Re: OpenOffice: No Help available

[Sønke Lorenzen <solorenzen@gmail.com>]

On 8/17/05, Hans-Peter Sulzer <ql_freak@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed Debian Sarge (current stable) and
> thereby OpenOffice was also installed (I didn't
> install it explicitly).
> 
> Problem: If I select Contents in the "Help" menu,
> the help browser starts, but in the right window
> the following message appears:
> 
> The requested document does not exist in the
> database !!
> 
> Also searching or selecting the Index doesn't
> work.
> 

This is because the help documentation has been put in its own
packages due to its architecture independence and many translations.

try to run 

aptitude search openoffice|grep help

and then pick one. openoffice.org-help-en is the english one.

Regards, Sønke