Comments on: OpenOffice.org documents within Firefox

By: Blara

Blara — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:44 +0000

is enable, but can’t open any .doc into firefox

By: AndyM

AndyM — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:59:20 +0000

Ughhhh… How do I turn this off? I want OO to open in an OO window, not in a seamonkey window… I’m running Fedora9, Seamonkey 1.1.9, and OpenOffice 2.4.1. I hate having my open office documents open in a limited functionality seamonkey window, I’ve unchecked the internet option box in OpenOffice to no avail.

By: minhaaj

minhaaj — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:18:31 +0000

great thing. I dont have Mozilla plugin options under internet. :(

By: Editor

Editor — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:33:33 +0000

This is Great!
Thank you for the Open Office/Firefox info!

By: SolidOffice » Blog Archive » View ODFs in Firefox

SolidOffice » Blog Archive » View ODFs in Firefox — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:58:53 +0000

[...] Mozilla Links explains how to “view OpenOffice.org documents in Firefox.” [...]

By: ODF Alliance hails record growth application support for ODF — Enterprise Linux Log

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:38:47 +0000

[...] Mozilla’s Firefox lets you view ODF and other OpenOffice.org formats in your browser. (http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/09/openofficeorg-documents-within-firefox/) [...]

By: Zotlan

Zotlan — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:33:55 +0000

Will this plugin also work with Opera?

By: foxiewire.com

foxiewire.com — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:36:16 +0000

OpenOffice.org documents within Firefox

Documents within firefox

By: Percy Cabello

Percy Cabello — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:44:11 +0000

My fault. I thought the Tools/Options thing was about Firefox which in Linux is Edit/Preferences (which is mentioned nowhere in the article).

I know even less about OOo on Linux. Thanks to all for the clarification.

By: Dark Phoenix

Dark Phoenix — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:28:22 +0000

“Options in the Tools menu? Say what? Last I knew (by looking at my browser), Firefox runs on Linux.”

Actually, in my version of OpenOffice.org (on openSUSE), Options is in the Tools menu. Of course, it may have been changed (since this is Novell’s version of OpenOffice.org, slightly different from Sun).

By: Jean Hollis Weber

Jean Hollis Weber — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:44:19 +0000

Follow-up to my previous comment: It’s possible that the versions of OOo that are shipped with various Linux distros don’t have all the same options in the same places. I use a copy of OOo downloaded from the OOo website, not the one that ships with Ubuntu.

By: Jean Hollis Weber

Jean Hollis Weber — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:40:12 +0000

In response to Richard Chapman, who wrote “Options in the Tools menu? Say what? … Those instructions show a lack of acknowledgment that a fair number of your users and supporters use Linux.”
The option described is in exactly the same place on my copy of OOo on Ubuntu. The only difference (irrelevant in this context) is that on Linux, there is a fourth choice (E-mail) on the Internet menu on the left-hand side of the dialog.

By: Darkelve

Darkelve — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:12:51 +0000

“What is the point of doing this? Why not just view the document in a new OO window?”

Because when you encounter such a link, you already have a window open: your browser window. Some people like not having to leave their browser, and instead they can take a peak at the document or even read it in full.

By: UbuntuUser

UbuntuUser — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:46:23 +0000

Richard, Percy, I started OO v2.2 on Ubuntu and to my surprise there really is a Tools | Options menu option. It’s not Edit | Preferences as you might expect.

By: Richard Chapman

Richard Chapman — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:28:07 +0000

Thank you Percy.

By: Jamey

Jamey — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:29:04 +0000

Will this work in Seamonkey and other Mozilla-related tools? And is there some kind of safety to it to keep auto-running macros and such - the kind of thing that got us into such deep do-do on Microsoft?

By: Percy Cabello

Percy Cabello — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:15:28 +0000

Richard, I appreciate your comments and will take them in consideration for future articles. Note however a couple of things: my main OS is Windows XP so it is what is the easiest to me to describe. Coincidentally it’s the same OS the majority of Firefox users run it on. So it takes me more time to check where exactly something is or looks in an Ubuntu VM for helping a small part of users which are at the same time, in average, more knowledgeable.

There are however some small differences I know that would cost very little to include, like the one you mention, that I will try to include.

By: Richard Chapman

Richard Chapman — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:03:17 +0000

Options in the Tools menu? Say what? Last I knew (by looking at my browser), Firefox runs on Linux. Those instructions show a lack of acknowledgment that a fair number of your users and supporters use Linux. It’s a small issue really, but it bugs me… a lot.

By: Boycott Novell » Even Microsoft Might Not Obey That Broken OOXML

Boycott Novell » Even Microsoft Might Not Obey That Broken OOXML — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:32:34 +0000

[...] other news, OpenDocument-formatted files can now be displayed seamlessly in Mozilla Firefox. To some people, such integration was desirable. If you are running OpenOffice.org and Firefox at [...]

By: JP

JP — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:55:56 +0000

What is the point of doing this? Why not just view the document in a new OO window?
I do not see why people want to see everything in their browser, especially as the browser will crash if the plugin crashes.

By: The Guru

The Guru — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:17:16 +0000

Great tip! Like not having to wait for OpenOffice to open if I come across such a file while on the web.

By: View OpenOffice.org Docs in Fx « Firefox Extension Guru’s Blog

View OpenOffice.org Docs in Fx « Firefox Extension Guru’s Blog — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:15:38 +0000

[...] Tip Source: Mozilla Links [...]

By: Søren H. M.

Søren H. M. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:57:50 +0000

I really hate such integrations. I don’t want files that are not web related to open in my browser.

But of course it’s a neat feature for those who would want that :).