Start OpenOffice server instance(s), see http://blog.bensmann.com/starting-multiple-openoffice-instances

start_ooo.sh

#!/bin/sh
OOO_HOME=/Applications/OpenOffice.org.app/Contents
OOO_HOST=
OOO_PORT="2002 2003 2004 2005"
USER_HOME=/tmp

_create_home() {
    port=$1
    home=${USER_HOME}/user/port${port}
    mkdir -p ${home}
    echo ${home}
}

_start_instances() {
    # Go to OOo program folder
    cd ${OOO_HOME}/program
    # Set IP address
    host=${OOO_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
    # All ports... default is standard port 2002
    for port in ${OOO_PORT:-2002}
    do
        # Set user home
        HOME=$(_create_home ${port})
        export HOME
        # Start OOo
        echo "Starting OpenOffice on ${host}:${port} using home directory ${HOME}"
        sock="socket,host=${host},port=${port},tcpNoDelay=1;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager"
        opts="-nologo -nofirststartwizard -nodefault -nocrashreport -norestart -nolockcheck -headless -invisible"
        nohup ./soffice -userid="${HOME}" -accept="${sock}" ${opts} 1>soffice_${port}.log 2>&1 &
    done
}

_start_instances
exit 0