Working with OpenOffice Documents
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CS-RCS is easily integrated with OpenOffice Writer and Calc. An RCS menu is added to the menu bar automatically when CS-RCS is installed. Additionally, CS-RCS allows you to display the RCS revision number, date and author whenever the document is viewed or printed. These tags are updated automatically whenever a new revision of the document is checked-in.



 

The RCS menu allows you to perform the following CS-RCS commands:
·Click Status to display the RCS status of the current document.  
·Click Check-in to check-in the current document to the RCS Repository.  
Note: Use this command to add a new document to the archive and to check-in a new revision to the archive.  
·Click Check-out to retrieve the latest revision of the current document. If you are in a workgroup environment, using this command also locks/unlocks the document.  
·Click History to display the revision history of the current document.  
·Click Document Explorer to launch the CS-RCS Document Explorer.  
 
Additionally, the RCS menu allows you to review the changes performed on the current document:
·Click Compare to Archived Revision to review the changes performed on the current document. It is recommended to review all changes before checking-in a new revision.  
 
In Writer, the RCS menu allows you to insert the RCS revision number, date and author into your document.
To insert the keywords:
·Click Insert Keywords to insert the revision information tags in the document. These tags are updated automatically whenever a new revision of the document is checked-in.  

Note: You must add the document to RCS before inserting keywords.