
We have used OpenOffice Server but you can specify almost anything you like.Ĭlick over to the Logon tab and enter the user name and password of the account in which you installed OpenOffice. In the Name field, enter the name that you will call your application in AlwaysUp. headless -accept=socket,host=0,port=8100 urp In the Arguments field, enter your command line flags for soffice.exe.įor this tutorial, we want to run headless (to eliminate many of OpenOffice's windows, which we won't be able to see anyway) and accept connections on port 8100 so we specify: If you installed OpenOffice in the default location, this is:Ĭ:\Program Files\ 3\program\soffice.exe In the Application field, enter the full path to the OpenOffice executable, soffice.exe. Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window: Please make a note of where you installed it as we will need that location in a later step. If not, and if you are new to these programs, then Open Office can be a great place to start as it is quick to learn easy to master.To configure OpenOffice 3 to run as a service with AlwaysUp:ĭownload and install OpenOffice, if necessary. If you have any experience with similar programs, such as Microsoft Office, then Open Office will feel like second nature to you.

Open Office’s interface is extremely user-friendly interface and anyone can master this program in no time at all. Apache had actually developed Open Office for over twenty years before they felt that the program was able to rival (and bettered, in many instances) what was on the market. Open Office can be downloaded for free, but despite this, a lot of thought and effort has gone into its development. Standard formats are used in Open Office for creating and saving your data, which means that all files created on Open Office can be run on programs such as Microsoft Word, Apple Pages and Microsoft Excel. Not only does Open Office support a large number of file formats for all of its programs, but it also runs in many different languages and can be installed on most Operating Systems, including Mac and Windows.

Apache Open Office is a widely used and free Office Suite that comes loaded with a range of programs, from a spreadsheet creator and word processor to a slideshow maker and a spreadsheet.
