Hi Tom and James, Thank you both for your replies.
First off, ........... I did go to my documents and found about half a dozen files down loaded. So I double clicked on one. And see that it has now completed installing. 1. My first suggestion is that you should have a pop up that tells us dummies what happened and what to do next. 2. I still do not see "writer". As for anything else, I need some time to study and figure this all out. I have not really used any other word processor besides Libre. I am running windows xp. See and address the other questions and suggestions I have, as explained in my first post. Thanks again, David > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:13:58 +0000 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re Libre writer > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Hi :) > Several points here; > 1. If you have downloaded the installer file then that is really all > you need. It has Writer, Calc, Draw and all the rest in it. > 2. Just downloading the file is not the whole story. Next thing is > to install it! So, find the file and double-click on it to install > it. I'm guessing you are on Windows, probably Xp or Win7. > * On Xp open your "My Documents" folder and inside there should be > your "My Downloads" folder. The installer file should be in there. > Double click on it. > * On Win7 click on the yellow folder button on the taskbar at the > bottom of the screen. The window it open has 2 "panes" in the > left-hand pane near the top should be a "Downloads" folder. Click on > that and then the right-hand pane should show the file you downloaded. > Double-click on that. A new button appears in the taskbar. if the > screen goes dark then click on that new button a few times until a > pop-up appears in the middle of the screen asking if you are certain > you want to let the file install. The pop-up looks a bit like a login > box and tries to scare you because it's not an MS product. > 3. Unlike MS Office the whole of LibreOffice is just 1 program. It > has many modules such as; Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress etc. It's not > really possible to install just Writer without the rest. All use the > same core blocks of code so even if you could then you would save much > resources or anything. > > 4. The 2nd 'button' on the web-page is the in-built help. it is very > useful to get it, particularly if you are new to > Libreoffice/OpenOffice but it's better to get the full guides which > are available as free downloads from > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications > Hmm, it might be better to just bookmark, or make a note of that page > and just download books or chapters as and when you need them. I do > recommend downloading the "Styles" chapter of the "Getting Started > Guide" because that gives you the biggest fastest boost in > productivity. MS Office implementation of styles is so bad that it's > painful but LibreOffice makes it an extremely useful feature. > > > If you really do need just a word-processing program and don't want > the rest then our sister project "AbiWord" might be what you are > looking for. Personally i would recommend giving LibreOffice a fair > go first before trying that but mainly because i happen to prefer > LibreOffice. You can have both installed alongside each other and > they both use the same native formats and work well together. Errrr, > you can also have both alongside MS Office but i'm not sure why anyone > would have more than 2 of the 3. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > On 9 January 2014 16:46, David M. Pelly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I want Libre office writer, > > > > I tried to download it from your website, which provided two green buttons. > > > > > > > > I clicked the first one, the installer button. > > > > I think I have the installer installed. > > > > > > > > But your program does not give me the "libre office writer program" and the > > facility to down load and install the actual "libre writer". > > > > > > I looked all over for it and I can't find it. > > > > > > Once the installer is installed, your site should automatically return me > > to the page that gives me the button to download the actual "writer" > > program. > > > > If it is there, I can't find it. > > > > Please help. > > > > > > > > > > > > David Pelly > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
