OpenOfficeOrg Addin

Description of Software	The Creative Commons Add-in for OpenOffice.org (OOo Extension Page) allows license information to be embedded in OpenOffice.org Writer, Impress, Draw and Calc documents.warning.png"The Creative Commons Add-in for OpenOffice.org (OOo Extension Page) allows license information to be embedded in OpenOffice.org Writer, Impress, Draw and Calc documents." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.
Bug Tracker	Link to Bug Tracker
Code Repository	http://code.creativecommons.org/viewsvn/ccooo/
Mailing List	http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel

Set Sharing & Reuse Permissions
Creative Commons Menu
Creative Commons Tab
CC0 Tab
Public Domain Tab

Insert Image
Insert Image Menu
Insert Image Dialog

Installation

The latest version of the plugin is 0.7.0, available for download from the OpenOffice.org Extension site.

To install:

Download the plugin
Open OpenOffice.org
Go to the Tools menu and select Extension Manager. Click Add and select the file you downloaded.
After the installation process completes, restart OpenOffice.org. The Creative Commons menu options will be located at the bottom of the Insert menu.

Debian/Ubuntu (& other variants) users:

Debian/Ubuntu (& other variants) users may have problems if the plugin installed using the Extension Manager.
They may need to install the plugin using the terminal.
To install use /usr/lib/openoffice/program/unopkg gui -f ccooo.oxt

To upgrade:

Open OpenOffice.org
Go to the Tools menu and select Extension Manager. Select ccooo.oxt and click the Updates... button. OpenOffice.org will check for updates and prompt you to download the new version, if available.

Development

Browse code at http://code.creativecommons.org/viewsvn/ccooo/ or checkout from http://code.creativecommons.org/svnroot/ccooo/
Changes

Known Issues

This plugin may not work with Mac OS X
In Ubuntu (& other variants) if the plugin is installed using the extension manager the menus will not show or they will be inactive
Issues should be added to http://code.creativecommons.org/issues

Future Features

Internationalization.
Support for Mac OS X.

External links

CC Labs blog posts on this add-in
Summer of Code Project: “OpenOffice.org Writer Add-in for Publishing CC Licensed Documents”
OpenOffice.org
thread on cc-devel from January 2006: Adding CC License to open office as part of Open Office menu options, [1]
CreativeCommons OASIS Open Office Module
thread on cc-metadata from February 2004: CC metadata in OpenOffice.org/OASIS documents, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
thread on cc-metadata from March 2004: CC OASIS Open Office draft updated, [8]
Issues on OO.o bug tracker: #29404, #66656

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