Proposal for a StarOffice / OpenOffice.org 6.0 Setup Feature List
Version 1, 02/16/2001, Leyla.Schroeder@germany.sun.com
Priorities:
1 Must
2 Should
3 - Can / Nice to have
Installation in General |
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Area |
Description |
Priority |
CD / AutoRun |
AutoRun should be supported under Windows |
1 |
CD / Introscreen |
An introduction screen should offer installation of the programs that are available on the CD:
Furthermore, links to additional information should be offered:
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3 |
Download / Customization |
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. |
3 |
Installation package |
The different installation packages should only show those files to the user, that are important to him:
The installation files (f_00xx) should be moved to a sub-folder. |
1 |
Setup / Wizard |
The setup should run in window mode, not full screen. The new wizard only consists of sequenced dialog windows. |
1 |
Setup / Design |
The design of the setup dialogs must be worked over (=> white background with Sun colors). |
1 |
Setup / Help |
Pressing the Help button should open the Help in a second, resizable window. For the display our own Textengine (MultiLineEdit) should be used. |
2 |
Setup / Readme |
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. 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.) |
3 |
Migration |
A migration 5.2 => 6.0 should include:
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1 |
Languages / Program |
An installation package for multiple languages is needed for the OEM version. Thereby choosing a language is valid for the program language (for menus, dialogs) and the document language (samples, templates). Changing the language after installation should be possible via setup (modify installation). |
2 |
Languages / linguistic (CJK) |
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. |
1 |
Languages / linguistic |
AutoText and AutoCorrect data must be written language dependent into the installation. |
1 |
Languages / linguistic |
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. |
1 |
Installation path |
The default installation path should
be: The variable stands for StarOffice60, OpenOffice60, StarSuite60. If using the variable is not possible, the installation path has to use "Office60" instead of the product name. |
1 |
Installation space |
The user should get more information about the available space when selecting the installation path. (=> list box with devices and available/estimated required space) 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. |
2 |
Dialog buttons |
Button for starting installation/deinstallation must be renamed from "Complete" to "Install"/"Uninstall" |
1 |
Java setup |
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. |
3 |
Progress bar |
During the installation process a progress bar appears with text display for actual process description. |
1 |
Install on demand |
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. The user's workflow will not be aborted by this process. |
1 |
File type info |
If more than one installation exists on the system, the file type info should be assigned to the latest installation. |
Done |
Adabas |
Adabas must be re-integrated in the setup. |
1 |
Custom Installation |
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Area |
Description |
Priority |
Module selection |
The user may not be allowed to deselect something, that is necessary for a feature/component to be installed. |
1 |
Subtree icons |
Icons in the subtree should be replaced by more meaningful ones. |
2 |
Module descriptions |
Module descriptions must be improved |
2 |
Languages / dictionaries |
The dictionaries of the add-on folder must be included in the setup to offer more than 5 languages. |
1 |
Filterlist |
The filterlist must be reviewed and updated. |
1 |
Fonts |
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. |
2 |
Product name |
The module selection list box should use the variable for the product name like: - %Productname components +Writer 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. |
1 |
Summary |
Before starting the installation the user should get a summary of the settings made. |
3 |
Change / Repair / Deinstallation |
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Area |
Description |
Priority |
Control Panel |
Win95/98/NT: Win2000: |
3 |
Restricted User |
Under W2000/NT installation, deinstallation and changes of the installation are not allowed for restricted users and may not be possible. |
1 |
File Deletion |
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). |
1 (Windows) 2 (others) |
Repair / Description |
Option is often not understood, must be made more transparent (change text). |
1 |
Repair / Source |
Repairing from CD should be possible. |
2 |
Network installation |
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Area |
Description |
Priority |
/net |
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:
Changing an installation should be possible via double-clicking on the setupnet.lnk, which must remain on the CD) |
1 |
Multilingual version |
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. => The workstation installation needs a page for choosing the language. |
1 |
Naming |
The workstation installation offers the two options "Standard Workstation Installation" and Standard Installation local". These options should be renamed to
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2 |