On Friday 09 September 2005 12:09 am, GILBERT SANTINI wrote:
> I have a Star Office 5.1 word processor program which came with my
> computer and windows me. some friends have had trouble opening my
> files, and one suggested I download Open Office to use it, as that
> may be easier to share, and convert to pdf.
>
> I downloaded a version based on what I thought might be the best one
> of the locations listed for the U.S. but my computer doesn't open it
> correctly, and it is undecipherable. What version should I download?
> Or should I update my Star Office? I saw that there are newer
> versions of that available, but wasn't sure which to use, and I had
> trouble finding an e-mail support at the Sun website that looked
> appropriate and free to use. I have an e machines e-tower 566i2 with
> Windows Me
>
> thankyou, Gilbert Santini
The file you should have downloaded is
OOo_1.1.4_Win32Intel_Install.zip. If you selected English as your
language, Windows as your operating system, and a U.S. location, you
got this file.
The first step is to check the md5sum of your download to make sure
it contains everything it is suppose to contain. This URL
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/using_md5sums.html
contains instructions on how to use md5sum.exe and a link to where it
can be downloaded. This link
http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4/md5sums.html
contains the correct results for the md5sum.exe check. You need to use
the second line that ends with OOo_1.1.4_Win32Intel_install.zip.
The third step is to unzip the downloaded file. 7-zip.exe is often
mentioned as a good program to do this if you do not have an unzip
program (www.7-zip.com).
The fourth step is to read the setup_guide.pdf. It contains
instructions on how to install OOo on a windows O/S. Pay close
attention to page 27!
Dan
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