Getting Support

support on the Web getting support forums and support Web support Getting Support Many questions and answers are the same for OpenOffice.org software and for the commercial StarOffice or StarSuite software by Sun Microsystems, Inc. You can find support on the OpenOffice.org website at support.openoffice.org. Visit www.sun.com/star/support to get an overview of additional support offerings by Sun Microsystems and other parties. For a summary of the current support services refer to the Readme file in the %PRODUCTNAME folder.some new paras from i61933 Local language support pages The OpenOffice.org localization projects offer support pages in local languages. Find an overview of the native language projects at projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html. You can find help and support in English language on the OpenOffice.org website at support.openoffice.org. Mailing lists Ask about OpenOffice.org, find help by volunteers, and discuss topics on the public mailing lists. You can find many general and specialized mailing lists on the OpenOffice.org website at www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html. Forum You can access web forums to ask and answer questions about OpenOffice.org. A web forum hosted by Sun Microsystems can be found at http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/. Security In case you are concerned about any security issue with using this software, you can contact the developers on the public mail list dev@openoffice.org. If you want to discuss any issue with other users, send an email to the public mail list discuss@openoffice.org. Downloads You can download the latest version of OpenOffice.org at download.openoffice.org. Documentation You can download documentation as PDF files, how-tos, and guides from the OpenOffice.org website at documentation.openoffice.org. Participate and give back If you want to take an active role in the worldwide OpenOffice.org community, you are very welcome to give feedback, discuss features, propose enhancements, write your own article in an FAQ, how-to, manual, create a video tutorial, etc. Visit the documentation web site or the Wiki starting page and follow the links for contributors.