Preface

The StarOffice 8 Administration Guide describes how to administer a StarOffice 8 network installation. The guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for the installation and setup of StarOffice on a server.

How This Book Is Organized

This book divides information about StarOffice administration into several chapters.

Chapter 1 describes how to install StarOffice with native installers.

Chapter 2 discusses how to customize StarOffice on a network.

Chapter 3 describes how to customize the StarOffice user interface.

Chapter 4 describes how to restrict functionality in StarOffice.

Chapter 5 discusses how to use the Java Desktop System Configuration Manager to manage StarOffice configuration data. The chapter also describes how to migrate configuration data from the StarOffice Configuration Manager to the Java Desktop System Configuration Manager.

Chapter 6 describes how StarOffice can access user profile settings on an LDAP server.

Chapter 7 describes how to configure printers, faxes, and fonts on the Solaris^TM Operating System and Linux to work with StarOffice.

Appendix A provides a list of UNO command names for StarOffice.

Appendix B describes how to install a patch on Solaris.

Related Books

The following books provide supplemental information about topics in the StarOffice 8 Administration Guide:

• Java Desktop System Configuration Manager Release 1.1 Administration Guide on http://docs.sun.com/app/docs

• OpenOffice.org XML File Format Technical Reference Manual

• StarOffice 8 Getting Started Guide

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. Perform a patch analysis. Do not save the file. [Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.]

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#