Migration, backup restore user settings

[eduzs]

I want to migrate from ooo 2.4 to 3.0, but there's too much settings, words added in the dic/substitions list, macros, ... that I don'1 want to reocnfigure, reewrite, etc...
What I have to do?
Thanks
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BrOffice.org 3.2.1

[thomasjk]

When you install V3.0 it will ask if want to keep 2.4 installed. You choice to keep it. V3 should migrate all of your settings automatically.

[allisonmphd]

Hi. I had the same issue. I did keep version 2.4 and elected to transfer all settings automatically. But my customized menus and toolbars (writer) did not migrate. I put a lot of thought and effort into those, and was loath to undertake to replicate them.

So, here's what I did. I opened 2.4, made a change to the toolbar, then searched for any file modified within the past 5 minutes. I found a couple, and copied them to the comparable location in 3.0. The pertinent one, I believe, was: (...\Application Data\OpenOffice.org\3\user\config\soffice.cfg\modules\swriter\toolbar).

At first, I was so discouraged that I did not even recognize my own customized toolbar because of the new icons!

Best of luck!
Allison

[accabrown]

What I do is to compare the ...user/basic user/Scripts and user/config directory trees using the wonderful Windows utility beyond compare, and then synch up the new one with the old. This brings over all the personalisations that I care about (personalised toolbar icons are in a directory called Images)