre-(...).exe</P>
<LI><P>setup.inf</P>
</UL>
<P>The installation files (f_00xx) should be moved to a
sub-folder.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Setup / Wizard</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The setup should run in window mode, not full screen. The new
wizard only consists of sequenced dialog windows.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Setup / Design</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The design of the setup dialogs must be worked over (=&gt;
white background with Sun colors).</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">Setup / Help</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">Pressing the Help button
should open the Help in a second, resizable window. For the
display our own Textengine (MultiLineEdit) should be used.</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="2" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">2</SPAN></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">Setup / Readme</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">For displaying the
Readme in a more readable form, an additional button should be
offered in the dialog that opens the Readme in a HTML view.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">If no browser exists on
the system, the button is disabled. Here only the view in the
text field of the dialog is available. (The txt format of the
Readme must still exist in the installation package.)</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">3</SPAN></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Migration</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>A migration 5.2 =&gt; 6.0 should include:</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">User-defined AutoCorrect
settings</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">User-defined AutoText modules</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">User's Basic macros</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">User-defined gallery themes</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">User-defined templates</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">User-defined dictionaries</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">User's AddIns</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">User's Workfolder</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Database migration
including:<BR>- Addressbook data<BR>- Bibliography data</P>
<LI><P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">User's
configuration data (from user/config), including:<BR>-
Palettes<BR>- User-defined Math symbols<BR>- User data<BR>(Further
configuration data has to be defined in detail.)</SPAN></P>
</UL>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Languages / Program</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>An installation package for multiple languages is needed for
the OEM version.</P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif"><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">Thereby
choosing a language is valid for the program language (for menus,
dialogs) and the document language (samples, templates).</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P>Changing the language after installation should be possible
via setup (modify installation).</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="2" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>2</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Languages / linguistic (CJK)</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The Standard installation installs a default set of languages
for the linguistic. This set depends on the Office language to be
installed. Here the language modules for the CJK version must be
re-defined.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Languages / linguistic</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>AutoText and AutoCorrect data must be written language
dependent into the installation.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">Languages / linguistic</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">The languages for the
linguistic that are installed should include not only spell
checking, thesaurus and hyphenation but also language-dependent
AutoText modules and replacement and exception settings of
AutoCorrect.</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">1</SPAN></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Installation path</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The default installation path should
be:<BR>$:\Programs\(%Productname)60 under
Windows<BR>\home\(UserID)\(%productname)60 under Linux/Unix</P>
<P>The variable stands for StarOffice60, OpenOffice60,
StarSuite60.</P>
<P>If using the variable is not possible, the installation path
has to use &quot;Office60&quot; instead of the product name.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Installation space</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The user should get more information about the available space
when selecting the installation path. (=&gt; list box with
devices and available/estimated required space)</P>
<P>As we cannot show how many space is really needed for a
customized installation as long as the user has not selected the
modules to be installed, here the installation path has to be
determined by the user after selecting the modules.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="2" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>2</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Dialog buttons</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Button for starting installation/deinstallation must be
renamed from &quot;Complete&quot; to &quot;Install&quot;/&quot;Uninstall&quot;</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Java setup</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The user should be better informed for what installing the JRE
is good for (Applets, Java services). For this the setup dialog
should give a hint and/or the help must be improved.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="3" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>3</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Progress bar</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>During the installation process a progress bar appears with
text display for actual process description.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">Install on demand</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Features, that are not installed yet, will be installed on
demand. Thereby the needed files are left on the source (CD or
network share) and can be copied down automatically the first
time they are used.</P>
<P>The user's workflow will not be aborted by this process.</P>
<P><A NAME="DDE_LINK1"></A>(It is not clear, if this feature can
be realized.)</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">File type info</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>If more than one installation exists on the system, the file
type info should be assigned to the latest installation.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>Done</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Adabas</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Adabas must be re-integrated in the setup.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<TD COLSPAN=3 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<H1>Custom Installation</H1>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#23b8dc" VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><B>Area</B></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P><B>Description</B></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P><B>Priority</B></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Module selection</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The user may not be allowed to deselect something, that is
necessary for a feature/component to be installed.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Subtree icons</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Icons in the subtree should be replaced by more meaningful
ones.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="2" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>2</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif">Module descriptions</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Module descriptions must be improved</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="2" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>2</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Languages / dictionaries</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The dictionaries of the add-on folder must be included in the
setup to offer more than 5 languages.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><SPAN STYLE="background: transparent">Filterlist</SPAN></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The filterlist must be reviewed and updated.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Fonts</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>It must be clear to the user which fonts will be installed and
for what they are needed. For this a font list must be offered
that shows all fonts to be installed (same as Writer / Textfilter
Im/Export). Selecting a font entry would display a description.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="2" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>2</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Product name</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The module selection list box should use the variable for the
product name like:
</P>
<P>- %Productname components</P>
<P>+Writer<BR>+Calc</P>
<P>Whenever the product name itself is clear, we can use just the
short names (Writer, Calc etc. instead of %Productname Writer,
%Productname Calc). Thus the variable is necessary only the first
time.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Summary</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Before starting the installation the user should get a summary
of the settings made.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>3</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<TD COLSPAN=3 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<H1>Change / Repair / Deinstallation</H1>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#23b8dc" VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><B>Area</B></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P><B>Description</B></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P><B>Priority</B></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Control Panel</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Win95/98/NT:<BR>When starting deinstallation from the Control
Panel's Add/Remove Programs of Windows the option Deinstallation
must be selected as default. (Windows only)</P>
<P>Win2000:<BR>Here we should offer one Change and one Remove
button (instead of Change/Remove). When Change is selected, the
default option is &quot;Change installation&quot;, when Remove is
selected, a message box should appear to ask, if StarOffice /
OpenOffice.org really should be deleted.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="3" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>3</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Restricted User</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Under W2000/NT installation, deinstallation and changes of the
installation are not allowed for restricted users and may not be
possible.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>File Deletion</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>All program files and folders of the StarOffice /
OpenOffice.org installation must be deleted when deinstalling,
only those created or modified by the user remain on the disc
(unless, before starting the deinstallation, the user explicitly
states that these files have to be deleted, too).</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1 (Windows)</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>2 (others)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Repair / Description</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Option is often not understood, must be made more transparent
(change text).</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Repair / Source</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Repairing from CD should be possible.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="2" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>2</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<TD COLSPAN=3 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<H1>Network installation</H1>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#23b8dc" VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P><B>Area</B></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P><B>Description</B></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17%>
<P><B>Priority</B></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>/net</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>For calling a network installation we should offer a new
possibility (in addition to using DOS box + /net). For this
clicking on setupnet.lnk starts network installation:</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">setup.exe (calls single-user
installation)</P>
<LI><P>setupnet.lnk (executes the command &quot;setup -net&quot;)</P>
</UL>
<P>Changing an installation should be possible via
double-clicking on the setupnet.lnk, which must remain on the CD)</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Multilingual version</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>Installing StarOffice / OpenOffice.org in more than one
language should be possible for the network installation. The
administrator can choose the language to be installed from all
available languages that we offer. The user can choose his
language from this sub-set. Only one language can be selected by
the user. Thus he should be able to change it later by the setup.</P>
<P>=&gt; The workstation installation needs a page for choosing
the language.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="1" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=20%>
<P>Naming</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=63%>
<P>The workstation installation offers the two options &quot;Standard
Workstation Installation&quot; and Standard Installation local&quot;.
</P>
<P>These options should be renamed to</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Workstation Installation</P>
<LI><P>Local Installation</P>
</UL>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=17% SDVAL="2" SDNUM="1031;0;@">
<P ALIGN=CENTER>2</P>
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