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# IndeView - preparing OpenOffice
PER ASPERA AD ASTRA

Since the following HowTo has quite a lot of steps,
it might be a good idea to print it onto a sheet of paper
and process it one by one checking each step with
a pencil once you are done with it.

## Setting up the
`IndeViewExport.bas` module in OpenOffice

users of Gentoo Linux: | If you have used `emerge indeview` just skip the following steps and start at "3. Assigning the macro module".

### 1. Importing the macro module

| Start OpenOffice and open a new document by menu: File / New / Textdocument
| Open the macro dialog: Tools / Macros / Macro...
| In the "Macro from" list select the modul: Standard Module1
| Click the "Edit" button to open the macro editor.
| Position the cursor at the very end of the file, right below the last "End Sub"
| Press the folder button "Insert Source Text".
| In the "Open" dialog select file `IndeViewExport.bas` and click the "Open" button, this appends the source code at the end of the module.
| Save the module by Ctrl+S and close the editor (Ctrl+W).

### 2. Configuring the macro module

| Re-open the macro dialog: Tools / Macros / Macro...
| Again select the module in the "Macro from" list: Standard Module1
| Click the "Edit" button, this opens the macro editor and the cursor is automatically positioned at the beginning of the `IndeViewExport` Macro. The next lines should look like this:
    Sub IndeViewExport
      DIM sROOT_DATA As String

      sROOT_DATA = "unknown"
| Replace the word "`unknown`" by the complete path of the `ROOT_DATA` directory, but do not erase the quotation marks. Make sure not to append a trailing Backslash (or Slash, resp.). Your macro lines could now look like this:
    Sub IndeViewExport
      DIM sROOT_DATA As String

      sROOT_DATA = "C:\Programme\IndeView\ROOT_DATA"
| or (using Mac OS/X) like this:
    Sub IndeViewExport
      DIM sROOT_DATA As String

      sROOT_DATA = "/Applications/IndeView/ROOT_DATA"
| or (using Linux) like this:
    Sub IndeViewExport
      DIM sROOT_DATA As String

      sROOT_DATA = "/net/share/pub/IndeView/ROOT_DATA"
| Save the module by Ctrl+S and close the editor (Ctrl+W).

### 3. Assigning the macro module

| Choose the following menu option: Tools / Configure... This opens the "Configuration" dialog.
| Select the tabpage "Toolbars".
| In the "Visible toolbars" list select the toolbar "Function Bar".
| Click the "Customize..." button, this opens the "Customize Toolbars" dialog.
| In the list "Available buttons" select: [-] OpenOffice.org BASIC-Makros [-] Standard [-] Module1 IndeViewExport
users of Gentoo Linux: If you have used `emerge indeview` please find the module at a different location: [-] OpenOffice.org BASIC-Makros [-] Tools [-] IndeViewExport IndeViewExport
| In the "Toolbars" combo-box select the entry "Function Bar".
| In the "Buttons in use" list scroll down near to the end of the list and select the bottom-most entry: "-----------------------". Your dialog should look similar to this screenshot now:
| Click the "Add ->" button to have the IndeViewExport added to the "Buttons in use" list.
| Now select your new "IndeViewExport" entry in the "Buttons in use" list.
| Click the "Icons..." button and choose an icon for the IndeView Export button, close the icon selection dialog by "OK".
| Close the "Customize Toolbars" dialog by "OK";.

You are done.
From now on you may use your new "IndeViewExport" button in OpenOffice's top-most toolbar (function bar) to start the export macro.

Read Starting the Creator module to learn how to build IndeView CDs that start showing your presentations automatically on Windows.

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