The new version 1.0 from OpenOffice.org Thumbnail plugin has been released. OpenOffice.org Thumbnail plugin is a plugin for KDE file managers (Dolphin and Konqueror) to preview OpenOffice.org files (OpenDocument Format) as Thumbnails. You do not need to install OpenOffice.org for it to work (it only uses KDE API).
I think a lot of people are looking for this thumbnailer. This thumbnailer will help you to get a quick glance at your OpenOffice.org's OpenDocument files.
Here is how the thumbnails look like in action:
You can get this thumbnailer by clicking on this link for openSSE 11.2. The other distributions from here.
After you install this thumbnailer, you need to activate it from dolphin: Settings->Configure Dolphin...-> General -> Previews
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pookito (not verified) on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 19:01I was just wondering, Do I need to have Dolphin, can it be activated from konqueror?
Yes, you can activate it on
Zayed on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 20:31Yes, you can activate it on konqueror in same way!
It's OpenDocument files, not OpenOffice files
Inge Wallin (not verified) on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 04:38As a hacker in the KOffice project, I strongly object to calling OpenDocument files OpenOffice files. This does the standard document format a disservice and gives ammunition to those that want to picture OpenDocument as something else than a format for interoperability. This goes of course also for the name of the plugin, which should be the OpenDocument plugin.
If you are a hacker in the
Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 14:34If you are a hacker in the KOffice project, let me tell you you are a little uninformed. How do explain that they named their plug-in kofficethumbnail and the description in the config. says "KOffice Files", not ODF Files?
http://lxr.kde.org/search?filestring=&string=kofficethumbnail.desktop
http://lxr.kde.org/source/koffice/tools/thumbnail/kofficethumbnail.deskt...
Thank, corrected.
Zayed on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 23:02Thank, corrected.