Charmagne Munoz Feria
An extension is a computer program that is designed to be incorporated into another piece of software in order to enhance, or extend, the functionality.
OpenOffice.org extensions are developed by individuals or organizations to add specific functionality to OOo. These extensions are freely available without licensing costs to anyone who wants to use it.
Until recently, contributors published their extensions through individual websites, blogs, or through the OpenOffice.org extension’s wiki (http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions) .
With the recent launch of the OpenOffice.org extensions repository,
(http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/) all known extensions for OOo are available in a single location. The repository contains almost 100 hundred extensions that can be sorted according to the operating system used, the application it is used with, its popularity, rating and the date it was uploaded.
Note, however, that extensions are not tested extensively by the OOo community, so be careful when using them. The best way to find out if the extension is suitable to you is by reading the comments of other users. The extensions could contain some bugs , or may not be exactly what you need. Nonetheless, users who know a thing or two about programming could modify them.
Developers are welcome to develop extensions for OOo. OpenOffice.org enables third party tools creation through UNO bridges.
The principle is to create UNO packages that can be listed in the OpenOffice.org Extensions repository and installed by end-users easily.
The OOo extensions development page at (http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development) offers tips, tools and frameworks that ease and homogenize the development of OOo extensions.
The more popular extensions could be integrated into OpenOffice.org . This is why it is important to follow common policies from beginning to ease this merging.
To download an extension, select the name of the extension then click "Get It."
To install it, launch OpenOffice.org then choose Tools > Extension Manager (Package Manager in older versions of OpenOffice.org). Select the //My Extensions// section, and press the Add button. Select the (extension name).oxt package , and press OK. Then restart OpenOffice.org.
After launching OOo, select Tools - Add-Ons - (extension name) to execute the macro .
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