Hello Roderick.
Here is the transcript I promised.
Thanks again.
Jim Ormsby
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Subject: Re: [users] OpenOffice on XP, multiple users
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:43:41 -0600
From: Jim Ormsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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SUCCESS!!!!!!!
Thanks for your words of wisdom. You set me on the right track.
My problem was I didn't RTFM accurately. I did indeed miss the "-net"
option.
I uninstalled, then did it right, and saw exactly what your pdf manual
said I should.
If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion...
In your .pdf manual, on page 35, a brief note that the user should NOT
just "click on" the setup.exe for a multi-user installation, but instead
he MUST type it in so that the -net option can be specified, would be
helpful.
Thanks so much. I look forward to using the stuff, and providing a
supporting contribution.
Jim Ormsby
Dan Lewis wrote:
Posting in-line on numbered items
On Friday 10 June 2005 03:51 pm, you wrote:
Hello Dan
Thanks for your response. It got me closer.
As a former professional tech writer, of course I first DID try to
RTFM (read the f#Q$^ manual), which was
very thorough, and very helpful except for this one little unclarity.
The manual isn't quite matching what I have appearing on my computer,
and that is what is causing me some hesitation.
Briefly:
1. Logged on the computer as JIM, and I am an administrator
Fine
2. I created "Open Office Setup" directory, and downloaded the stuff
into that.
Fine
3. I ran the setup, and it created "Open Office.org1.1.4"
subdirectory "Program" exists, and contains "setup.exe" of
156Kbyte, dated 10/20/2004
(There is also a shortcut to that from "Open Office.org1.1.4"
itself. Either way gets the same results.)
Did you use a run window and enter
...\Open Office Setup\setup.exe -net in that window?
If not, you did not do a multi-user install.
I need the answer to this question before I can suggest how to progress
from here.
Dan
3. The OpenOffice stuff already appears on JIM's programs, and I can
start a couple applications. GOOD!
4. Switch to user CATHY, and when I run the setup in item 2 above, I
get a dialogue box immediately that gives me three choices:
Modify, Repair, Remove.
This is NOT the box that is described in the manual. And the
subsequent dialogue boxes look very much like the SERVER installation
dialogues.
THAT is the part that has me halting. (I'm a bit of a novice;
recently A+ certified and just assembled this computer, but don't
have the opportunity at the moment to blow my system software up and
start over. Otherwise I'd just run the experiment and
devil-may_care!!)
SO the question is am I seeing what I SHOULD be seeing, and I should
continue?
Thanks,
Jim
Dan Lewis wrote:
On Friday 10 June 2005 10:55 am, Jim Ormsby wrote:
Hello, thanks for some help.
I've downloaded and installed OpenOffice 1.1.4 on a Windows XP,
Pentium4, lots of memory and disk space.
I chose "MULTI-USER" installation, because on my XP I have more
than one logon, or user.
However, all of the instructions seem to indicate that the initial
multi-user installation is for a separate machine,
and subsequent installation move files to other machines in a
network. I think I've misinterpreted something.
I chose this because someone else I know also loaded OpenOffice
onto a multi-logon machine, and only one
logon can access the OpenOffice programs.
I've looked at FAQ and other sources, but don't see (or
understand?) the answer to this question.
What should I do/have done?
Thanks,
Jim Ormsby
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The answer begins on page 35 of setup_guide.pdf which come with
the downloaded zip file.
Using the multi-user install is what you want. What this does
is places most of the files (about 270 MB) in a single folder. Then
the second step in the install process places the personal user
files (about 2 MB) in a folder in his section of the hard drive.
What is confusing you is that all of this can be done on a
single computer (which is what you want) or it can be done on a
network. Follow the instructions beginning on page 35 of
setup_guide.pdf to install the server section. THIS MUST BE DONE AS
System Administrator. After that is completed, begin installing the
workstation part. The directions begin on page 47. One very
important point: each user must install the workstation part in
order to be able to use OOo. If there are three different log-in
users, you do this part seperate times: log in as one user to
install the workstation, log out and then log in as another user to
install it for him or her, etc.
Dan
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