How to create an openoffice profile

How to create an OpenOffice Profile

By default, JODConverter will create a blank profile at each startup. If you want to set OpenOffice-Preferences, or just save that overhead, this is how you can create a profile folder. (JODConverter will actually only use a copy of it, so it won't get modified.)

1. Go to the commandline and type: (If soffice cannot be found, cd into its installation folder first.)

    soffice -env:UserInstallation=[profile dir here]
   

2. Now OpenOffice starts within this profile, creating it if it didn't exist yet.

3. Change any preferences you like.

4. Close the window.

Now go to CrawlerConfiguration.xml and tell the JavaThumbnailer where to look for a such profile (scroll down to crawlerPlugin > section:externalHelpers > param:openOfficeProfile )