would it be an idea to remove the .exe files for the other applications on your disc ?
@Andrea: can you confirm that this approach wouldn't impair the functionality of Writer? On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Mark Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrea: It's not a size issue regarding the suite, it was just that we > wanted to offer a word processor ONLY on the disc. I can tell you from > past experience of the customers we sell to that having the full suite > would confuse our end users. I am 99% sure that we would be inundated with > calls asking us which of the suite package applications they are supposed > to use. Trying to save some confusion. Thanks anyway. > ~ Mark G. > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > On 27/11/2012 Mark Garcia wrote: > > > >> Didn't know where else to post this question but, as a non-technical > >> question, is there a stand-alone installation for OpenOffice Writer so > >> that > >> ONLY Writer would be installed on a PC? > >> > > > > No. And it wouldn't actually save space, since almost all of the package > > is common to all applications (i.e., packaging only Writer you would be > > closer to 90% of the full size than to 25%). > > > > > > I ask this because I wanted to propose to my manager to add OpenOffice > >> Writer as a word processor on our company's software program disc. > >> > > > > You may consider the live/portable version that can be run directly from > > the disc without installation. See X-ApacheOpenOffice at > > http://www.openoffice.org/**porting/ <http://www.openoffice.org/porting/ > > > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > > > -- > Sincerely, > *Mark Garcia* > *Graphic Designer • Photographer • Web Designer* > > *Endoscopy Support Services, Inc.* > 3 Fallsview Lane • Brewster, NY 10509 > Ph: (845) 277-1700 • Fax: (845) 277-7300 > *Web: www.endoscopy.com* >
