The following PPDs are installed on the Macintosh: XINET.PPD, XINETGRAY.PPD, and
XINETPDFX.PPD. (
XINET.PPD or
XINETGRAY.PPD should be used when printing to a Xinet preview PDF, printable PDF, or TIFF/IT queue. The
XINETPDFX.PPD should be used when printing to a Xinet output queue.)
Distribution of the various Xinet Client Software and
Utility Software plug-ins and extensions are permitted under the
Xinet End User Software License Agreement. (This agreement is available in the installer,) The software provides two ways to make this as easy as possible.
First, users with direct access to server-mounted volumes can log in to the server as the user macfiles and mount the
MacFiles volume. They will find installers appropriate for their client systems there.
Second, for those with only Web access to the server through a browser, Xinet includes information about the Xinet extensions and plug-ins in its online Help file for InDesign previews, including a link so clients can download the packages for themselves.
End users who upload files that have been saved on a workstation without the Xinet extension or plug-in will also receive a message about using them and a link. Although Xinet tries to automatically alert Xinet users about the extension and plug-in, you may want to tell them about them beforehand, since the programs offer users features that will enhance the way they view and work with documents and Xinet. Users can pick up the package for themselves by pointing their browsers to:
http:Your_Xinet Server_Address/
webnativedoc/doc/xt.html where they will find the same link mentioned above.
Xinet servers have been engineered to “talk” to OpenOffice.org software or
LibreOffice.org software
) which renders Microsoft Office documents into previews that can then be stored in the Xinet database.
Besides the Xinet database, you must also have OpenOffice.org (version 4 or later with Solr enabled) or
LibreOffice.org software installed on your server before users can preview Office files inside a Pilot. You can download a copy of
OpenOffice.org software from
http://download.openoffice.org. you can download a copy of
LibreOffice.org software from
https://www.libreoffice.org/download. It’s best to download the package on the server where you will be installing it.
Important! Only one copy of
OpenOffice.org software should be installed on your server and Solr Search must be enabled.
The officesync(8) man page provides details about the mechanisms that make these Web previews possible. For troubleshooting information,
Problems with Office Web previews.
As long as you have OpenOffice.org software or
libreoffice.org software in the right location (see
Prerequisites), the Xinet installer should take care of everything else. If you don’t intend to use the Xinet installer, however, turn to the
officesync(8) man page for details about manual installation or reinstallation.
To obtain Xinet previews for Office documents, you must enable the database on the Web volume you are using. Enabling the database on volumes provides information about that. You will also need to enable the option,
Store Office Document Previews, as well as having either
Store Small Web Preview or
Store Large Web Preview enabled, as described on
here .
As OpenOffice.org begins rendering files, it needs to have access to appropriate TrueType or Type 1 fonts in the correct repository; otherwise, it can not render documents accurately.
On Unix systems some care needs to be taken to ensure that the appropriate fonts reside in the appropriate location.
